EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Alvin ISD, Friendswood ISD & Pearland ISD
PISD ties second raise to upcoming tax rate election
Friendswood ISD approves pay increases
TRYING TO KEEP UP O cials stressed the need for raises due to the district’s ranking among other area districts. 2023 minimum school district salaries
Alvin ISD
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
$61,100
The conditions: If a VATRE were to be held and approved by voters, or if the state takes action, some of that new money could be ear- marked for district sta . Superintendent Larry Berger said at the June 23 meeting the poten- tial increases, in addition to the 2% already approved, could include: • 1% administrative general pay increase, plus equity • 2% teacher general pay increase • 2% general pay increase, plus equity, for all other employees While it’s still up in the air what compensation may look like, dis- trict o cials are at least required to set parameters for a potential increase now, as they can’t go back later and adjust sta contracts, district General Counsel Tanya Dawson said at the meeting. As a result, the board can change the plan after the start of the new year.
Dickinson ISD
PEARLAND ISD Employees could be getting a second raise. However, it will depend on action by the state of Texas, voters within the district and the Pearland ISD school board. Current situation: After Pearland ISD’s board approved a 2% increase in employees’ pay in early June, trustees at the district’s June 23 meeting considered another that would be dependent on state legis- lation or a VATRE, also known as a voter-approval tax rate election. With its new budget approved, PISD o cials are considering call- ing a VATRE that would add more than $11 million to the budget to help plug up part of a $13.3 million shortfall for scal year 2023-24. However, a second raise could change those numbers.
$61,000
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
Pasadena ISD
FRIENDSWOOD ISD Employees will receive a 1.5% increase in pay this year—and teachers could receive more—after the district’s board approved a new salary plan July 17. In a nutshell: Friendswood ISD o cials considered three possible options for this year’s salary plan, according to district documents. Along with a $0.50 increase in custodial pay and an adjustment to transportation workers’ pay scale, the options included: • A 2% increase in pay for employ- ees, costing the district a little under $1 million • A 1.5% increase in pay for employ- ees along with a one-time condi- tional 2% increase for teachers and nonteacher professionals, costing
$60,438
Clear Creek ISD
$60,000
Pearland ISD
$59,600
Average (not including FISD)
$59,486
Texas City ISD
$59,000
Santa Fe ISD
$58,750
Friendswood ISD
$56,807
Galveston ISD
$56,000
SOURCE: FRIENDSWOOD ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
the district about $1.46 million • A 1% increase in pay for employ- ees, costing the district about $542,000 The board approved the second option in a unanimous vote.
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