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Hutto ISD teachers qualify for incentives Hutto ISD officials shared in April that 60 teachers in the district will receive additional compensation through an incentive program provided by the state. What happened In its first year of participation in the Teacher Incentive Allotment, a state program that provides public funds to be awarded as incentive payments to educators based on campus-level evaluations, the district was able to qualify 60 teachers to receive the incentive. Under the district’s local designation system, educators can receive varying amounts tied to their perfor- mance level. Across the district, 24 teachers earned the Master designation, 17 earned the Exemplary designation and 19 earned the Recognized desig- nation. They will retain this designation for up to
Safety projects in the works in PfISD A number of districtwide safety projects, including campus fencing, new doors and upgraded signal strength for emergency responder radios, are being planned in Pflugerville ISD, Chief Operating Officer Victor Valdez said May 17. A closer look Valdez said some of the safety projects are state mandated, while others came about on the district level. PfISD also received $704,668 as part of the Texas Education Agency’s 2024-25 Safety and Facilities Enhancement Grant. Addi- tional improvements such as exterior doors, impact film, campus fencing and bi-direc- tional antennas for emergency responders will be funded by the SAFE grant.
Incentive payments Through the TIA program, teachers can earn performance-based incentives paid by the state.
Performance level
Amount awarded
Recognized
$3,000-$9,000
Exemplary
$6,000-$18,000
Master
$12,000-$32,000
SOURCE: HUTTO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
five years, per the TIA program description. About the program The Teacher Incentive Allotment is a program that was created by the state in 2019 to keep teachers in the classroom by increasing teacher pay as a performance-based mechanism. Per the Texas Education Agency, qualifying teachers were awarded a total of $145.2 million in incen- tives in 2023.
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