PR1500 - Equity Data Survey Changes

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Texas Education Agency
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News Bulletin

Department of Grant Compliance and Administration

September 5, 2019

News from the Federal Program Compliance Division:

PR1500 - Equity Data Survey Changes

With the enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), LEAs were required to report the number of teachers meeting state certification by credential for each teaching assignment and teacher experience by campus through the PR1500-Equity Data Survey.

In addition, the PR1500 requested paraprofessional qualifications for campuses served with Title I, Part A funds.

Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is expiring the PR1500 data collection. A new collection for the paraprofessional qualifications data will replace the PR1500 and be required for all campuses identified as Title I, Part A served.  The new collection will be due in the Spring.

If LEAs utilized the PR1500 to inventory the status of their paraprofessionals at the beginning of the school year to ensure they met the Highly Qualified paraprofessional requirements, LEAs will need to develop an internal process to ensure compliance throughout the school year.

Additional details and instructions for completing the new compliance report will be made available to LEAs when the report is released in the Spring. In the meantime, if you have any questions, email them to ESSASupport@tea.texas.gov.