Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | July 2025

Education

BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH & PATRICIA ORTIZ

Average salary base pay for GCISD, CISD teachers The average salary increased by $4,630 for CISD teachers over a five-year span. The increase for GCISD teachers was $5,954 over that same period.

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Carroll ISD

$80,000

$60,000

$40,000

$20,000

$0

2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

2020-21

SOURCE: TEA/COMMUNITY IMPACT

GCISD approves teacher, staff pay increase with FY 2025-26 budget

District officials said the 1.5% increase was the only option that kept the budget balanced for next fiscal year. The approved raise applies to teachers and staff who are not covered by the state’s teacher incentive allotment program, which gives teachers with three or more years of experience pay increases. The pay raise was a part of House Bill 2, which is expected to give GCISD $6.1 million and require $3.88 million go toward the teacher allotment program. The current situation Board President Cameron Bryan attributed the district’s budget deficit to declining enrollment and insufficient state funding. He said a Voter Approved Tax Rate Election, or a VATRE, Nov. 4 could help balance the deficit. The district plans to ask voters to increase the portion of the tax rate that creates revenue for school districts from 5 pennies to 8 pennies per $100 of a property’s appraised value.

The Carroll ISD board of trustees adopted the district’s 2025-26 budget during the June 23 meeting for $162 million with a $5 million deficit. CISD plans for $5M deficit for 2025-26 budget The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees approved a balanced budget for fiscal year 2025-26 during their June 16 meeting. What happened? A 1.5% pay increase for teachers and staff was approved by the board 6-1 with Trustee Matt Foust in opposition. “I have an [abiding] confidence and faith in our educators and, for my part, I’m not in a position where I can support anything less than at least [a 2% increase],” Foust said.

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