The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a series of consent agenda items, interlocal agreements and the district’s tax rate at its Sept. 25 voting meeting. Trustees also considered student transfer appeals after an executive session and affirmed the superintendent’s decisions in two appeals.

Votes at a glance:
- Consent agenda (selected): Motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed in BoardDocs passed by unanimous vote (8–0). The consent motion covered multiple procurement, contract and administrative items listed under agenda sections 8–14; items 10.3 and 10.5 had been pulled for separate discussion earlier in the meeting and were addressed separately.

- Interlocal agreements with the University of Texas (agenda items 15.1–15.4): The board approved four agreements related to social work and literacy programs. These motions passed with a recorded outcome of 6 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstentions for items 15.1, 15.2 and 15.3 (Trustees Kaufman and Foster abstained on those votes). Item 15.4 passed 6 in favor with 2 abstentions (same trustees abstaining).

- Property tax rate (agenda item 16.1): The board adopted a total tax rate of $0.9252 per $100 of assessed valuation, described in the meeting as a decrease of $0.0253 from the prior year. Trustees also approved an ordinance granting partial tax exemptions for City of Austin-designated historic landmark properties. The tax rate motion passed; the subsequent vote on historic exemptions passed 7–1 (Trustee Foster opposed the exemption motion).

- Budget development calendar (agenda item 16.3): The board approved the 2026–27 budget development calendar and asked staff to make a minor amendment to explicitly include the baseline academic program deliverable in the November materials.

- Student transfer appeals (agenda items 18.1 and 18.2): After executive session the board voted to affirm the superintendent’s decisions and deny the relief requested in two transfer appeals. Motions to affirm were made and carried by unanimous vote among trustees present.

Meeting notes and votes:
- Many agenda items were approved by motions from Vice President Willie Chu and seconded by trustees including Quintana and Hunter at various points during the meeting. Multiple recorded votes included abstentions by Trustees Kaufman and Foster on a set of university partner agreements.

- The board recessed for an executive session late in the evening and reconvened to take action on transfer appeals and to complete remaining votes. The meeting adjourned at 10:55 p.m.

Administration and staff noted that some items were pulled from the consent agenda for legal review and that additional materials would be posted to BoardDocs where appropriate. Where votes were recorded as counts rather than individual roll-call, the counts provided above reflect the meeting record.