The Corpus Christi ISD school board will consider budget plans for the coming school year, including teacher raises, on June 9.
The Corpus Christi Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2025-26 budget and tax rate. The meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. in the board room of the Corpus Christi ISD administration building.
The school district’s plans have been impacted by recent action from state lawmakers. The Texas Legislature approved new school funding this spring, requiring raises to teacher pay.
However, Corpus Christi ISD’s proposed budget still includes a deficit of $21,780,159 for the general fund, with the district spending more than it will receive from local tax revenues and state and federal funding.
The adopted budget for the 2024-25 school year, which just ended for students, included a similar deficit of more than $20 million for the general fund.
The Corpus Christi Independent School District board will consider budget plans for the next school year on June 9. The proposed budget includes a deficit of more than $21 million for the general fund.
The school district also has a food service fund and a debt service fund, both of which are balanced in the 2025-26 proposed budget.
The Corpus Christi ISD board is expected to approve the budget on June 9. The tax rate is not set to be approved until late August. The board has a meeting scheduled for Aug. 25.
Karen Griffith, the district’s deputy superintendent of business and support services, said the property tax rate is not expected to increase from a total of $0.9583 per $100 of assessed value, including both the maintenance and operations and interest and sinking tax rates.
What’s planned for teacher raises?
A new state law is requiring $2,500 raises for teachers with three to four years of experience in districts with more than 5,000 students. Teachers with five or more years of experience in those districts will receive $5,000.
Districts will also receive $45 per student to go toward salary increases for school counselors, librarians, nurses, support staff and new teachers who don’t otherwise qualify for the raises.
Corpus Christi ISD is responding by offering a $2,500 raise to teachers, registered nurses and librarians with one to four years of experience and a $5,000 raise to teachers, nurses and librarians with five or more years of experience.
For all other employees, pay increases depend on years of experience and the midpoint salary. Staff with one to five years of experience will receive a pay increase of 1% of the midpoint of their salary range, staff with six to 12 years of experience will receive 2% of the midpoint, and staff with more than 13 years of experience will receive 3% of the midpoint.
Additionally, the state is expanding the Teacher Incentive Allotment, which includes pay raises for high-performing teachers.
During the 2024-25 school year, 1,575 Corpus Christi ISD teachers applied for a Teacher Incentive Allotment designation. About 3 out of 10 teachers who applied, or 501, actually earned a designation.
Designated teachers in Corpus Christi ISD earned a payout of between $5,709 and $21,030 depending on performance.
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