TEA attendance audit finds coding errors; Lamar CISD expects $276,231 net impact after tuition collected

Jan 23, 2025

A limited-scope TEA attendance audit found multiple coding and documentation errors for the 2021-22 school year with total reductions of $432,231; tuition already collected (~$156,000) reduces the net expected deduction to $276,231. The district outlined corrective actions including training and centralizing attendance functions.

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Mr. Brian Moore presented the Texas Education Agency's limited-scope attendance audit for the 2021-22 school year, which reviewed five areas: under-age kindergarten enrollments, early education coding, special education instructional setting codes, bilingual/ESL parent-consent coding, and documentation for pregnancy-related services.

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