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Nederland ISD administration presents 2025–26 budget workshop; homestead exemption, teacher pay highlighted
Summary
Administrators presented a draft 2025–26 budget at the Aug. 7 special meeting, noting a tax-rate decrease tied to a new $140,000 homestead exemption, a proposed starting teacher salary of $52,600, and a $450/month TRS Active Care district contribution for participating employees.
Nederland ISD administrators presented an initial budget overview and compensation proposal during a special board meeting on Aug. 7, 2025. Business Manager Cody Meaux summarized property-value updates and said the proposed tax rates decreased "due to the new homestead tax exemption of $140,000." Meaux also reviewed the tax-rate schedule, ADA/ADE figures and revenue projections for 2025–26.
Assistant Superintendent Bill Jardell outlined the proposed TASB compensation plan, including a proposed starting teacher salary of $52,600 (up from $51,900) and described that amount as $18,940 above the state minimum salary schedule as presented to the board. Jardell and Meaux discussed staffing changes, pay structures, leave benefits and increments. Jardell noted the district pays $450 per month for employees participating in TRS Active Care health insurance. The Board discussed substitute and extra-duty pay rates, and Meaux reviewed campus and departmental operating budgets, the child nutrition budget, and I&S budgets.
No formal budgetary vote or adoption occurred at the meeting; the presentation was a workshop to inform trustees. The transcript does not include verbatim statements beyond the administrative summaries above, and no public commenters addressed the budget during the open forum.
