In 1995, the Texas Legislature created the Public Education Grant (PEG) program (TEC §§29.201 - 29.205). The PEG program permits parents whose children attend schools on the PEG list to request that their children transfer to schools in other districts. A list of PEG-designated schools is provided to districts annually.
By February 1, districts must notify each parent of a student in the district assigned to attend a school on the PEG list. Parents may then request a transfer for the following school year. Parents obtain a transfer by contacting the district the student wants to transfer to in writing.
* Annie Sims Elementary
* Frances Corprew Elementary
* Mt Pleasant High School
* Vivian Fowler Elementary
Through the PEG program, districts receive a slightly higher allocation of funding from the state for each PEG-transferred student. (The additional funding is equal to 10% of the adjusted basic allotment, which varies by school.)
Included on the PEG list are 2014 campuses with passing rates on STAAR that are less than or equal to 50% in any two of the preceding three years: 2012, 2013 and 2014 or the school was rated Improvement Required in 2013 or 2014
Some examples of schools that would appear on the current PEG list include:
* A school that was Improvement Required in 2013,
* A school with fewer than 50% of its students passing reading in 2014 and 2013, and
* A school with fewer than 50% of its students passing science in 2013 and fewer than 50% passing ELA in 2014.
A school can remain on the PEG list for up to three years, even if their subsequent rating is Met Standard.
PEG identification is based on the performance of “all students” only. However, schools that are PEG-listed due to having an Improvement Required rating may have been rated Improvement Required due to the performance of a student group in one of the 4 indexes.
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