AISD Sends Signals on Future Budget Cuts

School closures and the redrawing of school boundaries eyed as potential ways to address $29 million deficit

"...and programs are among the strategies that could contain Austin ISD's budget deficit. Leaders with the Budget Stabilization Task..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rise in Absenteeism Is Costing Austin Public Schools Millions

Mental illness seems to be driving the absences, group says

"...Austin ISD revealed last month that absenteeism, which surged during..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin At Large: Fractured Fairy Tales

Will no Prince Charming come to save our school district in distress?

"...too long, rather than face up to what we, Austinites, must do to save our own schools. Yes, the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Manager Will Present His Proposed Budget

Community groups begin fight for more equitable budget

"...top leader in May, when he presents his proposed budget for the city’s next fiscal year...."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Yes, We Have a Budget

Members approve $3.9 billion budget for next fiscal year

"...City Council completed three days of "budget readings" at around 10pm last Wednesday, and thereby dodged..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

If We Had Budget Enough, and Time ...

Council closes in on a final FY 2017 city budget

"...City Council resumes budget deliberations today, Sept. 8, planning a nearly full day..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Unmet Needs

As Council wrangles the budget, groups push for more funding to breach inequalities

"...will be gamely trying to decide how to balance Austin's FY 2016 budget. While they've been considering the problem..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: In the Shadow of the Capitol

Council approves its latest budget with the Lege over its shoulder

"...an audible sense of satisfaction, by concluding their annual budget adoption in a single day, a feat they had..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Coalition Issues Manifesto on East Austin Schools

Coalition issues manifesto on East Austin schools

"...A group of East Austin community advocates led by Austin ISD District 1 Trustee..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Bare Necessities

Budget decisions are about money ... and justice

"...news is that the great 2008 city public safety budget crisis has been averted once again by the heroic..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Budget, Contracts, and APD

Activists press City Council on police accountability

"...week carried plenty of business, with CodeNEXT on Tuesday, budget preview on Wednesday, and Thursday's advocate and activist pressure..."

April 24, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...Council discussions carry one or two undertones: the 2018 budget and/or CodeNEXT. Last Thursday’s session (June 22) held to..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Closing Schools Won't Fix AISD Budget

We have the Legislature to thank for this mess

"...When the Austin Independent School District released a draft list of nine..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board Attempts to Stanch Bleeding From Budget

But teacher retention remains the highest priority

"...The members of Austin ISD’s board of trustees knew this could happen when..."

June 19, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

AISD's New Budget OK'd

Board also reinstates historic property tax exemptions

"...For the second year in a row, the Austin Independent School District's board of trustees approved a property..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Campuses Still Closed, But Not (Yet) for Sale

What to do with Austin's closed elementary schools?

"...COVID changed the conversation, the No. 1 topic at Austin ISD was the fallout over the controversial School Changes..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Legislators Take Direct Aim at Austin’s Support for Abortion

Bills target city's funding of logistical assistance

"...any logistical support for abortion, a direct shot at Austin...."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Behind the Latest AISD Controversy and an Eventful Week for Austin Restaurants

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

"...the heck the proposed "seven-of-eight" plan is and why Austin ISD teachers are unhappy about it. Morgan wrote about..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Post by Kimberley Jones

AISD Budget Cuts Roll Toward Trustees

The AISD budget task force closes its deliberations as the Board of Trustees gets ready to act.

"...three weeks remaining in the initial phase of the Austin ISD budget war, although by the March 31 board..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Last AISD Board Meeting This School Year Covers Budget Plan, Underperforming Students

Yes, there will be a request to increase property taxes

"...probably saw this coming, but it looks certain that Austin ISD will ask homeowners to vote to increase property..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The 10 Biggest Austin News Stories of 2024

A year of upheaval and settling dust

"...year of upheaval and realignment for city government in Austin. The police department and city broke through a long..."

Dec. 13, 2024 News Feature by the News Team

AISD Is Finding More and More Ways to Cut Expenses in Budget Crunch

All the cuts, all the time

"...Back in April of 2024, when Austin ISD first realized it was facing a serious budget..."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Budget Blackboard

Write 100 Times: AISD Needs More Money

"...AISD Superintendent Jim Fox photograph by Alan Pogue When it..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Fuzzy Budget Math at AISD

The latest proposed Austin ISD budget has new millions in found money

"...On June 16, Austin ISD Superintendent Pat Forgione announced his revised 2003-2004 budget..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

City Budget: Same Song, Second Verse

Just like last year, City Hall is grappling with a $70-million-plus projected budget gap.

"...last week, the hot City Hall story would be Austin's continuing budget crisis -- a topic that's not exactly..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: It Adds Up

The November ballot may look more like a shopping list

"...That's the early outlook on various budget projections for the city of Austin, Travis County, Central..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: News Not Fit To Print

Trying to find a silver lining ... anywhere

"...pay for any of this new ID stuff. (Slight budget crunch, you know.)..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Out of Balance

As we sit down to balance the books, we might consider our largest deficits

"...Budget cutting is everywhere...."

June 12, 2009 News Column by Michael King

New AISD Budget Leans Into Boosting Enrollment

The school district is nervously eyeing the numbers looking for signs of recovery

"...The Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved a $1.78 billion budget..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD: Budget Covers Raises, Benefits

District approves third deficit budget

"...in its pocket and voters wary of tax increases, Austin ISD has passed its third successive deficit budget. But..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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