Pasadena ISD CFO outlines six pay scenarios under House Bill 2; board to adopt then amend budget

PASADENA, Texas — Pasadena ISD Chief Financial Officer Dr. Tamika Alford Stevens told the school board Tuesday that House Bill 2 will require the district to deliver targeted pay increases and presented six raise options to narrow a projected deficit.

Dr. Alford Stevens said the new law requires $2,500 for teachers with three to four years of classroom experience and $5,000 for teachers with five or more years, and that the district expects to receive an estimated $13,400,000 for that teacher retention allotment. She told trustees the bill creates a support-staff allotment of $45 per average daily attendance (ADA) and estimated Pasadena ISD would receive about $1,600,000 for that purpose. "From House Bill 2, we're projected to receive about $25,000,000 in additional state funding for this upcoming school year," she said, "and from that $25,000,000 we are required to provide $15,000,000 in compensation increases."

Why it matters: The state-directed increases will be recurring obligations and the district is…