Calhoun County Independent School District trustees approved a 2025–26 compensation plan that incorporates step increases, targeted pay bumps and a stipend-list revision, and scheduled a public meeting on the proposed budget and tax rate for Aug. 28, 2025. The Board voted 6-0 to adopt the compensation plan and to publish notice of the public meeting on or before Aug. 13, 2025.

The compensation plan was presented at a budget workshop by Chief Financial Officer Robin Martinez, who updated the Board on 2024–25 budget standings and the district’s 2025–26 financial estimates. Martinez told trustees the workshop included estimated tax collections, a local property value survey, bond debt information, a template for estimating state aid, Chapter 313 hold-harmless and supplemental payments, and projected increases to TRS ActiveCare insurance.

The Board approved a compensation package that uses the proposed budget as drafted: mandated state increases and a step raise for classroom teachers; a step raise for paraprofessionals, maintenance, transportation and child nutrition employees with $500 added to those pay scales; and a 2% salary increase for administration and non-classroom professional employees. Board members were also told that two revisions were made to the stipend list; those revisions did not increase the overall budget.

Trustees voted 6-0 (Alford, Dworaczyk, Leal, McAfee, Robles and Shrader) to set a public meeting on the budget and proposed tax rate for Aug. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the CCISD Boardroom. Robin Martinez said the notice will be published in the local newspaper on or before Aug. 13, 2025; the Board may adopt the budget and tax rate at the meeting provided the budget is adopted first. Martinez described the 10-to-30-day publication window for the notice as the required timeframe for public notice.

No formal public comment related to the compensation plan, and no amendments to the compensation motion were recorded. The Board’s approval allows administrators to prepare final budget documents for the scheduled public meeting, where trustees may adopt the budget and the tax rate or request additional changes.