Charter schools, education service centers and school districts must submit a copy of the Annual Financial and Compliance Report (AFR) with accompanying audit reports in electronic format to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) no later than 150 days after the close of their respective fiscal year.
The AFR electronic submission consists of two parts with the first being the submission of an Adobe Acrobat© Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Instructions on this requirement can be found in the Electronic Reports Submission Standards. The second part is the submission of the GASB Audit Data Feed, which only applies to education service centers and school districts. Instructions for this portion of the submittal are specified in the Annual Financial Audit GASB Data Feed Standards.
Charter schools and school districts are also required to submit a district and at least two campus improvement plans if their state compensatory education allotment was more than a certain amount for the previous fiscal year. The improvement plans are to be submitted not later than the 150th day after the last day permissible to send data for the PEIMS data FINAL Midyear resubmission 2. Additional reports may also be required, refer to the State Compensatory Education module of the Financial Accountability System Resource Guide for more information.
Additional information can be found in the Data Collection and Reporting and the State Compensatory Education modules in the Financial Accountability System Resource Guide, Texas Administrative Code(TAC) §109.1 and the Texas Education Code (TEC) §44.008.
All of the above mentioned electronic reports are submitted through the Audit and Indirect Costs application in the Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEASE). Refer to the appropriate link below to set up an account.
Application for TEASE Audit Account - CPA only
Application for TEASE Audit Account - non TEA users except CPA
TEASE/TEAL Log On Page
Electronic Reports Submission Standards (PDF, 1057KB)
Annual Financial Audit GASB Data Feed Standards (PDF, 1055KB)
Annual Financial Report GASB Data Feed Updates - May 2011 (PDF, 79KB)
Electronic Reports Public Viewer
For additional information, contact:
Paul Moreno (512) 475-2228 paul.moreno@tea.state.tx.us
Division of Financial Compliance
Phone: (512) 463-9095
E-mail: schoolaudits@tea.state.tx.us