The purpose of this paper is to describe the progress that Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) has made in its affirmative action plan, and to outline the difficulties currently being faced in the recruitment of minorities in Texas and nationally. The status of the AISD is described, followed by statistics on the teacher supply in Texas as well as the nation. Nationally, many incentives to attract minorities and others into teaching have been proposed. Scholarships, fellowships, forgivable loans, and a "GI Bill" or "ROTC" approach to attracting blacks and Hispanics into teacher training programs are some examples. On a smaller scale, AISD has implemented minority recruitment and retention programs. Appended are 13 references and statistical figures on AISD status (1987), AISD new hiring (1987), teacher ethnicity, administrator ethnicity, age of AISD professionals, age of AISD administrators, attrition of AISD professionals, attrition of AISD administrators, comparison ethnicity of teaching candidates to AISD recruiting goals, AISD student teachers, and Texas teacher supply. (SI)