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SAISD seeks to expand Teacher Incentive Allotment coverage across grades and subjects
Summary
Board heard plans to expand the district application for the state Teacher Incentive Allotment to include pre‑K through high‑school literacy measures and additional STEM/social studies subjects; district named assessment tools and a 2025–26 rollout timeline for expanded data capture.
San Angelo ISD administrators updated the board on an expansion application for the state Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), which would broaden the district’s designated grade levels and content areas eligible for state TIA designations and potential supplemental compensation.
District staff said the original 2024–25 TIA application captured data for 6th–8th grade math and reading, English I, English II and Algebra I in a first year of data capture. For the 2025–26 plan, administrators recommended adding pre‑K reading; kindergarten and first‑grade reading; third through fifth grade math and reading; fifth‑grade science; eighth‑grade science and biology; eighth‑grade social studies and U.S. history. The district said the expanded plan emphasizes literacy across pre‑K through high school and uses different, grade‑appropriate assessments for growth measures.
Assessment tools named in the presentation include MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) for many grade levels starting in second grade, Circle/CLI for pre‑K and mCLASS for kindergarten and first grade. For some social‑studies measures (where MAP is not an option), the district said it would use Exploros pre‑/post‑tests.
The district noted the TIA process requires two components in local designation: a student‑growth measure and a teacher evaluation measure, and that data captured this year will be submitted to Texas Tech and TEA for designation calculation. Administrators emphasized that even if teachers meet designation in this initial data year, additional compensation tied to state funding would not be disbursed until spring 2026.
Board members were told the legislative session may affect TIA funding; administrators referenced Senate Bill 26 and House Bill 2 as proposals that would add funding and alter eligibility tiers for the allotment. District leaders said the expansion aims to maximize teacher eligibility if state funding and law change.
No board vote was taken on the expansion application at the meeting; staff said expansion paperwork is part of an administrative process and will be submitted following stakeholder review.
