Georgetown ISD trustees approve 2025–26 compensation plan, authorize retroactive pay

The Georgetown Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 4 approved the district's 2025'26 compensation plan and a companion resolution authorizing retroactive pay for employees whose contracts already began this fiscal year.

The plan directs $3.9 million in teacher retention allotment funds from the Texas Education Agency to qualifying teachers, raises starting pay for early-career teachers, and recommends market-based increases and targeted minimum-pay bumps for other staff categories. Trustees voted by voice vote; the record shows the motion carried.

Why it matters: Trustees and district leaders said the plan was possible because of new state funding changes from House Bill 2 (HB2) and a substantial drop in the district's projected recapture payment to the state. District staff said those shifts, combined with enrollment and attendance projections, create a modest surplus that allows pay increases while keeping the budget balanced.

Key elements of the compensation package presented by district staff Jennifer Hanna and Amanda Johnson include: teacher retention allotment pass-through of about $3,900,000 designated by TEA for qualifying teachers; a support-staff retention allotment estimated at roughly $45 per ADA (about $500,000); and a basic…