Austin ISD discussing tax rate increase in November

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday night, Austin ISD trustees unanimously approved a $1.2 billion budget for next year, but the district is still facing a large deficit."Without an increase in funding for public education, without an increase to the basic allotment not only will you see additional reductions that will impact the classroom you will see that state-wide," said Austin ISD CFO Ed Ramos.Ramos said with the district facing a deficit for the next school year, they had to make cuts. But t