Recent ActivityFinance Announcements Financial Transparency Award The Comptroller of Public Accounts launched the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle program in December 2009 to recognize local governments across Texas that are striving to meet a high standard for financial transparency online. The award spotlights those local governments that are; opening their books to the public, providing clear, consistent pictures of spending; and sharing information in a user-friendly format that lets taxpayers easily drill down for more information. In 2011, the program was expanded to include additional award criteria. The new criteria offer more options and reward those local governments that go beyond the basics of posting required documents only. Temple ISD has once again earned a GOLD level Leadership Circle Award. This is the highest level of achievement possible for this award.To learn more about this program, click here. TISD Announces "Superior" Financial Rating Temple Independent School District officials announced at the regular Board meeting on Monday, October 10, 2011, 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 Temple ISD's financial mangagement and reporting system. Temple ISD received a rating of “Superior Achievement” under the Texas’ Schools FIRST financial accountability rating system for the fiscal year 2009-10 according to Kallen Vaden, Executive Director of Finance. This achievement demonstrates the high quality of the financial management and reporting system of the district. The Schools FIRST accountability rating system assigns one of four financial ratings to Texas school districts. The rating system consists of twenty-two indicators each with an assigned point value. To receive the "Superior Achievement" rating, the district must receive a score of at least 72. Temple ISD scored 75 out of 80 possible points. The Schools Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas is a financial accountability system for Texas school districts that was developed in 1999 by the Texas Education Agency in response to Senate Bill 875 of the 76th Texas Legislature. The primary goal of the Schools FIRST is to achieve quality performance in the management of school district’s financial resources. A challenging goal due to the complexity of accounting associated with Texas’ school finance system. Property Tax Rate 2011-12Temple Independent School District adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate.
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