1/26/11

The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) has just released the updated report on Transparency Mandates on School Districts that explains the multitude of reporting and disclosure requirements with which school districts must comply.  The TASB Report describes the high degree of transparency in school districts relative to other governmental entities in the excerpt from the Report below.

"In fact, school districts are the most transparent of governmental entities. School boards must post all of their governance policies on line, regularly provide parents with information about their children‟s and schools‟ academic performance, and provide the public with a myriad of notices about the financial status of the district. Furthermore, districts must report hundreds of detailed academic, financial, demographic, and personnel data to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which are posted for public scrutiny on TEA‟s Web site.

If a parent or taxpayer wants any information about their school district, chances are it is already posted, noticed, or mailed. And, with the exception of a few categories of personally identifiable information, taxpayers can obtain even more detailed information by filing an open records request with the district."

To read the TASB report on Transparency Mandates on School Districts click on the link below.

Transparency Mandates on School Districts (490.82 KB)