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Red Oak ISD to provide $2,000 general pay increase and implement state‑mandated teacher supplements
Summary
District administrators presented and trustees approved a revised salary schedule that reflects state supplements for some teachers and a $2,000 across‑the‑board increase for other staff, funding the increases from projected revenue and contingency funds.
Red Oak Independent School District administrators told trustees they had developed a revised salary schedule that incorporates the state’s supplemental teacher payments and provides a $2,000 increase for non‑teacher staff, and the schedule was approved as part of the consent agenda the board adopted 7‑0.
Doctor Johnston, who presented the schedule at the meeting, said the district built the new schedule after the legislative session and after adopting the budget in June. "After factoring in all that information, the additional basic allotment and some of the other allotments came up with a salary schedule that's twofold," Doctor Johnston said. He described the result as state‑directed supplements for certain teachers plus a general $2,000 increase for other employees.
Johnston told trustees the district structured teacher increases to align with the state language that provided either $2,500 or $5,000 over prior‑year pay for eligible teachers, while the broader staff increase was set at $2,000 per person. He said the district's calculations assume forthcoming property‑value data from the local appraisal district will not materially change the revenue picture; the presentation noted the district is awaiting final property value numbers from the appraisal district before completing budget certification.
Board action and fiscal context The consent agenda that included the salary schedule passed 7‑0 (motion by Trustee Knight; second by Trustee Sebring). Doctor Johnston said increased enrollment and rising taxable values in the district’s jurisdiction were among the factors that made the increases feasible, and he said insurance premiums increased but not by an amount that would negate the pay raises.
What it does and what remains to be decided Under the plan described in the meeting, eligible teachers will receive state‑prescribed supplements (the district presented the schedule showing $2,500 or $5,000 steps tied to state guidance) and other staff members will receive a $2,000 salary increase. Johnston said district staff will finalize calculations pending formal property‑value figures from the Ellis County appraisal authority.
Why it matters The salary changes affect district payroll and personnel budgets and will be important to recruitment and retention conversations in the year ahead. The transcript records administrators' intent to fund the increases from existing contingency and revenue projections tied to enrollment and property values, but it does not include the final certified budget or the detailed line‑item accounting that will appear in official fiscal documents.
Transcript limits The meeting transcript records the presentation and the board vote but does not include the formal, final budget certification or the finalized payroll documents; Johnston said the district expects to reconcile the schedule once property valuations are received.
