Data and Education Information:Juvenile Justice Alternative Education

Programs

Marie Welsch, PhD, LPC

Texas Juvenile Justice Department

What is a JJAEP?A Juvenile Justice school placement, in 32 Texas Counties, that keeps youth off the

streets who have been expelled (removed) from their home school based

on TX Education Code, Chapter 37.011.

The Goal:

Increase offender accountability

Recover Course Credits

Improve Social Skills

Develop leadership Skills

Reduce delinquency

How does a student get to a JJAEP?See Flow Chart and Offense List on TJJD

Website: http://www.tjjd.texas.gov/publications

/default.aspx

JJAEP Program is Responsible for:

Administrative information sent to school districts:

• Paperwork: credit information to place on transcripts, grades

• Behavior summary

• Attendance information

Who works in a JJAEP?• Staff:

–Administrators, Registrars/Data coordinators

– Educators

–Caseworker/Juvenile Probation Officers

– Juvenile Service Officers

–Behavior Coordinators

–Bus Drivers

– Food handlers

JJAEP Education Program:

• – 4 Core Subjects (English, Math, Science, Social Studies)

• General and Special Education

• Individualized instruction

• Accelerated instruction

• Self-Paced instruction

+Self Discipline Training

• Case management and Counseling

• Behavior Management/ Positive Behavior and Supports

• Social Skills Training

• Character Building

How does a JJAEP work?

• Records

• Orientation

• Release Criteria

• Staff Reviews

JJAEP/County Probation Connection

• What can families do to support their child if he/she is placed in a JJAEP?

• attend all meetings

• expect consistent attendance at school all day every day

• come to school

• ask to visit the classroom

• Contact Probation Officer

• Ask for assistance

Transition out of a JJAEP

The time when the changes in the lives of students create specific needs…

• Meet exit criteria

• Notify Parents

• Notify School District

• Transition Meeting

• Return to Home School

Texas Education Agency Data Changes

PEIMS Edit + on the Way Out…

Texas Student Data System (TSDS/PEIMS) on the Way In

www.texasstudentdatasystem.org

TSDS/PEIMS Stage 1 Launches Aug 2015

TEA is rolling out TSDS PEIMS to half of the LEAs in Texas.

These LEAs will submit their official PEIMS collections via TSDS, although they can also load to EDIT+ during the 2015-16 school year for data quality assurance. They will not, however, complete their data via EDIT+, as TSDS PEIMS is now their system of record.

What is TSDS Unique ID?

TSDS Unique ID (10 digits) will enable education agencies to create

randomly generated unique identifiers to support all the

subsystems of TSDS and to provide cleaner longitudinal education data.

TSDS (1)

TSDS will become the one common data collection platform

for TEA to reduce the data collection burden on districts and

charter schools.

TSDS (2)

• TSDS replaces and expands on the existing Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)

• TSDS modernizes to reduce technology risk and system downtime

• It puts real-time student performance data in the hands of educators

TSDS (3)

TSDS Unique ID is necessary in order to integrate the various subsystems of TSDS smoothly and accurately--it is better able to reduce duplicates and other errors than TEA's previous identification management system.

TSDS (4)

Since TEA will run both TSDS and the legacy EDIT+ systems in parallel for some time, EDIT+ has been adapted to accept Unique ID identifiers (UIDs), and LEAs must use UIDs for both systems.

Resources:

• http://www.texasstudentdatasystem.org/TSDS/Education_Data_Warehouse/Unique_ID/

School Year 2016-17 All LEAS will be in TSDS PEIMS System…

• NOTE: Migration to the new TSDS system is permanent. Once all LEAs have migrated, the legacy EDIT+ system will be decommissioned and no longer available.

TJJD Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Update: Federal Disability

Categories and Offense Codes

TJJD Data Changes: Federal Disability Categories (1)

• AU-Autism

• BI- Brain Injury, Traumatic

• DB-Deaf-Blindness

• DD-Developmental Delay

• ED-Emotional Disturbance

• HI-Hearing Impairment UN-Unknown

• ID-Intellectual Disability; Mental Retardation

Federal Disability Categories (2)

• LD- Learning Disability, Specific

• MD-Multiple Disabilities

• OH-Other health Impairment

• OI-Orthopedic Impairment/Physical Disability

• SI-Speech/Language Impairment

• VI-Visual Impairment

TJJD: TX Ed Code: New Offense Codes (1)

From TX Penal Code 46.05:

• 37.007A12A-Unlawful Carrying Weapons-Handgun

• 37.007A12B-Unlawful Carrying Weapons-Illegal Knife

• 37.007A12C-Unlawful Carrying Weapons-Club

From TX Penal Code 46.05:

• 37.007A15A-Prohibited Weapon-Explosive Weapon

• 37.007A15B-Prohibited Weapon-Machine Gun

• 37.007A15C-Prohibited Weapon-Short-Barrel Firearm

TJJD: TX Ed Code: New Offense Codes (2)

• From TX Penal Code 46.05:

• 37.007A15D-Prohibited Weapon-Firearm Silencer 37.007A15E-Prohibited Weapon-Knuckles

• 37.007A15F-Prohibited Weapon-Armor-Piercing Ammunition

• 37.007A15G-Prohibited Weapon-Chemical Dispensing Device

• 37.007A15H-Prohibited Weapon-Zip Gun

• 37.007A15I-Prohibited Weapon-Tire Deflation Device

Questions?

Contact me:

Marie Welsch, PHD, LPC

TJJD

JJAEP Program

Education Specialist

Marie.Welsch@tjjd.texas.gov

512-490-7990