Education
BY WESLEY GARDNER
Humble ISD trustees approve 3% on- average raises for most staff members
Humble ISD board of trustees set after more than a month of uncertainty
Humble ISD board of trustees election results
Humble ISD budget highlights
Incumbent
Winner
Position 1
$543.6 million in expenditures
3% on-average raises for teachers with 1-2 years of experience and non-teaching staff 7% on-average raises for teachers with 3+ years of experience Starting teacher salary increasing from $64,350 to $66,000 annually
56.77% Oscar Silva 43.23% Gracie De Leon
Humble ISD’s board of trustees is set following the completion of a recount for the Position 3 race and a declaration of ineligibility for the Position 4 winner. The overview During the board’s June 10 meeting, HISD officials swore in newcomers Oscar Silva and Eliza- beth Shaw and incumbent Chris Parker to serve as trustees for positions 1, 5, and 3, respectively. During the board’s June 17 meeting, trustees appointed Ken Kirchhofer to continue serving as Position 4 trustee until the position is up for reelection in 2027. Trustees said Kirchhofer will not be eligible to run for reelection. How we got here Kirchhofer was appointed as Position 4 trustee after candidate elect Brittnai Brown was declared
ineligible to serve in May after HISD officials said she had not resided in the district for the six- month period required when she applied to run. Trustees voted 6-0 in favor of appointing Kirch- hofer, with Kirchhofer abstaining from the vote, after spending more than two hours in executive session. None of the trustees commented on the appointment prior to voting. For Position 3 trustee, Parker was sworn in to serve after a recount effort requested by challenger Natalie Carter only resulted in one additional vote for Carter. While the recount did not change the results of the election, Carter said she is considering contesting the results due to concerns regarding Harris County’s elections process. As of press time, Carter said her team was still deciding how to move forward and has until July 18 to do so.
Raises for most Humble ISD employees will range between 3%-7% in fiscal year 2025-26, HISD Chief Financial Officer Billy Beattie said during a
non-teaching staff members will also receive 3% on-average raises. Additionally, the budget will raise the starting salary for new teachers from $64,350 in FY 2024- 25 to $66,000 in FY 2025-26. Some context Beattie said most of the funding for the teacher raises is coming through House Bill 2, which includes $2,500 raises for teachers with three to four years of experience and $5,000 raises for teachers with at least five years of experience. The district will receive nearly $13.9 million in funding in FY 2025-26 to pay for the raises included in HB 2, budget documents show. When factoring in other allocations, Beattie said the district will receive approximately $52 million
$543.7 million in revenue
Position 3
50.19% Chris Parker 49.81% Natalie Carter
June 17 meeting. By the numbers
Proposed flat tax rate of $1.1052 per $100 valuation
Trustees approved HISD’s budget and compen- sation plan for FY 2025-26 during the meeting. According to budget documents, the adopted general fund budget for FY 2025-26 includes $543.6 million in expenses, $543.7 million in revenue and a proposed tax rate of $1.1052 per $100 valuation—the same as FY 2024-25. Beattie noted teachers with one to two years of experience would receive 3% on-average raises, while teachers with at least three years of expe- rience would receive 7% on-average raises. Most
Position 4*
38.72% Brittnai Brown 30.83% Tracy Shannon 30.45% Ken Kirchhofer
SOURCE: HUMBLE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
in additional state funding through HB 2 in FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27. “The 3% [raises] help us make sure that we stay competitive with everybody ... and allow us to still have the ability to address these things next year,” Beattie said.
Position 5
53.18% Elizabeth Shaw 33.68% Scott Ford 13.14% Judy Castillo
*ON MAY 20, BRITTNAI BROWN WAS DECLARED INELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. ON JUNE 17, KEN KIRCHHOFER WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS POSITION 4 TRUSTEE. SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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