CPISD Receives Superior Rating from TEA for FIRST
Financial Accountability Rating System

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.