Superintendents in Belton and Temple received a 2 percent raise this year, similar to the state average of 2.9 percent. The Texas Association of School Boards recently reported that the average pay increase for continuing superintendents in Texas was 2.9 percent for the 2017-18 school year. This data came from a survey of superintendent salaries and benefits conducted by TASB and the Texas ...

Salaries for Houston's highest-paid public school principals during the 2023-2024 school year ranged from $153,000 to just over $200,000. Atop the list is Mark Smith, a former Houston Independent School District administrator who became an interim principal in Spring Branch ISD. Smith makes $201,086 in his current position, which he's occupied since July of 2022. He first came to Spring Branch ISD ...

Moak Casey & Associates released their newest version of “Tracking the Education Dollar in Texas Public Schools” on behalf of the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards.  Contrary to public school critics, the 2013 school expenditures reflected 60.8% of the $52.4 billion in state funds were spent on direct instruction for the 4.9 million children in ...

 A recent survey of district trends in school superintendents’ salaries and benefits was released by the Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Association of School Administrators. The annual survey “is the most definitive study of school district compensation and benefits practices in Texas,” according to a TASB news release. The information is used by policy ...

Action taken during Tuesday night’s meeting moves the first day of school to August 13th instead of the 18th.  And there will be three more instructional days. One is in October, another in January, and one in February.  CSISD administrators also updated the board on four types of instruction that students might have next year. Under ...

The leaders of Bell County’s three largest school districts all earn salaries significantly higher than the average superintendent salary in the state, according to a survey conducted by a pair of Texas school associations. For the current school year, the average superintendent salary in Texas is $158,363, according to the Texas Association of School Boards and the Texas Association ...

Administrators’ taxpayer-funded compensation continues to grow as student enrollment shrinks.  Newly released Texas Education Agency data for the 2025-26 school year show 16 superintendents receive taxpayer-funded salaries that top $400,000—more than the president of the United States. (Last year, that number was 11.)   Here are the superintendents that the TEA lists as making more than $400,000 ...

Administrators’ taxpayer-funded compensation continues to grow as student enrollment shrinks.  Newly released Texas Education Agency data for the 2025-26 school year show 16 superintendents receive taxpayer-funded salaries that top $400,000—more than the president of the United States. (Last year, that number was 11.)   Here are the superintendents that the TEA lists as making more than $400,000 ...

Repost!  You don’t see many articles warning of the consequences of unfunded mandates that can slowly destroy local control and flexibility with financial matters in local school districts. Not only do unfunded mandates initially have a price tag to local school districts, they tend to grow over time. Last session, in order to beef up teacher ...

By JOSH HAVARD/The Lufkin Daily News   Feb 13, 2019 Updated 10 hrs ago   After 12 years at Central ISD, Allen Garner has announced his intentions to retire as superintendent from the school effective Aug. 31. According to a press release, the Central ISD Board of Trustees will soon begin discussions on appointing a new superintendent. Garner has spent 28 years in ...

A record 70 percent of teacher-members surveyed by the Texas State Teachers Association said they were seriously considering leaving the profession as they ended a difficult school year last spring. The number was the highest ever recorded in the teacher moonlighting and morale survey, which has been tracking Texas teachers’ concerns for more than 40 years, and it was a significant ...

A total of 89 top school administrators take home salaries of $300,000 or more.  Last school year, 77 superintendents received taxpayer-funded salaries above $300,000, with five making $400,000 or more.  During the 2021-22 school year, 60 superintendents scored salaries at or above $300,000.

There are some concerns in Edgewood Independent School District, one of the smallest and poorest school districts in the state, that central office administrator salaries are way too high. Edgewood is a property-poor school district, meaning the district takes in less tax money than other districts.

A superintendent of a Harrison County school district serving about 5,000 students is the area's highest-paid school administrator, a survey of local salary data shows. Jeff Collum, who was hired by Hallsville ISD in 2016, tops the list with an annual salary of $190,000. That is several thousand dollars more than the salaries of superintendents at Longview and Marshall, the two largest ...

Wichita Falls ISD’s swap & drop plan to bump down the district’s tax rate and bump up state funding appears to have hit a roadblock in House Bill 3, according to the new law and to materials provided by state officials. The new law clarifies a prohibition on “swap & drops” ...

