Uvalde CISD receives a C on TEA FIRST report; board holds required public hearing

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials reported a C rating and a score of 74 on the Texas Education Agency's Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) first report during a public hearing of the Board of Trustees. The report presented and discussed at the hearing covers 2023-24 financial data (labeled the 2024-25 first rating) and was reviewed by district staff at the board meeting.

Pam Bridal, district staff member, told the board the district earned 74 out of 100 points on 21 FIRST indicators and that the district did not file an appeal of the preliminary rating. "We did a C. We meet standard achievement. We had a score of 74," Bridal said. She said the district's score fell from 76 the prior rating year (based on earlier data).

The district met several key indicators: Bridal said the annual financial report received an unmodified opinion; the district met debt payment terms at fiscal year end; and the total net position in governmental activities (net of pension liabilities) was greater than zero. The district earned full points on the indicators for long-term liabilities ratio and debt-per-$100 of assessed value,…