House Bill 2 is a comprehensive school finance bill that supports students and increases funding for Texas public schools by $8.5B. The bill was passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and signed by Governor Greg Abbott. 

Teacher Retention Allotment (TRA) is a state-funded initiative designed to assist districts with retaining classroom teachers by providing additional compensation for those with at least three years of creditable experience.

HB2 uses the “classroom” teacher definition in Texas Education Code §5.001 but also includes uncertified and contracted teachers. Teacher is defined as an “educator who is employed by a school district and who, not less than an average of four hours each day, teaches in an academic instructional setting or a career and technology instructional setting.”
 
Please see the State Retention Allotment and District Two-Year Supplement chart.

The TRA is for classroom teachers with three or more prior years of teaching experience who teach an average of four hours per day. The allotment is the same for each teacher, regardless of the duty calendar.

If you have 3-4 years of creditable teaching experience, you will receive $2,500. If you have 5 or more years of experience, you will receive $5,000. The additional amount will be added to your base salary. 

Yes, the bill requires that districts increase and maintain employee base pay by the allotment amounts, so the increase will be reflected in an employee’s salary in subsequent years.

Staff Retention Allotment (SRA) is a state-funded initiative designed to assist districts with increasing salaries for non-administrative support staff.

Districts must use the SRA to provide salary increases for full- or part-time employees who are not eligible for the TRA or who are not in a centralized supervisory role, or campus-based administrator. Examples include, but are not limited to, teachers not eligible for the TRA (1–2-year teachers), counselors, librarians, nurses, paraprofessionals, clerical, auxiliary and other support staff.

Examples of positions not eligible include, but are not limited to, superintendents, deputy superintendents, chiefs, campus administrators, and employees in an identified centralized supervisory role.

To confirm if your position qualifies, please see the eligibility chart. If you do not qualify, you will receive notification from the district prior to receiving your first paycheck for the 2025-2026 school year.

The state used a formula based on the adjusted average daily attendance to provide funds for the SRA. The funding allotment the district is eligible to receive was divided by the number of eligible employees to estimate the SRA amount. Based on this calculation, the SRA will total approximately $515, which will be evenly distributed across your remaining paychecks. This is a permanent increase in your pay.

If you are a full-time, benefit eligible employee employed by October 1, you qualify. Part-time, substitutes, and temporary staff are not eligible. Teachers who qualify for TRA are not eligible for the district supplement.

Please see the State Retention Allotment and District Two-Year Supplement chart.

The district supplement is a one-time payment between $500 - $2,000 for two years (2025-2026 and 2026-2027). Payments will be made in November for each of the two years, and standard payroll withholdings will apply. Any future raises or supplements beyond 2026-2027 are not guaranteed.

The district is providing two wellness days for the 2025-26 school year as paid days off to support full-time, benefit eligible employees’ mental, emotional and physical well-being. 

You will submit your request through the standard absence management system.

Wellness days must be used for the 2025-2026 school year and will not carry over to the next school year.

An active bus driver at work daily, with no absences. Jury duty and wellness days are excluded and will not count against your perfect attendance.

Transportation employees whose primary duties involve bus driving or those who are assigned to drive a route at a minimum of 50% of the semester.

Bus drivers with perfect attendance will receive $250 each semester and have a chance to receive an extra $1,000 in a drawing at the end of the school year. If a bus driver has perfect attendance each semester, they will have two opportunities to win $1,000.

A one-time incentive paid to newly hired employees in designated areas who are hired prior to December 19, 2025.

•    ARD Facilitator - $1,500
•    Bilingual Teacher - $1,500
•    Bus Driver - $1,000
•    Educational Diagnostician - $5,000
•    Licensed School Psychologist - $5,000
•    Secondary Math Teacher - $2,000
•    Secondary Science Teacher - $2,000
•    Special Education Paraprofessional - $1,000
•    Special Education Teacher - $2,000
•    Speech Language Pathologist - $5,000