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Board wrestles with staffing formulas and weighted allocations as trustees press for a clear academic baseline
Summary
Staff walked trustees through weighted staffing formulas, historical changes since 2021 and campus examples; trustees asked how weights affect program offerings and said they need a clear academic baseline before approving cuts that could remove services at individual schools.
Denisha Presley and staffing leaders presented how Austin ISD allocates staff to campuses using ratios, weights and minimum FTE floors introduced since 2021. Presley said the district moved away from pure enrollment‑based allocations toward weighted formulas that add staff for economically disadvantaged and emergent bilingual populations and that a minimum secondary teacher FTE was instituted in 2023.
The presentation included sample campus builds showing how a weighted allocation can produce 75 teachers at Campus A and 85 at Campus B under the…
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