College Station ISD Earns Governance Recognition

For Immediate Release: January 29, 2010
Contact: Bill Nemir, 800.580.8272, ext. 6417

(AUSTIN) - College Station ISD joins a select cadre of public school districts that has earned distinction for good governance from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). The district met specific criteria to be recognized in the Association's Good Governance Program and will be featured in the TASB magazine, Texas Lone Star. 

To be recognized, a district must meet six criteria: (1) undertake the TASB governance audit, (2) notify TASB when all items on the audit have become standard practice, (3) be rated acceptable or higher in the accountability system two of the four most recent years, (4) have rising assessment participation, (5) achieve acceptable or higher in the FIRST rating system, and (6) demonstrate that all board members have met training requirements.

"Undertaking the TASB Board Effectiveness Audit is no small task. The College Station board members worked for well over a year to integrate all of the practices recommended by the audit. Their commitment to effective governance and community leadership is an example for boards around the state. TASB's Board of Directors applauds the efforts of this and other exemplary school boards as they serve their communities on behalf of Texas schoolchildren," said Bill Nemir, TASB Leadership Team Services director.

"As an index of their ongoing commitment, these board members are also about to embark on a year-long effort with the Center for the Reform of School Systems.  Following on the heels of the board's work with the TASB audit, its work should provide the district with a firm foundation for education progress for many years to come," he said.

Recent honorees in the Good Governance Program include Devine, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Pampa, Castleberry, and Northside (Bexar County) ISDs. 

TASB is a nonprofit association established in 1949 to serve local public school districts.
School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve approximately 4.7 million public school students.