September is coming to a close, and public schools are still struggling to have a teacher for every classroom.

Texas school administrators on Friday shared what they're doing to recruit teachers while admitting teaching is not as attractive a career as it used to be.

Education advocates told Texas lawmakers teachers simply have had enough. JoLisa Hoover with Raise Your Hand Texas told a state House committee, “They talk about unsustainable working conditions with unrealistic expectations and unsustainable salary that has not kept pace with inflation or the responsibility they’ve shouldered.”

School administrators say they’ve raised pay but realize it's not just about the money.

Teachers didn’t go into education for salary," said Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde. "What I want to say is, you want to know why we’re struggling to get teachers? Because it’s not friendly to be a teacher.”

The former Austin ISD superintendent said it doesn't help recruiting when good, qualified people see how teachers are now disrespected.

“They’re getting great degrees and they’re like ‘You know what? I think I want to teach.’ And they look at the politics around something they thought should be apolitical and they go ‘No, thank you,'" said Elizalde.

Elizalde said she wants future teachers to see schools as a welcoming place for all, and Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath says he wants the same for all students.

We have a responsibility and an obligation to all of our children—not some—all of our children,” he said. “And we want to make sure school is a place of love but also a place of rigor.”