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Lake Dallas ISD board adopts 2025–26 compensation plan, uses state retention allotments to boost teacher pay
Summary
The Lake Dallas ISD Board approved a 2025–26 compensation plan that uses state teacher retention and support-staff allotments to increase pay for eligible teachers and proposes local midpoint increases for nonteaching staff.
At its July 21 meeting, the Lake Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the district's 2025'6 employee compensation plan, using estimated state allotments to raise teacher pay and applying local midpoint increases for support staff and administrators.
The board vote followed a presentation by Anne Hahn, chief financial officer, who said the district estimates it will receive $1,784,000 from the state's teacher retention allotment and $129,000 from the support-staff allotment for 2025'6. "The estimated amount that we will receive from the state is $1,784,000," Hahn told trustees.
The district's recommendation directs the teacher-retention money to eligible classroom teachers: $4,000 for teachers at steps 3—4 and $8,000 for teachers with five or more years of experience, while beginning-teacher pay will start at $60,000 under the proposed schedule. Hahn explained the teacher retention allotment does not apply to teachers on steps 0—2, and the proposed schedule reflects that distinction.
For nonteaching staff, the district recommended a combination of midpoint increases: a proposed 3% midpoint increase for clerical, paraeducator and other auxiliary pay grades (which Hahn said equates to about $180,000) and a 2% midpoint increase for administrative and professional employees. Hahn estimated the local cost of the district's combined raises at roughly $200,000.
Trustee Aaron Appleby moved to approve the plan; Trustee Bartley seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the state allotments explicitly created by recent legislation are intended to encourage teacher and support-staff retention; the district's plan uses those dollars for targeted teacher raises and supplements them with locally funded midpoint adjustments for staff not fully covered by the state payments. The board will adopt final budget documents at its August meeting, when certified property values and final revenue numbers are available.
Meeting context: the compensation vote was one of several budget-related actions on the July 21 agenda; Anne Hahn told trustees the full budget and tax rate adoption will occur in August. The board approved the compensation plan by unanimous roll call.
