If Your Child Has an IEP From a Public School District
The public school district (ISD) that created your child’s IEP is the source of truth for their Texas Student Unique Identifier (UID).
Contact the district’s special education department to request your child’s UID. The district should have this identifier on record even if your child currently attends a private school.
If Your Child Has Attended a Texas Public School
If your child has ever attended a public school, you can use the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Student Lookup tool to find their UID.
Visit the TEA Student Lookup and select Student Look Up at the top center of the page.
You will be asked to enter your child’s:
First name
Social Security number
Date of birth
If your child has been registered in a public school, the website will provide their UID.
Note: The Student Lookup tool currently does not provide UID lookups for private school students who have IEPs through an ISD. If this applies to your child, contact the special education department of the ISD that completed your child’s IEP.
If Your Child Has Only Attended Private School
If your child has only attended private school, contact your local public school district.
The district should be able to enter your child’s IEP information into TEA’s APEX system on your behalf. This will allow the district to provide you with a UID.
If You Cannot Obtain a UID
If you have exhausted all methods of obtaining a UID, you may enter "11111" followed by your ZIP code in the application instead of the Texas Unique Student Identifier.
This will allow you to continue with the application.
However, entering this number does not replace a valid UID for purposes of additional special education funding.
The only way to ensure additional SPED funding for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program is to have a validated IEP on file with TEA. A validated IEP requires your child to have a valid Texas Student Unique Identifier (UID).
Learn More About Special Education Eligibility
For more information about which special education criteria may qualify a student for additional funding and priority, and which criteria may qualify a student for priority only, read I Have a Child with a Disability. What Do I Need to Do?.