Austin ISD wants to raise teacher pay by at least 5% for the next school year.
The district is working on its budget for the 2023-2024 school year, and Austin ISD administrators and school board members say employee compensation is the top priority.Austin ISD’s Chief Financial Officer Ed Ramos told school board members Thursday that compensation is the number one priority for the district’s 2023-2024 budget.
“They made a very aggressive move last year,” he said. “Our intent is to catch that district within the next two years and actually be the highest paying district in Central Texas within the next two years.”Austin ISD administrators are also proposing raises for classified staff as well as administrative and professional staff. About 87% of the district’s budget is for employee pay.
He said, ideally, new teachers would make at least $70,000. The current starting salary for Austin ISD teachers is just over $52,000 — not including bonuses and other stipends. “I just would not like us to get myopic about increasing compensation as the answer to everything,” he said. He also pointed out that the budget is based on current state law, but the Texas Legislature could make changes during“We do know that the state is coming into this legislative session with a $33 billion surplus,” Ramos said. “So, there are opportunities for education funding, and so we are again going to be very active in advocating for some of those dollars to be used to increase education funding.
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