Charter School Waitlist (CSW)

Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.1174, added by SB 2293 (Texas Legislature, 86th Regular Session), requires that the governing body of a charter holder to report certain student enrollment and waitlist data to TEA no later than the last Friday of October of each school year. All open-enrollment charter schools will report the data for enrollment and waitlist at the campus level based on the last Friday in September.

The reporting of enrollment and waitlist data into CSW is mandatory for all open-enrollment charter schools. Every charter must submit the following data for each campus:

• Number of students enrolled at the charter school campus;
• Maximum number of students the charter school campus could provide instruction to without exceeding staffing and facility limitations; and
• Whether the charter school campus uses a waitlist for admission.

Every open-enrollment charter school must submit the following individual student data for each campus:

• Texas Unique Student ID
• Student ID
• First, middle, last name, suffix
• Date of Birth
• Sex
• Enrollment or waitlist status