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Plainview ISD board approves one-time $500 retention incentive for permanently employed staff
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved a one-time, discretionary $500 retention payment for permanently employed staff for the 2025–26 school year, a program administrators said will cost about $365,000 and be funded from attendance-driven revenue gains.
Plainview ISD trustees voted unanimously to provide a one-time $500 retention incentive for permanently employed staff for the 2025–26 school year. Administration presented details about eligibility, the funding source and the timing of payment.
Superintendent Doctor Sanchez and staff explained the incentive is tied to improved attendance — state funding follows average daily attendance — and that district-wide attendance increases created the budget capacity to fund the payment. The superintendent presented campus attendance figures that he said supported the decision: Plainview High School (95.1%), Junior High (94.5%), Intermediate (94.6%), North (96.0%), Central (95.0%) and Early Learning Center (~93.8%).
Administration said the incentive will be disbursed in December separate from a regular paycheck. The district estimated the total cost at about $365,000. The board clarified eligibility would include custodial staff, long-term vacancy substitutes (about seven in the district), and other permanently employed staff who met employment-date criteria; newly hired employees were asked to sign intent-to-return forms to be eligible.
During discussion trustees praised the district’s attendance work and staff efforts. The motion to approve the incentive passed on a unanimous voice/hand-raise vote recorded as 6-0. Administrators said they will provide details about the distribution timeline and eligibility criteria to staff prior to payment.
