Newly recruited teachers will
Newly recruited teachers will start at $40,268, an increase from last year?s $36,050 starting pay.
The Houston schools proposed budget also includes the following:
? $1.9 million for principal and assistant principal pay raises of 5.1 percent. Again, the Houston schools intent is to make their district more competitive. This also includes additional incentives for principals of larger schools and/or those with higher numbers of disadvantaged students and gifted and talented students, which require more oversight and innovation to educate.
? $3 million to help academically struggling Houston schools.
? $4.8 million more for elementary and middle schools.
? $12 million for small-sized Houston schools that do not receive as much per-student funding but need the revenues for instructional improvements.
? More than $10 million to help bring school buildings up to standard.
? $25.1 million for overall school building maintenance.
? $927,300 (nearly $1 million) to maintain the increased police and K-9 presence at the Houston schools.
? Four percent raise across the board for school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and hourly employees.
? Four percent raise for Houston schools administrators.
This is all from the proposed budget?s General Fund, which increases by 5.7 percent under the Houston schools new plan.
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