{"id":291856,"date":"2026-05-13T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:46:07","slug":"humble-isd-trustees-approve-3-overall-general-pay-increase-for-staff-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291856\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble ISD trustees approve 3% overall general pay increase for staff members"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHumble ISD<\/a> officials approved a 3% overall general pay increase for staff members as part of the district\u2019s fiscal year 2026-27 budget.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

HISD Chief Financial Officer Billy Beattie briefed trustees on the compensation increase during the board\u2019s April 14 meeting.<\/p>\n

The proposal is coming a year after trustees approved<\/a> 3% on-average raises for most staff members in the district’s FY 2025-26 budget.<\/p>\n

Beattie noted the increase will raise the starting salary for new teachers from $66,000 in FY 2025-26 to $68,000 in FY 2026-27.<\/p>\n

\u201cTimes are challenging for everyone,\u201d Beattie said. \u201cInflation affects everyone, so a 3% raise would really support our staff, and it also puts us in really good position amongst our peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

A closer look<\/p>\n

Beattie said the proposed pay increase\u2014which encompasses roughly $12.7 million of the district\u2019s budget\u2014is coming as districts across the region struggle with budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n

While Beattie noted at least 79% of the 14 area school districts located near HISD have adopted shortfall budgets in each of the last three school years, HISD has not approved shortfall budgets.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchool finance in general is very difficult and has been difficult for the past few years,\u201d Beattie said. \u201cThere’s a lot of districts with very challenging budget processes right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beattie also highlighted additional raises and incentives some nonteaching positions would be awarded headed into the 2026-27 school year, including:<\/p>\n

An 8% total increase to bus driver and bus aid payUp to $1,600 per year in incentives for bus driversA 4% total increase to custodian payA 6% total increase to high school principal payBeattie noted the district would also be increasing police leadership\u2019s pay grade.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdjusting the pay grades for our police leadership allows us to ensure that we stay competitive with our peers,\u201d Beattie said.<\/p>\n

Beattie said the district approved its compensation package to help campuses get ahead of retainment and recruiting efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to adopt a compensation plan ahead of schedule … allows campuses to be able to work with staff to make sure that they know that they have a really great option to stay at Humble ISD,\u201d Beattie said.<\/p>\n

Also of note<\/p>\n

Beattie also touched on some of the details of the district\u2019s proposed budget for FY 2026-27. He noted the district is projected to spend roughly $559.4 million in FY 2026-27 while taking in roughly $560.1 million in revenue.<\/p>\n

Beattie said the district\u2019s current projections show the district operating with a surplus of a roughly $660,000 next year.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s tax rate is projected to remain at $1.1052 per $100 valuation\u2014the same as the previous two school years, Beattie said.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

HISD trustees are scheduled to adopt the district\u2019s budget at the board\u2019s June 9 meeting.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Humble ISD officials approved a 3% overall general pay increase for staff members as part of the district\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[76663,56,58,57,31243,106694,106696,106695],"class_list":["post-291856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-billy-beattie","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-humble-isd","tag-humble-isd-budget","tag-humble-isd-fy-2026-27-budget","tag-humble-isd-teacher-salary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}