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Plano ISD is planning 2% minimum raises for staff and a $1,000 increase to starting salaries for new teachers in the 2026-27 school year.
PISD Chief of Employee Services Duana Kindle presented the district’s suggested compensation plan for the upcoming school year at a March 24 board of trustees meeting.
What you need to know
The new starting salary for PISD teachers will be $64,000, an increase from $63,000 in 2025-26.
Teacher starting salary increased by $2,000 ahead of last school year. The proposed 2% minimum salary increase is also less than the 3% raise put in place ahead of the 2025-26 school year.
“We don’t have the funds to really do anything more than that,” Kindle said. “We don’t want to fall so far behind that it becomes hard to catch up, but we also don’t want to jump so far out that it’s not sustainable.”
The district is anticipating a $43.75 million budget deficit in fiscal year 2026-27, along with continued declines in student enrollment—both of which were considerations when drafting the district’s pay structure, Kindle said.
Diving deeper
District staff projects that the new compensation plan will cost the district $2.43 million.
PISD staff anticipates $7.43 million for the employee raises and $1.5 million for new staff. Deputy Superintendent Johnny Hill said the new staff would be needed to support programming coming online next school year, including the district’s new Career and Technical Education Center.
District staff also anticipates $7 million in savings due to staff reductions. Kindle said the staff reduction would be achieved “100% through attrition,” with PISD not replacing certain departing faculty due to decreasing enrollment.
What’s next?
PISD’s board is expected to adopt the final 2026-27 budget in June.
