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Business
Services
We are fortunate in GPISD to have an outstanding
Business Services Department!
The District’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
received both the Association of School Business Officials’
Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting and the
Government Finance Officers Association’s Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the
year ended August 31, 2019.
This year the Texas Education Agency awarded GPISD it’s
highest rating, ‘A-Superior’ rating for the state’s Financial
Integrity Rating System of Texas.
In March 2020, Texas Association of School Business
Officials recognized the GPISD Purchasing Department
with the Award of Merit for Purchasing Operation. This is
the sixth time GPISD has received this award!
Galena Park I.S.D. was also one of only 44 school districts
in Texas to earn a five-star rating from TXSmartSchools,
indicating success in combining cost-effective spending
with student achievement.
Lastly, the District’s bonds are rated AAA by Fitch
Ratings and by Moody’s Investors Service, based on the
guarantee of the Permanent School Fund of the State of
Texas.
