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Alice ISD reviews pay-plan options to comply with House Bill 2; board leans toward 3% plus $0.75 hourly boost
Summary
Alice ISD trustees reviewed a TASB compensation study and four pay models to meet House Bill 2 teacher-retention requirements; trustees signaled informal support for a 3% general increase plus a $0.75 hourly raise for clerical/paraprofessional/auxiliary staff and asked staff to return with refined cost estimates at an Aug. 7 workshop.
Alice Independent School District trustees heard a TASB HR Services compensation review during a July 24 special budget workshop and gave staff informal direction to pursue a model that pairs a 3% general increase for salaried employees with a $0.75-per-hour boost for hourly staff.
Courtney, a TASB presenter, told the board the firm collected cleaned employee pay data, matched district jobs to about a dozen regional peer districts and to non-school benchmarks where appropriate, and built pay-grade midpoints and four cost models for the district to consider. "We will be offering some board credit today," the presenter said as she began; the presentation then focused on aligning pay structures to market values and on options for funding increases.
The presentation summarized the funding context created by House Bill 2 and the teacher retention allotment, which the presenter described this way: "Teachers with 3 to 4 years of experience will receive $4,000; teachers with 5 or more years of experience will receive $8,000" from the state. The presenter said the district has 296 teachers and librarians in its teacher-hiring schedule and that Alice ISD’s teacher pay sits roughly 2%–5% above the local market median at most benchmarks.
TASB offered four models for nonteacher pay: two straight general pay increases (2% or 3% of pay-grade midpoints) and two hybrid models that pair a midpoint increase for administrative/professional staff with a flat $0.75 hourly bump for clerical, paraprofessional and auxiliary positions. The presenter emphasized that the yellow-highlighted portion on the cost slides represented state funding that will begin to arrive Sept. 1, and that the remainder would be locally funded.
Board discussion centered on affordability and workforce effects. One board member said, "I'd like to see the 3% with 75¢," signaling a preference that several trustees later reinforced. Trustees asked staff to return on Aug. 7 with model-specific cost estimates and to be prepared to hold a special-called meeting before the August tax-rate publication and budget-adoption deadlines.
Next steps: staff will produce refined cost sheets and scenarios based on the board’s informal direction, return to a July/August work session for further consideration, and prepare materials needed for any special-called meeting before the district finalizes a tax rate and adopts the budget.
