AISD Going Downhill? (Austin: schools, property taxes, living)

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by kitkatbar

Link to support this statement?

I believe all salaries within AISD follow very strict guidelines that include certificates, verified employment history and verified skills (bilingual testing, certificates, etc). There’s no variance based on which school someone is at. That poster is trolling the topic. And the topic was created to troll as well. Everyone who has even a bit of understanding about Austin education knows AISD has been struggling for a long while.

[kitkatbar]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

I believe all salaries within AISD follow very strict guidelines that include certificates, verified employment history and verified skills (bilingual testing, certificates, etc). There’s no variance based on which school someone is at. That poster is trolling the topic. And the topic was created to troll as well. Everyone who has even a bit of understanding about Austin education knows AISD has been struggling for a long while.

This is my understanding as well. Having taught for AISD, teachers were always paid based on the posted salary schedule, with the only extra money one might get being for stipends for bilingual, teaching extra hours like a coach or something like that. But all of that is standardized by position and the same across the district whether you are an assistant coach at a middle school in west or east Austin.

[ScoPro]

Originally Posted by kitkatbar

This is my understanding as well. Having taught for AISD, teachers were always paid based on the posted salary schedule, with the only extra money one might get being for stipends for bilingual, teaching extra hours like a coach or something like that. But all of that is standardized by position and the same across the district whether you are an assistant coach at a middle school in west or east Austin.

Correct.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by kitkatbar

This is my understanding as well. Having taught for AISD, teachers were always paid based on the posted salary schedule, with the only extra money one might get being for stipends for bilingual, teaching extra hours like a coach or something like that. But all of that is standardized by position and the same across the district whether you are an assistant coach at a middle school in west or east Austin.

Yep. I was an LMHP for about four years.

[verybadgnome]

Isn't AISD like most school districts where the Title I schools (low income) actually get money the non-Title I?

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

Isn't AISD like most school districts where the Title I schools (low income) actually get money the non-Title I?

I’m not sure if Title I funds are exempt from recapture. I’ll keep looking but google hasn’t been helpful so far.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

I’m not sure if Title I funds are exempt from recapture. I’ll keep looking but google hasn’t been helpful so far.

My understanding is that RH basically has two basic components - how much 'value' all the land in the district has and how much money is 'required' in the district. The 'required' part is the complicated part, but I think it essentially has a base value per student but also additional funds based on SPED, economically disadvantaged, etc.

I think that is grossly simplifying, but in the end the recapture doesn't look at Title I schools but rather Title I students, more or less. Now, federal funding might be over (and outside) of what RH does.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

My understanding is that RH basically has two basic components - how much 'value' all the land in the district has and how much money is 'required' in the district. The 'required' part is the complicated part, but I think it essentially has a base value per student but also additional funds based on SPED, economically disadvantaged, etc.

I think that is grossly simplifying, but in the end the recapture doesn't look at Title I schools but rather Title I students, more or less. Now, federal funding might be over (and outside) of what RH does.

Title I funding does not affect Robin Hood. It is not taken into account when they do the calculation. Which makes sense, as the entire reason for Robin Hood is state and local funding.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by WRM20

Title I funding does not affect Robin Hood. It is not taken into account when they do the calculation. Which makes sense, as the entire reason for Robin Hood is state and local funding.

It does affect RH indirectly, as RH does take into account economically disadvantaged, which is almost always directly related to Title I schools.

[Austin97]

There is a basic allotment of about 6K, then there are various bumps for economically disadvantaged, cost of living etc. All of those add ons create the "tier one entitlement". That is the amount that the state says the district should get for all its students.


AISD has a required minimum tax rate of about 1%. This generates an excess of funding based on the tier one entitlement. The excess goes to robinhood.

The key problems are 1) the basic allotment hasnt gone up with inflation 2) the cost of living adjustment for austin is way too low. The COL for austin is like 60% more than for lubbock.


I dont care enough to fully understand, but this is an example which discuss the calculations

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/...e-overview.pdf

If AISD got an additional 1K per student, either through the increased basic allotment or through revised cost of living adjustments, that would mean an extra 70 million. (70,000 students * 1000 dollars).

Really our COL adjustment should increase 3-4K per student which would mean an extra 200 million for the district.

Recapture doesnt need to be killed the parameters just need to be adjusted to reflect reality.