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During the fall PEIMS submission each year a school provides information to the Texas Education Agency on a student’s level of participation in career and technology programs, which are composed of coherent sequences of career and technology courses and academic core courses.

This information helps determine the allocation of federal Carl D. Perkins funds to school districts and helps TEA meet federal reporting requirements.

Participation in career and technology education is reported in the PEIMS Student Data Record 110 and is based on Code Table C142, updated March 2001.

This coding system has four options (0, 1, 2, or 3), which are described below.
Code
Translation
0
Not enrolled in a career and technology course
1

Enrolled in a career and technology course

A student that is taking a career and technology education course, but the student’s 4-year plan of study does not outline a coherent sequence of courses in career and technology education.

The following codes are for students who, on the fall snapshot submission:
  1. have a 4-year plan to take a coherent sequence of courses in career and technology education, and
  2. are enrolled in or have completed a semester of career and technology course(s), which are part of their career and technology coherent sequence of courses
If a student’s 4-year plan changes, then the student could go from a code 2 or 3 to a 0 or 1 in a subsequent school year.
2

Participant in a coherent sequence of courses program

A student who is enrolled in a sequential course of study, which develops occupational knowledge, skills, and competencies relating to a career concentration. The student should have a 4-year plan of study to take 2 or more career and technology education courses for 3 or more credits.

3

Participant in a Tech-Prep Program

A student in grades 9-12 who follows an approved Tech-Prep high school plan of study leading to postsecondary education and training. The student should have a 4-year secondary plan of study that includes 2 or more career and technology education courses for 3 or more credits. The plan must also provide at least one option for articulated and/or concurrent credit at the postsecondary level.

Reference: CAREER-AND-TECHNOLOGY-ED-IND-CD PEIMS Data Element E0031 PEIMS Code Table 142 – Updated 3/1/01
Examples of PEIMS C/T Coding
Course Enrollment Codes
0
A student is not currently enrolled in and has never taken a career and technology course.
1
A student is currently enrolled in a career and technology course but the student's four-year graduation plan does not show a coherent sequence of 2 or more career and technology courses for 3 or more credits.
Program Intent Codes
2

C/T program participant:

  • A student is currently enrolled in or has completed a career and technology course.
  • The student’s four-year graduation plan shows a coherent sequence of 2 or more career and technology courses for 3 or more credits that is not part of an approved Tech-Prep program.
3

Tech-Prep program participant:

  • A student is currently enrolled in or has completed a career and technology course.
  • The student’s four-year graduation plan shows a coherent sequence of 2 or more career and technology courses for 3 or more credits that is part of an approved Tech-Prep program.
  • One or more courses in the career and technology sequence must be eligible for college credit through statewide articulation, local articulation, and/or dual college credit.

Source: TEA PEIMS website