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Gatesville ISD approves health-insurance renewal and updated salary schedules
Summary
Trustees approved a health-insurance renewal that raises premiums about $63 per person per month (roughly $366,000 additional cost) and adopted updated salary schedules that lift the starting teacher salary to $45,300 and add mandated teacher-step increases required under recent state guidance.
The Gatesville ISD board approved a staff recommendation to renew employee health insurance at higher premiums and adopted revised salary schedules required by recent state guidance.
District staff told trustees the health-insurance renewal increases premiums by about $63 per covered person per month, which the presenter estimated would add roughly $366,000 to the district's budget. Staff asked the board to approve continuing to offer the updated plan to employees, saying maintaining benefits was important to recruitment and retention. Trustees moved and approved the renewal.
On pay, staff presented salary-scale updates tied to state parameters that the board must implement for teacher pay. The district raised the starting salary for a teacher with zero years of experience to $45,300 (up from about $41,000 last year) and adjusted step increases so early-career salary gaps narrowed; district staff said master' and doctorate stipends remain in place and that non-teaching staff would receive about a 3% increase where funds permit. Trustees voted to adopt the new scales.
District presenters and trustees discussed the broader funding picture, noting some state funding streams and federal program support have changed and that districts across the region face fiscal pressure. Staff said they pulled every available resource to provide raises while meeting statutory requirements. The board'approved salary schedules take effect with the new school-year pay cycles.
