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Austin ISD work session flags $166M operating pressure, $171M reduction target as enrollment falls
Summary
At an Austin ISD board work session, staff said enrollment declines and property-value changes have widened a budget gap and outlined a plan requiring roughly $171 million in reductions for FY26/27 while protecting staffing where possible; trustees requested campus-level detail and an April 6 follow-up.
At a work session of the Board of Trustees of Austin Independent School District on March 2026, district leaders told trustees that recent enrollment declines and property-value changes have widened the district’s fiscal pressure and will require substantial reductions in the coming fiscal year.
CFO Katrina Montgomery and budget staff presented a fiscal forecast showing roughly $166 million in operating pressure for next year and stated a target reduction of about $171 million to achieve the district’s planning goals. Montgomery said portion of gap-closing plans include property monetization (cited as about $56 million) and department vacancy savings and other efficiencies; campus staffing remains the largest budget component, consuming…
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