Repost!  The news of the day across Texas involves how school districts are attempting to reward employees with raises supported by the new funding streams in HB3. I posted every article I could find dealing with this issue, maybe they will be helpful. While the state provided some funds, they also provided a new state minimum salary schedule that ...

The Lake Travis school board approved a 2 percent salary increase for staff during the June 16 school board meeting. School administrators say the increase will add to next fiscal year's budget deficit, but the cost is worth staying competitive when it comes to teacher recruitment. “We're in a position where we're responsible for taxpayer money, but we ...

Barbers Hill ISD may not be well known inside the 610 loop. The Chambers County school district of roughly 5,250 students is wedged between Baytown and Anahuac on the east end of the Houston metroplex. School administrators there still use wooden paddles to smack some of its students for misbehaving. But it stands out in a surprising metric: It pays ...

Enrollment in the Austin Independent School District has been on a six-year slide with no end in sight. Consequently, the number of teachers has been steadily decreasing. During the same period, however, the number of administrators, the highest paid group of professionals in the district, has held fast, while their average base salaries have increased by 32 percent since the 2011-12 ...

Thousands of Texas school employees make over $100,000 a year, a Wednesday report revealed. More than 7,300 public school teachers, administrators, athletic directors, and other salaried workers raked in six-figure salaries during fiscal year 2017 which, combined totaled an almost $1 billion cost to taxpayers, according to OpenTheBooks.com.

Do public schools in Texas pay $232,000 for coordinating PE classes? What about paying $340,000 to a high school music teacher and $127,000 to a librarian?  Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found 7,327 Texas public school administrators, athletic directors, teachers, and other employees pulled down six-figure salaries costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion. In fiscal year 2017, superintendents earned as much as $450,000; “executive directors for ...

Lake Travis school district staff will likely recommend that the school board approve a 2 percent salary increase for teachers and staff for the 2017-18 school year, even if it pushes the district further into deficit spending. During a school board workshop June 7, senior administrators Johnny Hill and Holly Morris-Kuentz said they were surprised and worried to find that several school ...

The Eagle Pass Independent School District E-Mail System was hacked by an anonymous hacker on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 and a fake email was forwarded to over 3,000 District employees presumably from Deputy Superintendent Samuel Mijares that released the 2017-2018 salaries of all the District Administrators and Principals.

After a Consumer Justice investigation into the perks found in superintendent salaries, many viewers wanted to know if other administrators were receiving the same bonuses. While they don’t get the perks, they do get six-figure salaries. For example, there are 14 assistant, area, and deputy superintendents at Grand Prairie ISD. Each makes between $140,000 and $222,000 a year. That’...

Klein ISD trustees will consider a hiring freeze, kick in less for employee benefits, postpone the opening of its newest elementary school and trim administrators’ salaries as part of an effort to close a $30 million budget gap. In all, district officials on Friday identified nearly $37 million in possible spending cuts, well over the $30.2 million deficit administrators have projected for ...

The proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, which calls for establishing educational goals that will impact the next generation of Texas public schoolchildren and educators, will be considered Tuesday by the State Board of Education’s Committee of the Full Board..  Four years in the making, this plan creates recommendations through the year 2030 in four ...

Texas House Public Education Committee Chairman Dan Huberty, R-Houston, and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, on Tuesday laid out their  long-awaited school finance proposal at a press conference Tuesday, calling for raising minimum salaries for a broad group of educators, increasing health and pension benefits and offering opportunities for merit pay programs.  “This is very much ...

In Texas, as in many other states, when the talk is of teacher pay, it’s often about how little they make, how many of them must work a second job to pay the bills. Which is why, apparently, Texas sets a minimum pay figure for teachers. With school administrators and non-teaching professionals, the conversation is more likely to ...

Incoming Cy-Fair ISD teachers will earn a starting salary of $50,025 beginning this fall following the approval of the district’s 2014-15 budget May 12.  The district’s starting teacher salary was $48,000 for the 2013-14 school year, but administrators made it a goal last year to increase the pay to attract talented employees and stay competitive with neighboring districts.&...

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD administrators said they have found enough room in district finances to award employee raises that include $1,250 for teachers in the district’s roughly $145 million budget approved in June, but officials are cautious about the future. Without changes to the state’s funding method for schools, GCISD officials said the district could face a series of tough ...

