Overview

• The Katy ISD board voted to increase 2025-26 salaries by $2,500 for teachers with up to four years of experience and $5,000 for those with five or more years, while support staff and administrators will receive 3% raises.
• Katy ISD will fund early-career stipends from its general operating fund and use House Bill 2 allotments for mid-career and veteran teacher increases.
• Trustees chose not to renew the special “benchmark years of service” bonus, eliminating additional lump-sum payments for long-tenured educators.
• Katy ISD forecasts a roughly $26 million budget shortfall for 2025-26 even after accounting for new state and local revenues.
• Houston ISD is pursuing an Enhanced Teacher Incentive Allotment to allocate up to $2,500 in state-mandated raises based on 2024-25 performance evaluations rather than years of service.