Duncanville ISD updates 2025–26 compensation plan to implement HB 2 increases, approves 2% midpoint raise

The Duncanville ISD board on July 21 approved updates to the district’s 2025–26 compensation plan that implement teacher pay increases required under House Bill 2 and add a district-funded 2% midpoint increase for eligible employees. The unanimous 6-0 vote authorizes the superintendent and administration to apply the revised pay scales and proceed with implementation steps to be reflected in an August budget amendment, administration told trustees. Under the plan presented by Ms. Brown, the district will apply HB 2 teacher retention allotment increases as follows: $1,250 for teachers with 0–2 years of experience (district-funded), $2,500 for teachers with 3–4 years of experience (HB 2–funded), and $5,000 for teachers with five or more years of experience (HB 2–funded). Ms. Brown said the district already approved a $2,500 increase in May and the new HB 2 increases work in combination with that prior action. In addition to the teacher steps, the district will implement a 2% midpoint salary increase for all eligible employees, which Ms. Brown estimated would cost about $882,390. The administration also proposed additional equity adjustments for teacher‑adjacent positions (assistant principals, counselors, instructional coaches and similar roles) to maintain internal alignment as teacher pay rises; those equity adjustments were estimated at roughly $522,007. “All pay adjustments will be implemented within a board‑approved compensation structure ensuring consistency with our established pay systems and practices,” Ms. Brown said, noting the full financial impact would be captured in the August budget amendment presented by the CFO. Administration told trustees the plan relies on a combination of HB 2 funds (teacher retention and staff retention allotments) and district funds; the board was told the proposed budget amendment would not require drawing down fund balance. Several trustees asked how raises would be administered for employees temporarily reassigned under recent bond reconfigurations; staff said those employees had been held harmless for one year and would receive adjustments as appropriate when reassigned. The motion passed 6-0. Staff will finalize placement after receiving verified years-of-service records for newly hired teachers and will provide additional budget detail to the board in August.