Additionally, GISD will provide raises for new and beginner teachers, and reinstate several positions that were previously eliminated from the district’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget.
Zooming out
The GISD board of trustees approved a $6.4 million increase to the district’s FY 2025-26 compensation plan at an Aug. 4 workshop. Costs associated with these raises will be offset by $4.4 million in new state funding from House Bill 2—an $8.4 billion school funding package that passed during the 2025 legislative session.
Under HB 2, GISD teachers with three to four years of experience will receive $2,500 raises, and GISD teachers with five or more years of experience will receive $5,000 raises.
The legislation also created a new $500 million allotment to provide raises for school support staff, according to previous Community Impact reporting.
Zooming in
The GISD board approved raising pay by $1,000 for district teachers with one to two years of experience. The district will also raise its starting teacher salary by $500 to $57,000.
All teachers will continue to receive a step increase to their salary each school year based on their years of service, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Amanda Johnson said.
Superintendent Devin Padavil said the district would not have been able to increase compensation for new and beginner teachers without first balancing its FY 2025-26 budget.
“This is Georgetown proactively putting our arms around these young teachers and encouraging them and telling them, ‘We value you, we see you,’” trustee Anthony Blankenship said.
Additionally, the board approved 2% pay raises at midpoint for instructional aides as well as auxiliary, administrative, professional, technical and office staff. GISD instructional coaches will receive $1,200-$1,400 raises, while librarians will receive around $2,000-$2,400 raises, Johnson said.
What else?
This summer, the GISD board approved making $3.73 million in cuts to its FY 2025-26 budget to avoid adopting a shortfall.
A total of 48% of the reductions were focused on the campus level, while 32% were districtwide, with 3% concentrated in athletics and 6% in special education programming, according to previous Community Impact reporting.
Heading into the 2025-26 school year, GISD will now reinstate the following positions, Johnson said:
- Interventionist at Williams Elementary
- Two special education paraprofessionals
- Instructional coach at Forbes Middle School
- Receptionist at McCoy Elementary
- Assistant principal at Mitchell Elementary
- Principals for Middle School No. 5 and Elementary School No. 12 opening in 2026
