HB1525 – Gifted/Talented Funding Report

Report Location: Finance > Finance Custom Reports > Summary of Finance (SOF) Reports > Student Funding Detail Reports > Gifted/Talented (GT) Funding (HB1525)

Summary: This report provides Student count data for HB1525 funding regarding Gifted and Talented (GT) allotment as of 2021-2022.

Usage: Use the Student Count for Funding to aide in determining the Summary of Finance GT Allotment as defined by HB1525. This count is based upon student GT participation reporting in Summer PEIMS and is limited to %5 of the current year ADA. See Calculations below for more details.

Data Sources:

Summer PEIMS

• Interchange Student Program Extension
  • 40110 Student Program Extension Complex Type
    • Gifted Talented Indicator Code (E0034) 
• Interchange Student Attendance Extension
  • 42400 Basic Reporting Period Attendance Extension Complex Type

Calculations:

• Student Count: Participating in Gifted/Talented Program – count of students reporting participating (1) in Gifted-Talented-Indicator-Code for Summer PEIMS
• The remaining three columns are valid and calculated at the District Summary level only. Per the HB1525 guidance: Not more than five percent of an LEA’s students in ADA are eligible for G/T Funding
  • Current Year Refined ADA (Total Student Population) – Sum of all six-week periods ADA, divided by Number of Reporting Periods, and rounded to 3 decimals.
    • (Total Eligible Days Present First Six Weeks / Number Days Taught First Six Weeks) +
    • (Total Eligible Days Present Second Six Weeks / Number Days Taught Second Six Weeks) +
    • (Total Eligible Days Present Third Six Weeks / Number Days Taught Third Six Weeks) +
    • (Total Eligible Days Present Fourth Six Weeks / Number Days Taught Fourth Six Weeks) +
    • (Total Eligible Days Present Fifth Six Weeks / Number Days Taught Fifth Six Weeks) +
    • (Total Eligible Days Present Sixth Six Weeks / Number Days Taught Sixth Six Weeks) = Total Result
    • Total Result / Number of reporting periods with values = Refined ADA Total
  • G/T Funding Limit: 5% of Current Year Refined ADA – 5% times Current Year Refined ADA . This is the maximum student count for G/T Funding limit.
  • Student Count: G/T Funding – This is the actual student count eligible for G/T Allotment Funding.
    • If the Student Count: Participating in Gifted / Talented Program is greater than G/T Funding Limit: 5% of Current Year Refined ADA
      • set the funding count to G/T Funding Limit:5% of Current Year Refined ADA;
    • If the Student Count: Participating in Gifted / Talented Program is less than or equal to G/T Funding Limit: 5% of Current Year Refined ADA
      • set the funding count to Student Count: Participating in Gifterd/Talented Program.

Features:

• Year filter (Default latest Summer PEIMS file loaded beginning with 21-22 school year)
• Campus filter (multi select, defautl is District/Campus Summary)
• Grade filter (multi select, default is All Grades Summary)
• Focus List filter
• Drill down provides detailed list of students participating in G/T.

Tools:

• Export to Excel
• Bookmark
• Report Info
• Finance Reporting Period Override

Resources for Calculations: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/gifted/talented-gt-funding