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RISD trustees and staff map several pay scenarios as state funding talks continue
Summary
Superintendent Tabitha Branham and district finance and HR leaders on April 17 presented the Board of Trustees with multiple compensation scenarios, market-adjustment proposals and personnel requests, while saying a final recommendation depends on the Texas Legislature's pending decisions about funding and allowable uses.
Superintendent Tabitha Branham and district finance and HR officials briefed the Richardson ISD Board of Trustees on April 17 on developing the 2025—6 budget and a package of compensation scenarios for employees in light of ongoing state legislative activity.
"One of the most important things that we as a team of 8 can do is determine how we are going to compensate our staff," Branham told the board, anchoring a presentation that walked trustees through three illustrative raise models, market adjustments for several hard-to-recruit job classes and a set of personnel additions the administration says are needed for special education, pre-K expansion and the district's child-care academies.
Staff presented three high-level scenarios: a conservative model built on a roughly 2.5% across-the-board increase for teacher types and non'teacher employees…
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