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Sharyland ISD board approves 2% pay increase for 2025–26 after debate over sustainability and paraprofessional duties
Summary
The Sharyland ISD Board of Trustees approved a 2% districtwide salary increase for the 2025–26 school year, a measure the board’s administration said can be funded under current law. Trustees discussed implementation details including paraprofessionals who coach, overtime rules and a grandfathering plan for extra duty days.
The Sharyland Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 on May 20 to approve a 2% salary increase for employees for the 2025–26 school year.
Superintendent Dr. Elaine Howard presented three options to the board and recommended a middle course that district staff said could be sustained under current law without additional state funding. “We are prepared to present to you a salary increase for the 25, 26 school year that could be achieved without additional monies from the state,” Howard said, describing a budget analysis and staffing audit carried out by administration.
The board heard fiscal estimates for the three options: a roughly $726,000 impact for a lower option that would have brought starting teacher pay to about $54,985; a roughly $1.1 million impact for a 1.5% option (starting pay ~$55,272); and an approximately $1.45 million impact for the 2% option approved by the board, which the administration said would raise starting…
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