Lamar CISD told to return state funds after TEA attendance audit finds coding errors

Jan 24, 2025

At its Jan. 23 meeting the Lamar CISD board heard results of a Texas Education Agency limited-scope attendance audit for 2021–22 that identified coding errors and will reduce state funding by $432,231 before a tuition offset; district staff say the net expected reduction is $276,231 and described corrective steps.

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The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees received a report Jan. 23 on a Texas Education Agency limited-scope attendance audit covering the 2021–22 school year that identified multiple student-record coding errors and will reduce the district’s state funding by $432,231 before accounting for tuition already collected.

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