About TEA
PDF (Portable Document Format)
A format for documents that lets users capture and view information from almost any application and on any computer system. This format was invented by Adobe Systems.
PEIMS (Public Education Information Management System)
An application that encompasses all data requested and received by TEA about public education, including student demographic and academic performance, personnel, financial, and organizational information
PGA (Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Grant Application)
A federal grant administered by the Division of Formula Funding per the Perkins Act of 2006: PL 109-270. All districts are eligible to apply for these funds to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
PEG (Public Education Grant)
A program that permits parents whose children attend under-performing schools to request a transfer of their children to schools in other districts. A list of PEG-designated schools is provided to districts annually. By February 1, districts must notify each parent of a student in the district assigned to attend a school on the PEG list. Based on the February list, parents may request a transfer for the following school year.
PIA (Public Information Act)
A Texas state law that gives the public access to government records. All government information, with certain exceptions, is presumed to be available to the public.
PID (Person Identification Database)
A system used by TEA to manage and store identifying information on students and teachers in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). 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.
PKES (Prekindergarten Early Start Grant)
A grant that provides funds to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to prepare students to enter kindergarten on or above grade level
PKG (Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines)
Guidelines developed to help educators provide all preschool children with the proper foundations for school success
PSF (Permanent School Fund)
A fund created with a $2 million appropriation by the Texas Legislature in 1854 expressly for the benefit of the public schools of Texas. The Constitution of 1876 stipulated that certain lands and all proceeds from the sale of these lands should also constitute the PSF.
RDA (Results Driven Accountability)
An automated data system that reports annually on the performance of local education agencies (LEAs) in selected program areas (bilingual education/English as a second language, career and technical education, certain federal Title programs, and special education).