On October 22, 2015, the Texas Education Agency announced the release of Final 2014–2015 Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) ratings based on fiscal year 2014. Not later than two months after TEA's release of the final ratings, school districts and open-enrollment charter schools are required to hold a public meeting to distribute a financial management report that explains the LEA’s rating and its performance under each indicator for the current and previous year’s ratings. The first of two required newspaper notices to inform stakeholders of the meeting must be published no more than 30 days and no fewer than 14 days before the public meeting. The report also must provide certain disclosures described in Title 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §109.1001(o)(3).
You can access the ratings at:
To access the TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED letter on this topic dated October 22, 2015, click on the link below.
http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/News_and_Multimedia/Correspondence/TAA_Letters/2014%E2%80%932015_Final_FIRST_Ratings/
To access the TASBO School FIRST Communications Kit and the TASBO School FIRST Disclosures Template, click on the link below.
http://www.tasbo.org/resource/tools-templates/schools-first