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🍎 Under a 2025 Texas law, uncertified teachers will no longer be allowed to teach core subjects like math, reading, science and social studies by the 2029–30 school year.
🏫 To prepare, Austin ISD is partnering with local universities to train future educators through yearlong teacher residencies at high-need campuses.
Kayla Reballosa, a UT Austin resident, said she valued the experience.
“I really just care about the community, and I know that my being there can be helpful, and I just want to dedicate my career and my life to helping Austin’s youth.” Reballoso said.
🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media
📸 Leila Saidane
10 Nov 2026
🚨 Austin ISD is refusing to cooperate with a state investigation into its spending, just days after Texas voters ousted Republican Comptroller Don Huffines.
📚 The district is questioning why investigators are requesting records about library books, sex education and student identification as part of a review intended to examine school finances.
State investigators also sought interviews with more than 32 district employees, prompting Austin ISD to challenge the comptroller's authority and the investigation's scope.
🗳️ Incoming Comptroller Sarah Eckhardt has said she plans to limit the reviews to school finances, but Huffines remains in office for now.
On Monday, Huffines accused Austin ISD of attempting to avoid scrutiny of its spending and vowed to continue the investigation without district cooperation.
🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media
📸 Aiden Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune
09 Nov 2026
🚨Local activists are raising concerns about the influence a Trump-aligned think tank had on a new sweeping program meant to combat homelessness.
⚖️Austin-based Cicero Institute repeatedly metwith city officials during the creation of the No Wrong Door plan earlier this year.
🏠Some critics argue the new program would effectively criminalize homelessness in Austin, which mirrors views from Cicero, they believe.
👨⚖️Austin Legislative Director Carrie Rogers has defended the meetings, saying that Cicero’s views align with state Republican leaders and could have provided a boon to secure funding.
🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
✍️ Sam Stark @samstark
📸 Lelia Saidane
09 Nov 2026
💤Did you lose sleep over the election? We did!
The @austincurrent editorial team worked late into the night (morning?) reporting on Tuesday’s results.
Stay current with what happened locally by visiting the link in our bio.
05 Nov 2026
🗳️ Austin voters had some big decisions to make this election.
Voters approved bond packages for parks and libraries and rejected an effort to bring in a sweeping efficency audit.
Austin Current politics reporter Sam Stark breaks down what voters decided and what the results mean for Austin.
🔗 Read more about the election results at the link in our bio.
🎥 @samstark
04 Nov 2026
In the first major test of voters’ faith in City Hall spending since last year’s decisive defeat of the tax rate election, Austin voters approved $295 million for parks and libraries.
Approval of both propositions allows the city to fund $260 million in park improvements, pools and land acquisition and $35 million for libraries. While the result will ultimately lead to a modest property tax increase of about $40 over the next several years for the city’s average homeowner, the outcome affirms voters were willing to accept the additional financial burden to invest in parks and libraries.
Final election results showed just over 61% of the votes cast were in favor of Prop A, and a little more than 60% of voters approved Prop B.
If the propositions were rejected, it “would have been dramatic. There are pools that would have been closed because of their need for new equipment,” said Ted Siff, the treasurer for Austin Outside, a coalition of nonprofits and businesses advocating for Austin’s parks. “They’ll not just be fixed up, but the operating costs of them will be dramatically lower because they don’t need to be patched up with Scotch tape in the future.”
The election is the culmination of several years of bond planning and debate over whether the city should even hold an election. The ups and downs underscore a major tension at City Hall, where leaders have attempted to balance financial restraint with funding for projects community members say are long overdue.
Tap the link in our bio to read more from Sam Stark (@samstark), @_austincurrent.
Photo: Leila Saidane
01 Jan 1970
🗳️ Austin ISD voters have made their choices for Districts 1 and 4!
🏫 Candace Hunter won reelection to District 1 with 56.9% of the vote, defeating former trustee Cheryl Bradley.
⚖️ Jessica Neufeld won District 4 with 57.56% of the vote, defeating Tricia Mitchell Kim and Edward Bradfield.
But both trustees face significant challenges as Austin ISD works to stabilize its finances.
💰 The district closed 11 schools and ended the 2025-26 school year with a $105 million deficit. It also faces possible state intervention if failing accountability ratings for Burnet and Webb middle schools are upheld.
🔗 Read more about the election results at the link in our bio.
✍️ @thecurrentandrea
📸 Laura Skelding
04 Nov 2026
🗳️ Austin ISD has two new school board trustees!
Sarah Dille won the District 6 race with 58.6% of the vote, while Laurie Solis secured the District 7 seat with 59.8%.
🏫 Both will join a school board facing a budget crisis, academic accountability challenges and the threat of state intervention.
📚 Dille, an Austin ISD parent with more than 25 years of experience in education, will represent South Austin's District 6.
📋 Solis, a parent and longtime education advocate, will represent Southwest Austin's District 7, which includes Bailey Middle School.
⚠️ Bailey inherited four failing accountability ratings from the now-closed Paredes Middle School. It must receive a D or higher this school year to avoid triggering Texas' intervention law.
🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media
📸 Lelia Saidane
04 Nov 2026
🗳️ Austin ISD's District 9 school board race is headed to a runoff!
Pamela Mathai and Cynthia Soliz will face off Dec. 12 after each received nearly 43% of the vote. Third candidate Kirk Becker received 14%.
🏫 The winner will fill the seat left open by Trustee Arati Singh and join a school board facing some major challenges.
⚠️ Austin ISD is grappling with a deep budget shortfall, possible staff and program cuts, and the threat of state intervention after two middle schools received their fifth failing accountability ratings.
The next trustee will help navigate these challenges while representing families across the district.
🔗 Read more about the candidates at the link in our bio.
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media
📸 Courtsey of Pamela Mathai and Cynthia Soli
04 Nov 2026
🏫 The governor-elect, who previously served on Austin ISD's school board, has promised to replace Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath and end state takeovers of public schools.
But Burnet and Webb middle schools have received their fifth failing accountability ratings, triggering a state law requiring intervention if those ratings become final.
⚖️ Education experts say Hinojosa could change how the state intervenes, but replacing the commissioner won't eliminate the law.
🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media, @thecurrentandrea
📸 Leila Saidane for The Texas Tribune
04 Nov 2026
🚨 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN FOR PROPOSITION A, B AND I
🔗 Check the links in bio for more details about the results
✍️ @samstark
📸 Sam Stark, Sergio Flores, Kaylee Greenlee
04 Nov 2026
🚨 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN FOR AISD BOARD
🔗 Check the links in bio for more details about the results
✍️ @acaciacoronado_media, @thecurrentandrea
📸 Kaylee Greenlee, Leila Saidane, Courtesy of Candace Hunter, Laurie Solis, Michelle Edmunds, Jessica “Jesse” Neufeld
04 Nov 2026
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