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BISD budget workshop outlines compensation scenarios after House Bill 2 funding
Summary
District staff presented pay-scale scenarios at a budget workshop: teacher step increases, a benefits-rate revision from 13% to 11%, and baseline nonteacher raises pending local revenue decisions; trustees asked staff to refine numbers for the Aug. 12 vote.
Brenham ISD held an extended budget workshop in which executive staff walked trustees through compensation scenarios ahead of an Aug. 12 vote on the budget and compensation package.
Staff framed the session by noting personnel comprises roughly 80–85% of the district budget and that the board's role is to adopt the budget and compensation. Daryl flagged a reduced benefits assumption (from 13% to 11%) after further analysis and showed step-raise scenarios that would move teachers to a 30-year top step. The superintendent summarized possible baseline changes if no additional local revenue arrives: "Without additional revenue, this is where we would sit at, going to a step 25, a $1,000 raise for teachers 0 1 and 2...and a 2.75% raise for everyone else who's not a teacher." Trustees agreed staff should return with updated charts reflecting the revised benefits rate and alternate options for steps and 0–2 teacher increases.
Staff emphasized that the board will make final decisions at the Aug. 12 meeting; today's session was a workshop to refine scenarios and collect trustee direction.
