Education
Friday, April 24, 2015 by Tyler Whitson
AISD
Why Texas isn’t paying for what it wants from Austin’s classrooms
Travis County and the City of Austin take part in a regular fiscal dance with the State of Texas over who pays the costs of government. Over the next three days, KUT News and the Austin Monitor will look at…
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 by Courtney Griffin
Education
AISD board decides deadline for land purchase
The Austin Independent School District board of trustees directed district staff Monday to — after many years of discussion — create a timeline ending in January 2016 for the district to spend bond money to buy land for a proposed…
Friday, March 6, 2015 by Audrey McGlinchy
Austin
Council backs application for Obama Promise Zone
The Austin City Council threw its support behind an Obama administration initiative Thursday when it backed the city’s application to have a large tract of East Austin dubbed a “Promise Zone” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.…
