SCUCISD trustees hear budget workshop on House Bill 2, teacher raises, and possible tax election

Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District leaders told trustees that a state-level compromise on House Bill 2 will change how districts receive and distribute funding but will not fully close the district’s structural deficit.

Superintendent Maloney and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mr. Desmoy presented updated revenue and expenditure projections after a late change in the legislation. They described a mandated, state-funded raise of $2,500 for classroom teachers with three to four years’ experience and $5,000 for teachers with five or more years; the funding will be passed through by the state but does not cover all employee groups the district currently treats as teachers for pay-scale purposes. The presenters said the bill creates a new “allotment for basic costs” (referred to in the presentation as the ABC) intended to help cover inflationary costs such as property insurance, health care and fuel; the district used a $105 per-student figure in its slides.

District staff explained how the state-defined term “classroom teacher” (described in the meeting as a definition in Chapter 5…