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Carthage ISD board approves one-time early-resignation incentive for staff
Summary
The Carthage ISD Board of Trustees approved a one-time early-resignation incentive for staff that offers payments to the first 20 professional and first 10 non-professional employees who submit a voluntary resignation and signed agreement by March 13, 2026. Payments are included in the employee's final paycheck and participants are ineligible for rehire until 2027–28.
The Carthage Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Jan. 20 to adopt a resolution establishing a one-time early-resignation notice incentive for eligible employees for the 2025–2026 school year.
Under the approved plan, the district will pay the first 20 professional employees who submit a timely, signed voluntary resignation and agreement $1,500 for full-time staff and $750 for part‑time staff. The district will pay the first 10 non‑professional employees $750 for full‑time staff and $375 for part‑time staff, the resolution states. Eligible employees must submit both a resignation letter and a signed incentive agreement by 3:00 p.m. on March 13, 2026, and must remain employed through their final duty day in 2025–26 to receive the payment; payment will be made on the employee’s final paycheck.
The motion to approve the resolution was made by Truman Shirey and seconded by Frank Willis; the roll-call vote recorded all seven trustees present voting in favor. The board’s action authorizes the superintendent, or designee, to review and approve agreements and to make the payments consistent with the plan.
The resolution includes additional conditions: employees who accept the incentive cannot rescind the resignation after approval, and those who accept the payment are not eligible for rehire until the 2027–2028 school year. The board also directed that agreements be made available by email and at the administration building and that payments be processed in the final paycheck for qualifying employees.
The document adopting the incentive describes the policy as intended to help the district better forecast personnel needs and expenditures for the 2026–2027 school year while preserving positive relationships with departing staff.
