# PIR #AISD-R873 — Correspondence Reply Review

## What AISD Said

Austin ISD responded to our May 22 narrowed follow-up with three points:

1. **Item #9b (within-district transfers):** Refused production, citing FERPA. They state the SIS does not track inter-campus transfers in a consolidated format and that producing it would require sharing SII (student identifiable information). They offer a time and cost estimate for programming and redactions.

2. **Item #4c (statutory basis for per-pupil expenditure):** Claims this was already answered by the cost estimates provided for #4a and #4b.

3. **Request closure:** Asks us to confirm if we do not want to proceed with a cost estimate for #9b so they can close the request.

## Proposed Reply

The reply pushes back on both points:

- **#9b:** Challenges the FERPA refusal on the basis that aggregated campus-to-campus transfer counts are not SII, and that TEA PEIMS already publishes the same type of data for out-of-district transfers (which AISD produced for #9a).
- **#4c:** Insists on a direct statutory citation; cost estimates for other items do not answer the question.
- **Closure:** Declines to close the request until both items are resolved.

Preview the reply text:
http://100.118.41.122:8080/api/pir/staging/AISD-R873/correspondence_reply.txt

## Open Items

| Item | Status |
|------|--------|
| #9b within-district transfers | AISD refused (FERPA); reply pushes back |
| #4c statutory basis | AISD dodged; reply demands direct answer |

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