The Harlingen school board has approved cost of living increases worth $2 million for teachers, administrators and hourly employees such as janitors and bus drivers. The increase will not result in an increase in property taxes.

El Paso Independent School District teachers are among the lowest paid in the county — a fact EPISD administrators and trustees are trying to change with a “penny swap” election this month. The election will ask voters to approve a tweak to EPISD's two property tax rates, keeping the overall rate the same while generating $13.8 million annually ...

The starting salary for a Bloomington ISD teacher with no experience and a bachelor's degree will increase $6,500 for the upcoming 2016-17 school year. The district administrators are raising the starting salary to stay competitive with neighboring districts, said Misty Brasfield-Urrabazo, district chief financial officer. In the past, the district raised the pay for teachers based on different levels ...

Temple and Belton school superintendents have relatively average salaries, according to a new survey released by the Texas Association of School Boards and the Texas Association of School Administrators. According to the Temple Independent School District, Superintendent Bobby Ott makes $212,000 a year, about the same as the previous superintendent. In Belton Independent School District, spokeswoman Elizabeth Cox confirmed that Superintendent ...

Administrators at Premont Independent School District have had several milestones in the last few years. After almost closing down, Premont’s Texas Education Agency (TEA) ratings have been a a “B” for two years, teachers are getting raises and student enrollment is at an increase. The hard work that administrators and teachers at Premont ISD hasn’...

Students are back from their summer breaks and Texas public school administrators have nearly – if not completely – finalized budgets, including salaries and raises employees will receive the next fiscal year. Employee salaries, including administrative salaries, represent one of the largest components of the districts’ budgets, which can change dramatically every year. During a year in ...

MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) The Marlin Independent School District is one step closer to eliminating several administrator and teaching positions to make up for a $1,100,000 budget shortfall, mostly caused by increasing teacher’s salaries last year.On Monday, Marlin ISD’s Board of Trustees voted 4-1 to move forward with a “reduction in force” plan which ...

Despite anticipated loss in state funding, Victoria school district teachers will still be seeing a boost in their salaries next school year. "Our administrators have gone through every nook and cranny to find extra dollars," said Estella De Los Santos, VISD school board trustee, at a regular monthly board meeting Thursday evening. Trustees were presented with a draft budget by ...

Conroe Independent School District board of trustees is expected to vote on the district's proposed $416.7 million annual budget during its Aug. 18 meeting. The proposed budget is a 5 percent increase over the last school year. The district's largest expense is personnel - educators, administrators, etc. - which is expected to eat up nearly 90 percent of the proposed budget. ...

(Austin) – A recent survey of district trends in superintendents’ salaries and benefits was released by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA). The TASB/TASA survey conducted annually by the TASB HR Services division is the first of a series of three surveys that is the most definitive study of school ...

FRISCO — The stinging defeat this weekend of a 13-cent property tax hike won't have much effect on operations in Frisco ISD this school year. It's next year and beyond that school district leaders say the cuts will be felt the most.  The biggies being considered? Delaying the opening of four new schools, increasing class ...

Three Bell County school district superintendents are paid a higher salary than the state’s combined average salary, according to a survey released by the Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Association of School Administrators. While the three superintendents’ salaries are significantly higher than the average superintendent salary across Texas, all three are below the average pay ...

AUSTIN - A recent survey of district trends in schol district superintendents’ salaries and benefits was released by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA). The TASB/TASA survey conducted annually by the TASB HR Services division is the first of a series of four surveys that is the most definitive study ...

The Lufkin ISD Board of Trustees discussed the potential 2019-20 compensation plan during its regular work session Tuesday afternoon.Chief Financial Officer Charlotte Bynum said this is probably the most excited she has ever been to present an employee compensation plan.  “This is probably the most changes, and I know it’s the biggest raise, that we&...

Repost!  I forgot to include the link to the hearing - It is now active. - js - Yesterday’s House Public Education Committee hearing regarding new school finance issues could be better described as a 4-hour conversation between the committee and Commissioner Mike Morath. It is certainly worth your time to listen to this hearing if ...

