Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
Leander ISD approves 202526 adjusted compensation plan
The Leander ISD board of trustees adopted its FY 2025-26 compensation plan May 8, which includes targeted pay adjustments for some employees to
board includes an authorization for Superintendent Bruce Gearing to approve a one-time retention payment of $1,000 per full-time employee or $500 per part-time employee. Gearing will also be able to amend the compensa- tion and bene ts plan after the start of the 2025-26 scal year based on the outcome of the current legislative session. TASB would normally say it’s “risky to wait” to make compensation decisions before the end of the legislative session, as neighboring districts are likely to make decisions and LISD would not want to fall behind, Campbell said. On June 2, the Texas Legislature passed several bills, including Senate Bill 2, which pushes a vouch- er-style program, and House Bill 2, a school nance package that infuses $8.5 billion into public school funding, that may alter public school funding and compensation over the coming years.
Budget breakdown The $3.5 million impact to the budget would include: $1.3M for 400 professional support employees
address pay gaps. How we got here
The board rst received the Texas Association of School Board’s compensation plan recommenda- tions during its Feb. 27 budget workshop meeting. According to Amy Campbell, TASB’s director of HR services, the organization collected salary data from 12 neighboring school districts and information from a survey sent to over 100 LISD administrators last fall. Per the survey results, respondents almost universally felt that pay is not comparable to the local cost of living, contributing to low sta morale and issues with recruitment and retention. The action taken Two of TASB’s recommendations approved by the
$1.04M for 698 operations support employees
$351,900 for 62 administrative leadership employees
$232,800 for 260 instructional support employees
$220,100 for 1,262 teachers and librarians $219,800 for 205 administrative support employees $167,600 for 71 technology employees
$1,500 for two executive leadership employees
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