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The state mandated pay increases come from House Bill 2 which passed the Texas Legislature earlier this year and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott June 4. The pay increase is only for teachers with three or more years of experience. Those mandated pay increases include:
- $2,500 increase for teachers with 3-4 years experience
- $5,000 increase for teachers with 5+ years experience
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As the bill did not allocate funds to increase the salaries for teachers with less than two years of experience or other district staff, school officials have approved additional pay increases for staff for the 2025-26 school year.
Here are 11 teacher raise stories from Community Impact’s Dallas-Fort Worth coverage areas. School districts are listed in alphabetical order. Click the highlighted school district name to read the full story.
Argyle ISD
Classroom teachers who have completed 0-2 years will receive a $2,100 increase. Teachers who start next school year with 0 years of experience will receive a salary of $61,400, or a 3.5% increase from the current starting salary. Staff members who spend 4 or more instructional hours in a classroom will be compensated on the same scale as teachers.
Employees whose roles are not tied to the teacher pay scale will receive a 3.5% increase of the midpoint of their pay grade.
Celina ISD
The school board approved other pay increase including:
- $2,300 increase for teachers with 0-2 years experience
- 4% increase for all staff
All eligible employees who have received a satisfactory evaluation are eligible for a 3% raise. Employees who are on a stepped pay scale plan will receive their next step increase or the 3% raise, whichever is greater.
The starting salary for first-year teachers with no experience will be $62,000 in the 2025-26 school year, according to the compensation plan which board members approved June 17.
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
District leaders approved a 1.5% pay increase for teachers and staff who are not covered by the state's teacher incentive allotment program. District officials said the 1.5% increase was the only option presented at the June 9 meeting that kept the budget balanced for next fiscal year.
Keller ISD
Teachers and staff will receive a 3%-8% increase to their annual salary for the 2025-26 school year through state and local funding. Teachers and other district employees not included under HB 2 will receive a 3% increase.
Lewisville ISD
Teachers in years one and two, left out of HB 2, will receive a $2,074 raise. Due to medical insurance going up $51 a month, teachers would see a net increase of $1,462 on their salaries. Administrative support will receive a $1,030 raise, but the net increase would be $416 after medical insurance. Instructional support staff’s $830 raise would be a net of $215 after insurance.
McKinney ISD
Board members considered various options to set aside local funds that would increase the pay for other teachers and staff members outside the state requirements. Compensation increases approved will include:
- A new starting salary of $63,500 for first-year teachers entering McKinney ISD, representing a $1,400 increase from the prior year
- A 4% pay increase based on the midpoint of pay grades for paraprofessional, auxiliary and maintenance employees
- A 3% pay increase based on the midpoint of pay grades of all non-hourly professional staff, which includes administrators and other salaried employees
Teachers with 0-2 years of experience will receive $2,250 from local funding.
Plano ISD
The compensation plan for the 2025-26 school year includes teacher salary increases ranging from 4%-8.5% depending on experience, as well as a minimum 3% range for all staff. The starting salary for new teachers will rise to $63,000—or $65,000 with a master’s degree—per year, up from $61,000 last school year.
Prosper ISD
Board members set aside local funds to increase the pay for other teachers and staff members outside the state requirements. Those increases include:
- $2,500 increase for teachers with 1-2 years of experience
- 4% increase for staff
The compensation plan would increase starting salaries for new teachers from $61,000 per year to $63,000. A returning teacher’s pay would increase by $500 every year until a teacher reaches ten years in the district, then annual increases would be $1,000. All staff would receive a 3% pay increase.
Under the new plan, certain job types, such as assistant principals, bus drivers, aides and more, would receive pay adjustments to match market considerations.
