A News 8 investigation into alleged improper grade changing for athletes at South Oak Cliff High School not only has the superintendent calling for a new investigation.

It now has the attention of state education officials.

The Texas Education Association says it wants to review certain attendance records at the high school where yet another athlete's eligibility is being called into question.

New information about the grade changes for former star basketball player Darrell Arthur is so compelling, DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa says he wants an outside legal review of our findings.

Findings that were apparently overlooked by an internal investigation conducted by DISD's Office of Professional Responsibility.

"There are too many unanswered questions about credit and how they earn that credit and who authorized it and who approved that," said DISD superintendent, Michael Hinojosa.

Approval of Darrell Arthur's grade changes that, in one case, were made by the principal the following school year and never approved by the teacher of record.

And this, new evidence that Arthur may have failed his theater class during the 2005 championship season, yet was still allowed to play, despite UIL rules prohibiting it.

DISD Trustee Edwin Flores says not only is he upset with the information presented in our report.

"How can you have respect for yourself and for what you've been able to achieve, if the adults in the room don't respect themselves and make poor decisions?" he said.

While taping this Sunday's Inside Texas Politics, Flores said DISD needs to take action now to prevent improper grade changing in the future.

"One of the audit recommendations, in the audit reports is we have too many super users of the computer system. Those controls need to be turned on," he said.

Texas Education Agency officials may soon require more controls on attendance records keeping at South Oak Cliff.

They are requesting documents relating to another basketball player - this time on the 2007 state championship team, who either missed or was tardy from chemistry class as many as 50 times but still given credit by his teacher.

"A student may not be given credit for a class unless the student's in attendance for at least 90 percent of the days that the class is offered," said Shannon Baker from the Texas Education Agency.

Not only does attendance affect that student's ability to graduate, the state may have paid DISD money for a student who didn't really come to class. And at this point in time DISD is not in a great position to have to pay the state back.

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