Austin ISD could eliminate over 600 jobs to increase teacher, staff pay

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Austin ISD says none of the over 600 job cuts include layoffs to any teacher or staff member on a campus.

could eliminate more than 600 jobs in the next school year's budget, but that means increased pay for teachers and staff on campus, according to preliminary budget information provided to FOX 7 Austin.

AISD says it will help employees in the other 145 central office positions find new jobs inside or outside the district. These positions will be terminated after June 30. More than 250 of the job cuts are unfilled campus positions. The proposal would save AISD $51.9 million dollars to increase teacher and staff salaries, says the district, with a possible two percent pay raise and $1,000 increase in base pay for teachers and a $16-an-hour minimum wage for the lowest paid positions. Bus drivers may also see a pay bump to a $21-per-hour minimum wage.-area school districts increasing their wages.

 

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