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Austin ISD projects $93 million deficit, plans central-office reductions as new state school funding and mandates arrive
Summary
Austin ISD officials told a joint city-county-school subcommittee that the district expects about a $93 million deficit for the current fiscal year and is pursuing central-office restructuring and other cuts while implementing new state funding and mandates in House Bill 2 and related legislation.
Austin Independent School District officials told a joint meeting of the Austin City Council, Travis County Commissioners Court and the AISD Board on June 11 that the district is closing the current fiscal year with a projected $93 million operating deficit and plans central-office reductions and other force reductions to protect classroom services.
The district—s interim chief financial officer, Katrina Montgomery, said, "As of the May, it's showing that we have a projected $93,000,000 deficit." She outlined steps taken this year including a hiring freeze (excluding special education), spending controls on procurement cards and other reductions that reduced the projected shortfall from a January high of about $110 million.
Why it matters: The shortfall shapes classroom and district-level services for the coming year and comes as the Legislature passed multiple school-finance and policy changes that districts must operationalize. Edna Butts, presenting AISD—s…
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