Student Listing for 2021–22 Local Remote Learning ADA Funding Eligibility Now Available

To the Superintendent Addressed:

As prescribed by Senate Bill (SB) 15, local education agencies (LEAs) may receive full average daily attendance (ADA) funding for students who attend local remote learning programs at any point during the 2021–22 school year if the remote instruction and the attending student meet certain statutory requirements.

The Student Listing for 2021–22 Local Remote Learning ADA Funding Eligibility in the Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) Accountability application is intended to help LEAs determine funding eligibility for students who may participate in a local remote learning program. The responsibility for making the final determination on a student’s eligibility for funding lies with the LEA. Attendance data is auditable.

Please note that due to data limitations, the student listing provides enrollment information based on the School Year 2021–22 Tracking Reporting, 2020–21 STAAR performance outcomes, and 2020–21 attendance. TEA does not have access to course grade data, unexcused absence counts, nor any local beginning of year (BOY) assessment results, so LEAs will be able use the list provided by TEA as a starting point but must independently determine and document student eligibility for remote ADA.

Districts may only count a student toward ADA if that student meets eligibility requirements in the following areas.

1. Based on student information from the preceding school year, if a student received remote instruction for a majority of their instructional days in the previous school year (e.g., 88+ days in a 175-day instructional year), they also must have: 

• Achieved satisfactory achievement or higher on each STAAR assessment administered.
• If a STAAR assessment was not administered but the student was in a grade/subject for which STAAR should have been administered, a different assessment can be administered that shows grade level proficiency in TEKS (e.g., the STAAR BOY assessment).
• Had a number of unexcused absences that is 10 percent or fewer out of all instructional days.  
• Earned a grade of C or higher in the foundation curriculum courses taken virtually or remotely in the preceding school year.

If a student did not receive a majority of the student’s instructional time in the preceding school year via remote instruction, then the criteria noted above do not apply to determine student eligibility for remote learning. However, criteria noted in the next section apply to all remote instruction students.

2. Based on student information from the current school year:

• The student is enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school.  
• The student has reasonable access to in-person services at a district or school facility.  
• The student has fewer than 10 unexcused absences while enrolled in local remote instruction over a six-month period.

Please note that for criteria from the current school year, in the event that a student does not meet one of the criteria partway through the school year, districts will still receive funding for the first portion of the school year during which all current year criteria were met for that student.  

To learn more about local remote learning program requirements, please see the Senate Bill 15 Overview and FAQs.  

 

How to Access the TEAL Accountability Application

• Log on to TEAL Accountability Application https://tealprod.tea.state.tx.us/TSP/TEALcurePortal/Access/LogonServlet.
• Launch ACCT – Accountability listed as one of the web applications at the top.
• You may also use this reference page to reset your TEAL username or password if needed.

If you have further questions about the Student Listing for 2021–22 Local Remote Learning ADA Funding Eligibility, please reach out to Performance Reporting at (512) 463-9704 or performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov. If you have questions about local remote learning program requirements, please direct all questions to Remote.Learning@tea.texas.gov.

Thank you.