Laredo ISD board approves largest compensation package in district history — 3.5% across‑the‑board raise and teacher minimum increased to $54,000; budget and a

LAREDO, Texas — At a regularly scheduled June 24 meeting, the LAREDO ISD Board of Trustees approved the district’s 2025–26 compensation plan included in the budget, authorizing a 3.5% pay increase for employees and adopting placement‑scale adjustments and stipends the administration recommended. Trustees also adopted the district’s 2025 annual budget, approved two administrative hires and approved budget amendments tied to the refunding bond and operating transfers.

The compensation plan the board approved includes a 3.5% pay increase for employees on the new pay structures presented by staff. The presentation recommended a starting teacher salary of $54,000 and described a $2,000 "Year 0" supplement to support that starting step; the plan also included a $12,250 component in the teacher salary schedule presentation. Paraprofessionals and professionals on the new Task B pay structures are recommended to receive a 3.5% increase calculated from the midpoint of their assigned pay grades; employees must have worked at least 90 days in the 2024–25 school year to…