Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)

IMS facilitates the PEIMS process which is a statewide initiative in response to legislative mandates. The PEIMS reporting mechanism collects data used by TEA to determine funding and accountability for each district/charter, along with providing data for state legislative inquiries, and ad hoc queries. The ESC plays a consulting role and assists school districts and charters in preparing the data submission and ensuring data quality and compliance with scheduled deadlines.
The ESC answers questions about the Data Standards; organizes the data submission schedule; answers questions about edit and summary reports;  organizes the error correction schedule; and initiates the final approval of the district's submission to TEA. To facilitate the accuracy and timely delivery of the data, the ESC trains districts/charters in the overall data collection requirements and trains them to adequately meet the data submission requirements.  The instruction covers overall data flow; delivery schedule; data element definitions; data submission formats; editing requirements; correction cycle; approval of summary reports and error listings; and operation of the web-based EDIT+ system.

Visit the TEA PEIMS website: www.tea.state.tx.us/peims

PID Enrollment Tracking (PET)
PET is an extension of PID in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) that maintains up-to-date enrollment data for all students in Texas public school districts. Districts submit enrollment data for students in grades prekindergarten (PK) through 12 weekly, using familiar EDIT+ and PID applications and processes. The IMS department trains districts in PET requirements, assists with the PET submission process, assist with PET error correction and interpretation of reports and troubleshoot PET file transfer issues

Person Identification Database (PID)
The Person Identification Database (PID) system is used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to manage and store identifying data on individuals who are reported to TEA.  
The PID system includes records for students and teachers. The purpose of the PID system is to ensure that each time data are collected for the same individual, certain pieces of basic identifying information match. The PID system used at TEA verifies that social security number (or alternative ID), last name, first name, and date of birth match on every record submitted for an individual.  The IMS department trains districts in PID requirements and assists with correction of discrepancies.