Each year, TEA is required to evaluate each sub-recipient of federal funds for risk of non-compliance with statute or rule. To meet this obligation, TEA evaluates each LEA according to the following criterion, that include whether the LEA:
- did not submit the required annual financial and compliance report (AFR) to TEA by the required due date or did not submit an AFR;
- did not submit the required AFR to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the required due date or did not submit an AFR;
- did not receive an unqualified opinion from the auditor in the AFR;
- was not required to have a single audit conducted under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 because it did not meet the federal grant spending threshold;
- had at least one of the following identified in the single-audit report: (1) an instance of material noncompliance; (2) material weaknesses in internal controls; (3) questioned costs of federal funds; (4) a finding that was also a finding in the prior year;
- has a large amount of federal expenditures compared to total operating costs;
- has been referred by other agency divisions for significant issues or deficiencies that may affect its use of federal grant funds or its implementation of federal grant programs;
- has not been monitored recently by the Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division;
- has not drawn down federal funds by January of the current school year for one or more of the following federal grants: Title I, Part A—Improving Basic Programs; Carl D. Perkins; IDEA-B—Formula;
- has lapsed funds for at least one of the following NCLB grants:
- Title I, Part A—Improving Basic Programs
- Title I, Part C—Migrant
- Title I, Part D—Subpart 2
- Title II, Part A—Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting
- Title III, Part A—LEP
- has lapsed IDEA-B—Formula funds;
- has carried over excessive amounts of funds for one or more of the following federal grants:
- Title I, Part A—Improving Basic Programs
- Title I, Part C—Migrant
- Title I, Part D—Subpart 2
- Title II, Part A—Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting
- Title III, Part A—LEP
- IDEA-B—Formula
If you receive a higher risk assessment level, your district or charter school may be subject to more stringent grant negotiation review, and may be more likely to be selected for monitoring.
You can now see your district's or charter school's risk status by logging in to TEASE or TEAL and accessing "GFFC Reports and Data Collections" and selecting Risk Assessment Level from the drop-down menu.
To read more about risk assessment levels, see
this TAA Correspondence.