Kemp ISD denies state findings of bribery, intimidation, racism The district’s lawyer shifted blame to previous administrators and denied anonymous employee accounts. Kemp officials denied the state’s findings, appealing investigators’ recommendations that TEA remove the elected trustees and appoint managers to oversee the district.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) Kemp officials deny that there’s a case for the Texas education commissioner to take over the district and say an investigation calling for such a penalty was “one-sided.” The Dallas-area school district is facing severe sanctions after a Texas Education Agency review substantiated allegations of racism, bribery and procurement law violations.