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Austin ISD trustees receive 2023–24 annual report showing steady graduation, attendance and special education concerns
Summary
District leaders presented the 2023–24 annual report to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 27, summarizing accreditation, the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) data, finances and indicators including a 'needs assistance' special education determination and a 93.1% four‑year graduation rate for the class of 2023.
The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees heard the district's 2023–24 annual report during a Feb. 27 public hearing, presented by Chief Officer Jacob Reach of Government Relations and Board Services.
"State statute actually requires that each district's Board of Trustees hold a public hearing to review the annual report," Jacob Reach said, introducing the TAPR‑based summary that underpins the district scorecard and campus improvement planning.
The presentation reviewed six components of the annual report: accreditation status, the Texas Academic Performance Report for the district and campuses, the district PEIMS financial report, progress on campus performance objectives, violent/criminal incident reporting, and postsecondary readiness.
Reach and staff noted AISD remains accredited and retains an A (superior achievement) Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) rating. The TAPR attendance data cited in the presentation show a 90.9% overall attendance rate for 2022–23 (a 0.3 percentage‑point increase from the prior year), and a four‑year graduation rate of 93.1% for the class of 2023. The district reported a CCMR (college, career and military readiness) rate described in the slides as 6 percentage points above the state rate shown elsewhere in the presentation.
On special education, staff reported the district's federal Results Driven Accountability assignment as "needs assistance" for 2023–24. Carolyn Hanschen, executive director of accountability and assessment, and other presenters said the district's RDA indicators of concern include disproportionate representation (SPP 9), disproportionate identification by disability category (SPP 10), timely initial evaluations (SPP 11) and early childhood transition (SPP 12).
Reach also reviewed financial materials from PEIMS and said total funding that includes recapture was shown in the presentation as roughly $1.68 billion. Other slides highlighted the district's student demographics (72,830 students in the October 2023 snapshot), teacher experience (56.2% of teachers have six or more years of total education experience), and progress on district strategic goals for third‑grade reading (47% meets or above) and third‑grade math (39% meets or above) as measured in the TAPR or district scorecard snapshots.
Questions from trustees ranged from requests for slide breakdowns to clarification on how specific offenses are counted in the violent and criminal incident report. Trustee questions also pressed staff to produce more disaggregated slides (for example, teachers' race/ethnicity compared with years of experience and average salary bands) and to provide state comparisons for subgroup CCMR performance.
The report is posted on the district website and trustees and staff said supplemental tables and drill‑downs would be supplied to the board and posted in BoardDocs for members of the public who want further detail.
