The PISD board of trustees unanimously approved a pay raise for teachers and staff during a June 13 meeting.
The details
The state mandated pay increases come from House Bill 2 that passed the Texas Legislature earlier this year. The pay increase is only for teachers with three or more years of experience. Those mandated pay increases include:
- $2,500 increase for teachers with 3-4 years experience
- $5,000 increase for teachers with 5+ years experience
The bill did not allocate funds to increase the salaries for teachers with less than two years of experience or district staff such as nurses, counselors, librarians and other paraprofessionals.
“While we celebrate that HB 2 provides historic funding increases for our classroom teachers with a $2,500 increase for teachers with three to four years of experience and $5,000 increases for those with five or more years,” Board President Bill Beavers said during the meeting. “We must acknowledge that the legislation presents significant challenges for our district's comprehensive approach to fair compensation.”
Board members set aside local funds to increase those other teachers and staff members outside the state requirements. Those increases include:
- $2,500 increase for teachers with 1-2 years of experience
- 4% increase for staff