The school board unanimously approved the plan Monday night. It gives any teacher, substitute, staff member, administrator of other employee who has worked at least 20 days this year an extra $500 on their paycheck after taxes. All other substitutes, temp workers and part-time employees who haven’t yet worked 20 days will receive a $250 payment. "It’s a reward for their efforts ...

Edgewood Independent School District administrators receive salaries that approach or even exceed those of administrators in San Antonio's largest school districts, according to data compiled by the I-Team. The average salary of Edgewood administrators based at the district's headquarters top even Northside ISD, which has eight-and-a-half times as many students.

The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) most recently released their survey of district trends in superintendent salaries across the state of Texas.

Superintendents should read this!"You know," I shared with a colleague in Texas, "we're looking for a 'Systems Interface Specialist,' which is another term for someone with database administrator (DBA) skills but whose salary won't rival the superintendent's!" We'd both lamented earlier at the high cost of database administrators, who enjoy salaries in excess of $90,000.  "...

El Paso Independent School District officials propose keeping the property tax rate unchanged for the 2015-16 school year, although they want to tweak how it is structured.EPISD administrators Tuesday recommended the Board of Trustees keep the total tax rate at $1.235 per $100 valuation for next year while altering the two rates that make up that total. The proposal would ...

Belton Independent School District Superintendent Susan Kincannon said in order to stay competitive with surrounding districts they need to offer salaries that keep employees from working elsewhere. "Our school board is committed to attracting and retaining high-performing administrators, faculty and staff," Kincannon said in a statement. " ... They know that having great employees makes a difference in our students' lives."

The Marlin Independent School District is one step closer to eliminating several administrator and teaching positions to make up for a $1.1 million budget shortfall, mostly caused by increasing teacher’s salaries last year.

The Huntington ISD Board of Trustees held a public meeting to set its 2019-20 tax rate, budget and compensation plan during a Monday evening meeting.  The board set a tax rate of $1.3422 at its June meeting. The rate included a maintenance and operation rate of $1.17. However, House Bill 3 required school districts to reduce their M&O rates to $1.0684, ...

Houston ISD administrators are cutting back their employee pay raise recommendation by $16.6 million heading into 2020-21, citing uncertainty about the district’s financial outlook amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.  A month after declaring that they planned to spend $26.2 million on salary increases for the upcoming school year, HISD administrators this week said they now propose to boost salaries ...

PHARR - Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) has created a committee comprised of teachers, administrators, board and community members to gather feedback and support for the district’s Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) application, which is meant to recruit, retain and reward highly effective teachers.    TIA was established by House Bill 3 with the goal of increasing ...

For the second year in a row, Houston ISD plans to use administrative employees who hold teaching certifications to help fill any vacancies that remain when classes resume in less than two weeks, district officials said Wednesday. HISD Chief Talent Officer Jeremy Grant-Skinner said principals are expected to send certified staff — typically performing other duties — to classrooms with ...

At the Thursday night Beaumont Independent School District board meeting, members discussed everything from the leaked accountability ratings to more funding for teachers. Administrators told board members that BISD salaries are quickly falling behind compared to other Southeast Texas school districts. After trimming as much as they could from the budget it's still not enough to give raises.

Another group of Dallas ISD employees will have their pay linked to their performance. The district's 21 executive directors, who manage school principals, will be paid in 2015-16 based on their performance and the student scores at the schools they oversee. Under Superintendent Mike Miles, Dallas ISD has implemented extra pay for principals based on a new evaluation, and ...

When Dallas ISD administrators got school board approval last year for a new teacher performance-pay plan, they projected that 20 percent of the teachers would rank at the highest levels. But fewer teachers — about 11 percent — are expected to get that distinction and corresponding salaries that start at $60,000, according to the latest estimates from the district.

Traditional public schools outperform charter schools: That's the aggressive stance taken by State Board of Education Vice Chair Thomas Ratliff, and he says he's got the numbers to prove it. In an open letter, Ratliff cited the recent Texas Education Agency snapshot report for the 2013-14 school year, and the numbers were pretty clear. Compared to charters, traditional ...

Employees at Boyd ISD will receive a pay raise in the 2022-23 school year. Boyd ISD trustees approved a minimum increase of 4 percent for teachers, administrators and non-administrative employees during the district’s monthly meeting Monday.  “The board voiced that they were happy to provide the staff with a 4 percent minimum raise,” said Boyd interim superintendent ...