The ASCENDER District Administration application provides program data for each collection from the ASCENDER Business and Student system. These programs are reviewed and modified annually, per the published Texas Web-Enabled Data Standards (TWEDS), to ensure that the data sent to the district database is as accurate as possible.
The PEIMS Extended Year Submission includes data for leavers, graduates, certain programs, and course completions:
This guide is organized in domain dependency order.
The Extended Year submission is due August 27, 2026.
IMPORTANT: Some of the images and/or examples provided in this document are for informational purposes only and may not completely represent your LEA’s process.
Before starting the verification process, ensure the following tasks have been completed within the respective applications:
Security Administration
Grade Reporting
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the Education Organization domain provides information about any public school, charter, education service center, organization or agency.
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the School Calendar domain provides calendar information for the Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) Credit/Promotion Recovery Program, the Extended School Year Program, and the Additional Days School Year Program. It. is dependent on the Education Organization domain.
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the Program entity provides program information for Special Education and Emergent Bilingual programs provided by the district. It is dependent on the Education Organization domain.
NOTE: This section is used only to verify district-provided programs. Individual student records are verified and updated in the VI. Student Identification and Demographics section.
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the Staff domain provides the general staff information for teachers teaching students in the Additional Days School Year (ADSY) Program. It is dependent on the School Calendar domain.
Only teachers teaching students in the Additional Days School Year (ADSY) program with StaffClassification 047 (Substitute Teacher) and 087 (Teacher) should be reported.
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the Teaching and Learning domain provides course, section, staff assignment, and student enrollment information for eligible summer programs. It is dependent on the both the Staff domain along with the Staff and StaffEducationOrganizationEmploymentAssociation entities.
The Student Identification and Demographics domain Parent, Student, and StudentParentAssociation entities provide basic demographic and contact information associated with each student. It is dependent on the School Calendar domain, the Alternative and Supplemental Services domain, and the Program entity.
NOTE: The following students shall be included for the PEIMS Extended Year Submission (4) reporting:
The Enrollment domain provides the enrollment and withdrawal information for a student and the relationship between a particular education organization. It is dependent on the Student Identification and Demographics domain along with the Student, Parent, and StudentParentAssociation entities.
NOTE: The following information only needs to be verified and updated for students included in the PEIMS Extended Year submission.
The Student Identification and Demographics domainStudentEducationOrganizationAssociation entity captures demographic and similar characteristics of a student that are specific to a student's relationship with a particular education organization. It is dependent on the Enrollment domain.
NOTE: The following information only needs to be verified and updated for students included in the PEIMS Extended Year submission.
The Alternative and Supplemental Services domain provides program information such as Title I, Special Education, and Emergent Bilingual. It is dependent on both the Student Identification and Demographics domain and the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation entity.
For the PEIMS Extended Year Submission, the Teaching and Learning domain provides course, section, staff assignment, and student enrollment information for eligible summer programs. It is dependent on both the Student Identification and Demographics domain and the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation entity.
NOTE: This is the same report created to verify the Section entity data in the V. Teaching and Learning section of the guide.
The Student Academic Record domain provides the cumulative record of academic achievement for a student and the final record of a student's performance in their course at the end of a semester or school year. It is dependent on both the Student Identification and Demographics domain and the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation entity.
NOTE: In order to be included in transcript extension, a pass-fail indicator that is not blank, 00 or 09 is required on Prior Year Transfer.
This is the same report created to verify the Section entity data in the V. Teaching and Learning section of the guide.
The Student Attendance domain provides the daily attendance information for students. Attendance data for Additional Days School Program (ADSY), Extended School Year, and Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) Credit Recovery program is reported in this submission. It is dependent on both the Student Identification and Demographics domain and the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation entity.
For a complete list of submission rules and edits, access the TSDS Web-Enabled Data Standards (TWEDS) website. In the top-right corner, select the appropriate School Year (20XX), Collection (XXXX), and Submission (XXX) and click Open.
Once on the TWEDS website, in the Overview tab, you can review Collections, Timelines (DUE DATES), and Data Submission Responsibilities. It is highly important to ensure that you review all of these details as they may change according to the School Year.
Additionally, you can use the other tabs on the TWEDS website to review Data Components, Descriptor Tables, References, Rules, Change Logs, and Early Notices.