Financial Accountability

The Texas Education Agency's Financial Accountability Division oversees public school financial accountability. The division:

administers the state's financial accountability system for school districts, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST);
administers the state's financial accountability system for charter schools, known as Charter FIRST;
produces the Financial Accountability System Resource Guide (FASRG);
produces the annual Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH);
reports K–12 financial data;
reviews charter school applications; and
reviews school district declarations of financial exigency.

The Financial Accountability Division is a part of the Department of School Finance.

The area code for all numbers is 512.

Name	Phone
Robin Aldridge	463-3940	FASRG / Financial Exigency / School FIRST
Rita Bunton	936-3712	FASRG / School FIRST
Shalonda Hurd	463-9095	Office Operations
Leo Lopez	463-9179	Chief School Finance Officer
David Marx	463-2945	Director, Financial Compliance
Padmaja Sathyanarayan	475-2012	SAAH / New Charter Applications
Yolanda Walker	463-0947	FASRG / School FIRST / SAAH
Fax	305-9165

Accounting	463-9189
Financial Compliance	463-9095
Formula Funding / Grants	463-8525
IDEA-B Stimulus / Special Ed	463-9414
NCLB Title I / SFSF	463-9414
PEIMS	463-9229
Purchasing and Contracts	463-9041
Teacher records & certification	936-8400 ext 2
Waivers	463-9630

For more information, contact:

Financial Accountability Division
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-9238

Contact Information

Financial Accountability Division: Phone: (512) 463-9238 FinancialAccountability@tea.texas.gov

Financial Compliance Phone: (512) 463-9095 schoolaudits@tea.texas.gov

Division of Grants Administration Phone: (512) 463-8525 grants@tea.texas.gov

Office of Grants and Federal Fiscal Compliance Phone: (512) 463-8992 gffc@tea.texas.gov

School Finance Phone: (512) 463-9238 sfinance@tea.texas.gov

Texas Permanent School Fund Phone (512) 463-9169