The Texas Hammer: Public School Budget

Steal from the rich and give to the – well, not the kids

"...for how Texas takes a big chunk of Austin's school district taxes and quietly funnels them away from education...."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...unanimously on Monday night (June 17) a $1.6 billion budget for the 2019-20 school and fiscal year. The budget..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Back to School

Carstarphen and Austin ISD trustees wrestle over priorities, budget, and power

"...after a decade as superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, he left for his successor one piece of..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Budget Implosion

School finance runs aground, but health spending will follow soon

"...Does anyone really know what's happening with school finance reform? Quick answer, no, but if there is..."

May 24, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege: Budget Rollout

The budget battle begins at the Capitol

"...veteran rep is serving his first term leading the budget charge, making the affable elfin Republican from the Panhandle..."

March 30, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

AISD Sends Signals on Future Budget Cuts

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

"...School consolidations, attendance zone boundary adjustments, and a sunset review..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Central Health Faces Questions Over Budget Transparency

Commissioners to vote on the health district's FY 2017 budget on Sept. 20

"...Ahead of adopting its 2017 fiscal year budget, Central Health is fielding questions related to transparency and..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin ISD Budget: $1.4 Billion

Trustees approve budget for 2018-19 school year

"...The Austin Independent School District's Board of Trustees voted Monday night to approve..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New AISD Budget Leans Into Boosting Enrollment

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

"...Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved a $1.78 billion budget for the 2021-22 school year, including bonuses for most..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Texas Budget Ping-Pong Begins

Chambers now start carving away at each other's proposals

"...Budget rubber met the spending road this week at the..."

March 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...8-0-3 to advance a fleshed out version of its school finance plan Wednesday morning, and the full chamber is..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

State Budget Estimate Up, But Much Already Spent

Texas prepares for second half of grand bait and switch

"...Texas Legislature prepares to reconvene tomorrow, there's some good budget news from Comptroller Susan Combs with a healthier-than-expected budget..."

Jan. 7, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Night School

Kevin Hart goes back to school. Sadly, not comedy school.

"...more entertaining than post-millennial, submediocre yuk-fests such as Night School. Crafted within the broadest, not-quite-funny brushstrokes possible, director Lee’s..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center

“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"

"...in early June, as part of the Austin Indepen­dent School District's "School Changes" process, parents turned out in force..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

School Finance Reform Dead

House Bill 1759 disappears, taking $800 million with it

"...enough blame to go around for the failure of school finance reform...."

May 14, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption

Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.

"...to start adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget for the City of Austin. But, despite there being..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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

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

Point Austin: Budget in a Box

The budget year begins with the annual forecast

"...drone of ATXN.TV in the background, as the city's budget administrators deliver the annual financial and budget forecast to..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Michael King

School Finance Plan Headed for Hearing

Aycock promises no losers as Senate obsesses on vouchers

"...Can Texas avoid further school finance lawsuits? That's what House Public Education Committee Chair..."

April 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Supremes: Not Our Job to Fix School Finance

Long-awaited ruling says school funding system constitutional

"...The Texas school finance system meets the minimum standards demanded by the..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Alternative' Budget Battle?

Belts are tight but not for one senator's pet project

"...Times are tough all over – school funding is in peril and who knows what'll happen..."

Jan. 25, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

A New Budget Shell Game

Request for five percent agency spending cut doesn't add up

"...submit plans to cut five percent from their biennial budget, approved back in June. It's so urgent that they..."

Jan. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget: Signed, Sealed, Deliverable

Texas House passed SB 1 142-2, now it heads to the governor

"...The House just blew its perfect record on unanimous budget votes after Reps. Joe Crabb, R-Atascocita, and Sid Miller,..."

May 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Doggett: Keep School Funds in Schools

Perry demands right to gut Texas education funding

"...using dedicated educational stimulus funds to back-fill his incomplete budget. Now he's complaining because Congress is moving to stop..."

Aug. 5, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Guns, Islamophobia, & Budget Cuts

The Lege takes on guns, Islamophobia, and sets the draft budget

"...it all came back to money: Under the current school finance system, AISD contributes a big slice of its..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...should Travis County taxpayers help pay for a medical school?"..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Judge: Texas School Finance System Unconstitutional

Now what? Legislators, education advocates and think tanks respond

"...finally released his ruling yesterday on the Texas public school finance system, it was no surprise to anyone: The..."

Feb. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: School Finance Math; Tax Plans Diverge; Veteran Benefits Restricted; and More

Is school finance dead this session?; House and Senate tax plans split; Lege restricts veterans' benefits; and more

"...School Finance: Add Cash, Subtract Reform..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas School Finance Plan’s Local Bottom Line

Additional per-student funding under HB 3 for the 2019-20 school year

"...increases to the "basic allotment" of per-student funding every school district receives from the state; "compression" of districts' local..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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