A high-ranking public school official in Austin was arrested just last week and placed on leave following criminal charges related to insurance fraud.
The official in question was Austin ISD’s CFO, Eduardo Ramos.
Austin ISD has been one of the Lone Star State’s better-performing big-city public school districts. According to the Texas Education Agency, some 96.3% of the district’s graduating Class of 2022 earned a diploma in four years. The district also managed to log a slightly higher score than the statewide average in terms of students’ at-grade-level performance on the STAAR exams that term. Austin ISD was clocked 50%. The statewide average was 48%.
In contrast, only 41% of Dallas ISD students scored at grade level on the STAAR exam in 2021-2022, while almost 20% of the district’s graduating Class of 2022 did not obtain a diploma within four years.
Anyway, here’s some of what The Texan reported on Ramos’ arrest and employment situation at Austin ISD:
Austin Independent School District (ISD) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Eduardo Ramos has been placed on paid leave following his arrest on charges of insurance fraud unrelated to district activities.
According to the Austin-American Statesman, Ramos was arrested by the Austin ISD Police Department last week after a warrant was issued from the Round Rock Police Department on allegations of insurance fraud.
A district official explained to the Statesman that the arrest does not involve his work with Austin ISD.
On Monday, August 5, Austin ISD posted to their official website the announcement that on July 23 Ramos had “submitted his resignation” scheduled for August 16, but that deadline was expedited to July 31, the day of the arrest.