House Bill 3: College Preparation

Assessments Reimbursements

TEA recently created FAQs regarding this topic. Please view for more information on this process.

Background

The College Preparation Assessment Reimbursement, authorized by Texas Education Code (TEC) §48.155 and §39.0261, provides funding to districts for the cost of the administration of college preparation assessments (SAT, ACT, and TSIA) once per student either in the spring of their junior year or in their senior year, beginning in the 2019‐2020 school year. Districts receive estimated funding annually for assessment reimbursement.

Eligible students are as follows:

Seniors who take either the SAT, ACT, or TSIA from September 1 – July 31
Juniors who take either the SAT, ACT, or TSIA from January 1 – July 31

Districts received estimated Foundation School Program allocations during September found on line 38 of the Summary of Finance report.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will settle up with districts in April each year, the year following once all student assessment data is received. If multiple records of a student are reported from the same district, TEA will reimburse the highest cost exam. If multiple records of a student are reported from several districts, the first district to make the request will receive the reimbursement.

2022-2023 TSIA Reimbursement Requests

The 2022-2023 process to request reimbursements is not currently open. Districts may submit a Qualtrics form with the required data to request their TSIA reimbursement. This window is not currently open. See below to access the necessary materials to complete this process:

In the fall 2023, TEA will release the ACT/SAT testing data to districts in TEAL for districts to review, verify and submit for reimbursement. TEA will process the requests and finalized student-level reimbursements for districts for the April 2024 settle-up for the 2022-2023 school year.

TEA reimbursement codes for districts to identify which students received a reimbursement.

Code	Reason	Processing and Validation Notes
1	Reimbursed	First assessment requested for reimbursement for eligible student. If multiple, highest cost.
2	Student Not Found	Student match key was not found in PEIMS Submission 3 Student Attendance Records
3	Student Not Eligible - Grade	No student record found in eligible grade during period estimated at time of testing
4	No Assessment Found	Student not found in CB TSIA, CB SAT, or ACT files based on primary and secondary matching
5	Student Not Tested in Math	Math placement score not found for session ID or date provided
6	Student Not Tested in Reading	Reading placement score not found for session ID or date provided
7	Another District Received Reimbursement	Another district received the reimbursement for the assessment
8	Duplicate Request	District received reimbursement for student for other assessment and test date
9	Reimbursement Provided Previous Year	Reimbursement for student was provided in previous fiscal year (Code not used this year)
10	Reimbursement Not Requested	District elected to opt-out the student for a specific administration

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