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Montgomery ISD approves $500 employee recognition stipend; board outlines Prop A-funded compensation steps
Summary
The board approved a district-wide $500 employee recognition stipend to be paid on the June 5 paycheck and discussed Prop A-funded hires and pay-scale adjustments intended to recruit and retain staff, including $1.7 million in special-education positions for next year.
The Montgomery Independent School District board approved a $500 employee recognition stipend for full-time staff to be paid on the June 5 paycheck and heard a status update on a broader compensation plan tied to Proposition A funding.
Superintendent Dr. Ruffin told trustees the district was using Prop A revenues and current-year projections to fund recruitment and retention priorities. "Prop A will provide the capacity to provide a raise. We just can't say what that is yet," he said, adding that the $500 recognition stipend was recommended based on current fiscal projections and would be added to the June 5 payroll.
District staff outlined what Prop A has already funded this fiscal year: a December $500 retention bonus, hiring of four elementary teachers, five special-education paraprofessionals hired in January, restoration of campus budgets, and an added lead detective assignment in the police department. For next fiscal year the administration told the board it had built in new positions with a total of about $1.7 million in special-education staffing: nine paraprofessionals, 11 teaching positions and eight professional roles including behavior interventionists and diagnosticians.
Human resources staff described pay-scale augmentations for roles that were below market, with targeted increases for transportation, technology, maintenance, and special-education self-contained paraprofessionals. The district also proposed increases to police officer certification stipends and several extracurricular stipends that had fallen below market.
Trustees spoke in favor of the stipend and the broader investment in staff. The motion to approve the employee stipends passed by voice vote and will be implemented by payroll staff to appear on paychecks dated June 5, 2025.
The superintendent and staff cautioned that final, permanent raises depend on the outcome of state legislation being finalized before June 2, and said they would continue to monitor bills that could affect district revenue and allowable uses of local funds.
