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To the Superintendent Addressed:
This notification is to inform you that 2024 Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) registration is now open in Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) Accountability and will close April 5, 2024. The following describes the AEA registration criteria as found in Chapter 7 of the 2024 Accountability Manual. AEA criteria are unchanged from 2023.
2024 Preliminary List of AEA Campuses
In order for a campus to be identified for AEA in 2024, it must
- meet either the current-year or prior-year TSDS PEIMS 75 percent at-risk criterion;
- have at least 90 percent of students enrolled in grades 6–12, as verified through 2022–23 PEIMS fall enrollment data;
- be identified as offering alternative instruction in AskTED; and
- provide education services targeted to dropout prevention and recovery of students with enrollment consisting of at least 60 percent of the students 16 years of age or older as of September 1, 2023.
Campuses that meet these criteria have been preregistered as dropout recovery schools (DRS). If a campus within your district is on the preregistered list as a DRS, and you wish to keep it registered for AEA, no action is required. Districts may choose to remove a campus from the preregistered list by submitting an AEA rescission form via TEAL Accountability.
Prior-Year Safeguard. If a registered Alternative Education Campus (AEC) does not meet the at-risk enrollment criterion in the current year, it remains registered for AEA if the AEC met the at-risk enrollment criterion in the prior year.
Potentially Eligible but Not Preregistered DRS
Alternative campuses that meet all AEA criteria with the exception of the 60 percent at 16 age criterion must submit a DRS application during the AEA registration window in order to be identified.
The DRS application must present how the alternative campus is providing dropout prevention and/or recovery services. If the agency approves the application, the campus will receive a discretionary DRS designation and will be registered for AEA. Please view the 2024 Dropout Recovery School Application Guidelines for additional information.
Residential Treatment Facilities
As a reminder, residential treatment facilities (RTFs) are not rated under accountability regardless of AEA registration status. If a campus is not correctly identified on the preregistered list as a residential treatment facility, the district must correct the campus residential facility status by updating AskTED. Once AskTED is corrected, please notify Performance Reporting by email. New RTFs do not need to register for AEA in order to be labeled Not Rated; however, the district must ensure the RTF shows the instruction type as “alternative instructional” in AskTED.
2024 Final AEA Campus List The 2024 Final AEA Campus List will be available in late April. It will be posted on the 2024 Accountability Ratings webpage. If you have questions regarding AEA, please contact the Performance Reporting Division at (512) 463-9704 or performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov. For information regarding how to apply for TEAL Accountability access please see the TEA Secure Applications Information page, and reference accountability access.
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