Funding Increases Included in the Proposed AISD Budget

Increased employee pay and support: $18,051,843

Reduction in 12th-grade class size from 32 to 28 students: 908,280

Increased utility costs: 756,062

Additional special education teachers (16.5 full-time employees): 749,331

Increase in Partners in Education funding: 243,689

Total: $20,709,205

Additional Increases Recommended by the Citizens’ Task Force on the Budget

Music/Art/PE teachers (6.5 positions): $295,191

AVID college prep program (2.8 positions): 136,159

Additional counselor & registrar at Bowie High: 100,427

Campus data clerks (pay for six extra duty days): 64,566

Tennis and golf coaches for large teams: 20,233

Lead high school counselors (five extra duty days): 14,928

Security guards or SROs (12 new positions): 394,008

Middle school security guards (overtime pay for 4-6pm): 105,000

New bus cameras (30): 70,000

Total: $1,200,512

This article appears in August 6 • 2004.

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