CPISD Receives Superior Rating from TEA for FIRST
Financial Accountability Rating System
October 07, 2009
CENTER POINT ISD Earns State’s Highest Fiscal Accountability
Rating
Center Point Independent School District officials announced
that the district received a rating of “Superior Achievement” under
Texas’ Schools FIRST financial accountability rating system. The
Superior Achievement rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating
the quality of Center Point ISD’s financial management and
reporting systems
This is the seventh year of Schools FIRST (Financial
Accountability Rating System of Texas), a financial accountability
system for Texas school districts developed by the Texas Education
Agency in response to Senate Bill 875 of the 76th Texas Legislature
in 1999. The primary goal of Schools FIRST is to achieve quality
performance in the management of school districts’ financial
resources, a goal made more significant due to the complexity of
accounting associated with Texas’ school finance system.
“We are very pleased with Center Point ISD’s Schools FIRST
rating,” said Center
Point ISD Superintendent Cody Newcomb, “as it shows that our
district is making the most of our taxpayers’ dollars. The rating
shows that Center Point ISD’s schools are accountable not only for
student learning, but also for achieving these results
cost-effectively and efficiently.”
The Schools FIRST accountability rating system assigns one of four financial accountability rating to Texas school district, with the highest being “Superior Achievement,” followed by “Above-Standard Achievement,” “Standard Achievement” and “Substandard Achievement.” Districts with serious data quality problems may receive the additional rating of “Suspended-Data Quality.” Districts that receive “Substandard Achievement” or “Suspended-Data Quality” ratings under Schools FIRST must file a corrective action plan with Texas Education Agency.
