To the Administrator Addressed (TAA) Correspondence

New Grievance Data Reporting Requirement

About This TAA

Date:
November 12, 2026
Subject:
New Grievance Data Reporting Requirement
Category:
PEIMS and Governance
Division(s):
551- Complaints & Inquiries Division
Next Steps:
Review the new grievance reporting requirements

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Overview

Senate Bill 12 (SB 12), passed during the 89th Texas Legislature, established annual grievance reporting requirements for Texas school districts. SB 12 added Chapter 26A to the Texas Education Code (TEC), which addresses local grievance policies and grievance reporting.

Beginning with the 2026-2027 PEIMS Summer Submission, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will collect grievance data for grievances filed during the applicable reporting period. For the first collection, districts must report grievances filed from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027.

For the purposes of the PEIMS collection, a grievance is a formal written complaint submitted to a local school district by a parent, student, employee, vendor, taxpayer, or another individual.

TEA will use the submitted data to meet the reporting requirements established in SB 12, including reporting information on grievance resolutions and any corrective actions taken.

Who Must Report

Required:

  • Texas independent school districts

Not required:

  • Open-enrollment charter schools
  • Districts with a valid District of Innovation exemption

Key Dates

  • June 1, 2026: Districts begin maintaining the required data for reportable grievances.
  • August 3, 2026: TSDS Individual Operational Data Store (IODS) opens to begin publishing data to promote and validate in the PEIMS Summer Submission.
  • May 17, 2027: The PEIMS Summer Submission is ready for districts to complete, approve, and accept submissions.
  • May 31, 2027: The grievance reporting period ends.
  • June 17, 2027: PEIMS Summer Submission due date.
  • July 15, 2027: PEIMS Summer Resubmission due date.

Preparing for PEIMS Summer Submission

To prepare for the new reporting requirement, districts should:

  • Begin maintaining the required data for grievances filed on or after June 1, 2026.
  • Review local procedures for assigning a unique local identifier for each grievance.
  • Ensure local records capture information about each level of the grievance process, including the resolution and resolution date.
  • Maintain the final resolution date and information about any corrective action taken.
  • Prepare to submit the required data through PEIMS Summer Submission.

Required Grievance Data

The PEIMS Summer Submission will include a new GrievanceExt Entity within the Education Organization Domain. Districts will report the following information for grievances filed during the applicable reporting period.

Grievance Identification

  • Unique LEA grievance identifier (E3136)
  • Date the grievance was filed (E3137)

Disposition at Each Grievance Level

  • Grievance level (E3142)
  • Resolution at that level (E3141)
  • Date that level was resolved (E3140)

Overall Disposition

  • Date the overall grievance was resolved (E3138)
  • Corrective action taken, if any (E3139)

Reporting Unresolved Grievances

School districts must maintain the required information for grievances that remain unresolved at the end of a reporting period.

A grievance that remains unresolved within the reporting period must be included in subsequent annual reports until the grievance is resolved. The unique grievance identifier should remain the same when a grievance is filed in one school year and resolved in a future school year.

Technical Resources 

Questions and Support

For any questions on reporting the data through TSDS PEIMS, please enter a TSDS Incident Management System (TIMS) ticket or email TSDSCustomerSupport@tea.texas.gov. 

For assistance regarding SB 12 compliance requirements or this correspondence, please email generalinquiry@tea.texas.gov. 

Additional information and resources regarding the PEIMS Local Grievance Data Collection are available on the TEA PEIMS Local Grievance Data Collection webpage.