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Socorro ISD outlines 2025–26 pay plan, proposes targeted stipends and HB 2-driven raises
Summary
District staff presented a compensation plan for 2025–26 that splits teacher pay scales to comply with HB 2, proposes targeted stipends for high-need positions and classroom-size incentives, and estimates budget impacts tied to projected state allotments.
Socorro Independent School District officials presented a proposed employee compensation plan on June 9 that would split classroom and nonclassroom pay schedules to align with House Bill 2 allotments and add targeted stipends for high-need positions.
The proposal, presented by Selena Stiles, chief human resources officer, would keep the district's high starting teacher salary but create one schedule for classroom teachers and a separate schedule for nonclassroom teachers, nurses and librarians. "This evening, I will be presenting the proposed compensation plan for the upcoming 2526 school year," Stiles said during the workshop.
Why it matters: HB 2 created dedicated allotments for teacher retention and support staff. The district's plan uses those allotments to apply step increases and fixed annual raises by experience band for classroom teachers and a 1.5% midpoint increase for most support staff. Administration said the package is intended to address pay compression between teacher and administrative pay…
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