Alvin ISD Holds Public Hearing on 2023–24 Annual Report; District Notes Accredited Status

Alvin Independent School District held a public hearing in which Mr. Shaw, the district’s chief of accountability and assessment, reviewed the district’s 2023–24 annual report, a required compilation of eight documents that the district has posted online and made available in print.

"Tonight, we are here to have a public hearing on the 2324 district annual report," Mr. Shaw told the board before walking trustees through the report’s scope and sections. He said the district’s online annual report totals 1,173 pages and contains thousands of data and informational points and that all information in the report is drawn from the two previous school years; "no data or no information is new," he said.

The report aggregates the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) student- and teacher-level data; PEIMS financial reports; the district’s most recent accreditation status; campus improvement plans and measurable performance objectives; a reporting of serious PEIMS-related discipline incidents; a first-year postsecondary GPA report; progress toward board-adopted House Bill 3 goals; and the TAPR glossary of definitions and methodologies. Mr. Shaw highlighted that the district’s included accreditation status is for 2022–23 and that Alvin ISD’s official rating in that report is "accredited." He also told the board that statewide accountability ratings have not been issued since 2022 because of pending lawsuits affecting TEA’s releases in 2023 and 2024.

Why this matters: the annual report fulfills statutory requirements under the Texas Education Code and provides the public and the board a multi-year repository of academic, financial and safety data the district uses for planning and oversight. It includes student performance measures (attendance, graduation and dropout rates, and college/career/military readiness indicators), teacher workforce demographics and experience, campus-level spending, and discipline metrics used by the Texas Education Agency to identify persistently dangerous campuses.

Mr. Shaw closed by noting the report’s accessibility: an electronic copy was posted to the district accountability webpage in February and paper copies are available at the district office, campuses and local libraries. He offered his contact information for follow-up questions and concluded the presentation; the board did not record substantive follow-up questions during the hearing.

Next steps: the public hearing completed the TAPR-related presentation portion of the agenda. Members of the public may contact the district’s accountability office for clarifications or requests about the report’s data.