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Willis ISD outlines plan to apply for Teacher Incentive Allotment; district to pilot data collection in 2025–26
Summary
District staff described a multi-year plan to apply for the state Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), including a 2024–25 application step, data capture in 2025–26 and an eventual payout schedule; no final board action on the plan was required that night.
Willis ISD staff presented an overview of the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) program and the district’s plan to submit a local TIA application and collect the necessary evaluation and student-growth data.
Susan Clardy, executive director of accountability, research and evaluation, told trustees that House Bill 3 (2019) established a state Teacher Incentive Allotment to provide designated awards to teachers who meet district-approved observation and student-growth criteria. Clardy said Willis ISD’s draft local plan would allocate 90% of any funds earned directly to teachers, hold 10% for continued system development and training, and use a 40% observation / 60% student-growth weighting for year one of the local system.
Nut graf: The district plans a phased rollout: staff said Willis ISD will submit its application by the TEA deadline (April 15, 2025), capture data in 2025–26 for a first cohort, submit those data for TEA validation in fall 2026, and — if validated — disburse allotments to designated teachers in 2027. Staff presented examples of designation levels (Recognized, Exemplary, Masters) tied to different award ranges and explained tax/TRS impacts on lump-sum payments.
Clardy said Willis ISD’s first cohort would focus on tested grades and subjects (grades 3–8 RLA and math, English I/II and Algebra I) and would require teachers to meet local observation thresholds and student-growth measures tied to MAP and STAAR where applicable. She emphasized that an eligible teacher must teach 50% or more in the tested area and have 90% or more of their students with available data.
District and board discussion noted the multi-year nature of the program and the lag between data collection and payout: Clardy said teachers designated in the 2025–26 cohort would receive their first lump-sum award in August 2027, after state validation. Trustees asked clarifying questions about eligibility, the impacts to teacher retirement reporting and the district’s plan to survey teacher buy-in via Texas Tech during the pilot year.
Ending: The presentation was informational: staff said they will submit an application by April 15 and return with updates as data-collection work begins in 2025–26; there was no separate board vote on the program application in the March 19 meeting.
