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Superintendent briefs trustees on legislative proposals for teacher pay and staffing shortages
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Bostic summarized pending state legislation that would increase teacher pay and discussed district considerations for tiered compensation and timing of contract decisions; HR described statutory deadlines for contract notices.
Superintendent Dr. Bostic told the board that the current legislative session includes proposals that would increase teacher pay — widely reported in the discussion as $5,000 to $7,000 per teacher in different proposals — and a separate voucher measure that the superintendent said had passed at the state level.
He urged trustees to wait for final legislative outcomes before making districtwide compensation decisions and described pressures created by a long period without state increases: “We have not received dollars from the state of Texas for teachers or staff salaries at all since 2019,” he said, noting the…
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