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
512-490-7990