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Convocation 2023
Welcome to the 2023–24 School Year! The start of every school year is a new beginning, a clean slate where we can write the future. Let’s welcome everyone back to our campuses with enthusiasm, and remember why we choose to do this work. Together, we will all be a part of something special. Together, we will build strong schools and a stronger Austin.
Austin ISD Board of Trustees Community Conversations (Virtual)
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees will be working throughout the spring to develop the district’s Scorecard. Students, families, staff and community members are invited to share their ideas about the vision and values that will guide the district’s work over the next five years. In Person
Austin ISD Board of Trustees Community Conversations
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees will be working throughout the spring to develop the district’s Scorecard. Students, families, staff and community members are invited to share their ideas about the vision and values that will guide the district’s work over the next five years. In Person
Board of Trustees approve 2024-25 School Calendar
Austin ISD trustees approved the calendar for the 2024-25 school year during its regular voting Dec.14. The final calendar incorporates community feedback requesting additional faith based and cultural observances and staff development days:
Calendar Task Force Meeting
Location: AISD Central Office The AISD Calendar Task Force is charged with developing and recommending an instructionally sound calendar for the 2020-2021 school year that focuses on the District’s academic mission and Strategic Plan. The Task Force shall place the needs of all students first and foremost, but shall also consider the needs of parents, the community and district staff. More…
Austin ISD Students Are Ready to Use Their Voices in the Texas Primary Elections (En español)
With the Texas primary voter registration deadline fast approaching on February 5, Eli Eskew, an 18-year-old Senior at Crockett Early College High School, is not wasting any time. On Friday, January 19, Eskew seized the opportunity to register to vote at a school event organized by The League of Women Voters (LWV) in the Austin Area.
HVAC Support in Heat Wave
The 2023-24 school year has begun! With Austin reaching record-breaking temperatures, some of our schools’ air conditioning systems are struggling to keep up.
Austin ISD Trustees Approve $1.86 Billion Budget for 2023–24
Board agrees to spend $52 million in savings to fund across-the-board pay raises Early Friday morning, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a $1.86 billion budget for the 2023–24 fiscal year, which starts on July 1. The budget includes $940 million in recapture payments to the state, about 50% of the district’s total expenditures for the year.
MEDIA ADVISORY Austin Leaders Discuss Need for Legislature to Reduce Capture of Local School Property Taxes
AUSTIN, Texas--Area education, business and labor leaders, as well as elected officials, will discuss the need for the Texas Legislature to reduce the $175 million the state will
Future of school funding looking bleak following failure of school voucher bill (En español)
The most recent efforts at the Texas Capitol to create a school voucher program were defeated after lawmakers voted 84-63 to remove the creation of education savings accounts from the session’s education funding bill, HB 1. A coalition of all Democrats and 21 Republicans stood firm against the proposal that would use taxpayer dollars to pay for private schooling.