Wills, Trusts, & Nursing Home Asset Protection Discover How to Protect Your Assets And Provide for Your Loved Ones At the workshop we will discuss several issues including: The advantages and disadvantages of Wills and Living Trusts Why putting property in children’s names may be a mistake Protecting your children’s inheritance from their future ex-spouses, lawsuits, and other claims Preserving your estate for your kids if your surviving spouse gets remarried How you can qualify and use Medicaid to pay for nursing home expenses which are over $5,700 per month locally Attend a workshop and receive a FREE no obligation private consultation with Attorney Christopher Brown or Attorney Faith Parten to answer any questions about setting up your estate plan. Dates, Times, & Locations WILLS, TRUSTS & NURSING HOME ASSET PROTECTION Discover How to Protect Your Assets And Provide for Your Loved Ones Free Estate Planning Workshop It’s never too early to do your estate planning!
THE STARTING POINT
Cy-Fair ISD has risen its starting teacher salary from $58,500 to $60,500 for the 2022-23 school year to stay competitive with neighboring districts.
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KLEIN ISD
TOMBALL ISD
59
SPRING ISD
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ALDINE ISD
CY FAIR ISD
First-year teacher
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Cy-Fair ISD: $60,500 Aldine ISD: $61,000 Houston ISD: $61,500 Katy ISD: $60,700 Klein ISD: $60,000 Spring ISD: $60,500 Tomball ISD: $57,500
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SOURCE: CY FAIR ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
… the priority that I’ve heard is it’s more about the school culture and the quality of life in the classroom and the ability to deliver their curriculum than it is about the money,” he said. The board also approved allocating $400,000 to hire six additional dis- trict police o cers. This will bring the force to 116 total o cers when fully sta ed, allowing the department to expand its patrol oper- ations. Police Chief Eric Mendez said while o cers are assigned to patrol secondary campuses, there is only one o cer available to cover every seven to nine elementary campuses. “I could use maybe four to six addi- tional o cers to cover patrol so that we always have that redundant cov- erage to ensure that we can respond and handle an incident as it occurs at a campus,” Mendez said. State support CFISD leaders and trustees repeat- edly expressed disappointment in the Texas Legislature for a lack of ade- quate funding. Trustee Julie Hinaman said the district has historically used good nancial management to end scal years with a surplus even when de cits were projected, but that will no longer be the case based on the state’s current funding formulas. “Unless there are changes made in the next legislative session next year, ISDs will fail nancially. It’s set up that way, and it will be that way unless it changes,” she said. While state aid remains stagnant, district costs continue to increase. Without federal stimulus funding beyond 2022-23, CFISD’s fund balance is expected to dwindle. Budget cuts are more likely than salary increases in 2023-24, o cials said. “There is no mechanism in place at the state level to account for in a- tion, so when you have a year where
in ation is going up like it has the last couple of years, there is no adjust- ment to the basic allotment, which is what allows us to function,” Henry said in May. Villanueva said since the state’s basic allotment is not based on the actual cost of public education, Every Texan has advocated for a cost-based analysis or for the state to adjust the basic allotment for in ation each year. Hinaman said there is no shortage of money for teacher raises, school safety, closing learning gaps and men- tal health care, but the state govern- ment is holding onto those funds. She noted Texas expects to have $15 billion in its Economic Stabilization Fund in addition to a $12 billion-$15 billion sur- plus in the state budget at the start of the next legislative session in 2023. However, state leadership did announce some relief to public school employees in April when Gov. Greg Abbott committed $435 million in fed- eral COVID-19 relief funds to ensure health insurance premiums do not increase in 2022-23 for those enrolled in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ health insurance program. Most CFISD enrollees will pay about $22-$75 less each month for health care coverage depending on their plan, according to district doc- uments. According to Cowart, past salary increases have mostly gone toward year-over-year insurance pre- mium increases. “If we discuss [TRSActiveCare] pre- miums that are not increasing the next school year, we should have certainly included all the years it did increase and consume much of the pay raise dollars of the past,” Cowart said. Mikah Boyd contributed to this report.
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