• Proposed AISD budget for 1997-98:
  • $457.5 million
  • Preliminary tax rate: $1.40 per $100 property valuation
  • Estimated tax relief owner of a $100,000 home will see: $54.60
  • Projected student enrollment: 78,299
  • Total Spending per Pupil: $5,843
  • Major initiatives: focus on literacy, elementary and middle school
  • mathematics, library funding, technology, employee pay raises
  • Amount of revenue each one cent of taxation will generate: $2,395,788

This article appears in June 20 • 1997 and June 20 • 1997 (Cover).

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