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Pasadena ISD reports superior School FIRST rating, scores 98 of 100
Summary
District staff told trustees Pasadena ISD earned a 'superior' School FIRST financial rating, scoring 98 out of 100 based on 2022–23 data; the presentation explained the 21 indicators, required disclosures and where supporting financial documents are posted.
Pasadena Independent School District staff reported the district earned the highest possible rating on the State Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST).
"We scored 98 out of 100 possible points," Tamaa Alfred Stevens told the board during a public hearing on the district's annual School FIRST report, which is based on 2022–23 fiscal-year data. Stevens walked trustees through the 21 indicators used by the Texas Education Agency to assess financial performance and solvency and highlighted required disclosures, including gifts from vendors exceeding $250, business transactions involving board members or the superintendent, and reimbursements to trustees and the superintendent.
Stevens said the district met the four critical initial indicators that, if failed, would either reduce the district's maximum points or cause a failing rating. She also noted that certain indicators that had not been scored in previous years were evaluated this year and that the district earned full or increased points on several point‑based indicators.
The School FIRST report, she said, includes the superintendent's contract and income information, check registers, adopted budgets and other financial reports dating back 10 years, and those documents are available on the district website. Trustees were given an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation; Stevens paused for board and public comments at the conclusion of her overview.
The board took no separate formal action on the report itself during the hearing; Stevens framed the report as required transparency reporting to the Texas Education Agency and to the public.
