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A Classification Compliance Audit Report on Information Technology Positions at Selected Education Agencies

October 2017

Summary Analysis

A total of 279 (86.9 percent) of the 321 employees tested were classified correctly in accordance with the State’s Position Classification Plan. Employees tested included those classified within the Information Technology occupational category, as well as others performing similar work, at the following four education agencies:

•   Teacher Retirement System (TRS).

•   Texas Education Agency (TEA).

•   Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI).

•   Texas School for the Deaf (TSD).

The agencies self-reported the classification information on which this audit focused.

The agencies have taken or reported they will take appropriate action to address the 42 misclassified employees by:

•   Reclassifying 37 employees into a different job classification series. For example, TSD reclassified a systems analyst to a program specialist.

•   Reclassifying 5 employees within the same job classification series but at a higher salary group.

There was no cost associated with the agencies’ addressing the misclassified employees. No employees received a decrease in salary as a result of this audit.

 Jump to Overall Conclusion

A total of 279 (86.9 percent) of 321 employees classified in the Information Technology occupational category at the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), and the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD), as well as employees identified as performing similar work but classified in other job classification series at those agencies, were classified correctly in accordance with the State’s Position Classification Plan.

Jump to Chapter 1 

Of the 97 employees tested at the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), 80 (82.5 percent) were correctly classified. TRS took appropriate action to address the 17 misclassified employees and reclassified those employees into different job classification series. There was no cost associated with reclassifying the employees.

Jump to Chapter 2-A 

Of the 201 employees tested at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), 180 (89.6 percent) were correctly classified. TEA asserted that it will take appropriate action to address the 21 misclassified employees. Specifically, TEA asserted that it will:

•   Reclassify 18 of the 201 employees into a different job classification series.

•   Reclassify 3 of the 201 employees into the same job classification series with a higher salary group.

TEA asserted that there will be no cost associated with reclassifying the employees and no employee will receive a reduction in salary as a result of the reclassifications.

Jump to Chapter 2-B 

Of the 14 employees tested at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), 12 (85.7 percent) were correctly classified. TSBVI took appropriate action to address the two misclassified employees and reclassified those employees into the same job classification series but in job classifications with a higher salary group. There was no cost associated with reclassifying the employees.

Jump to Chapter 2-C 

Of the 9 employees tested at the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD), 7 (77.8 percent) were correctly classified. TSD took appropriate action to address the 2 misclassified employees and reclassified both employees into a different job classification series. There was no cost associated with reclassifying the employees.

Jump to Chapter 2-D 

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