The Bandera ISD Board of Trustees approved the administrative recommendation for employee pay raises, and unanimously approved a new teacher payscale for the 2009-2010 school year.

Beginning teachers with a Bachelors Degree will earn $41,600 per year. This is an increase of $1,700 from the 2008-2009 payscale. Teachers with one to 30 years of experience will receive a pay raise of $1,800. The Board also continued to reward veteran teachers by maintaining the payroll scale through 30 years of experience, versus the State’s 20 year maximum. Para-professional employees will receive a $50 per month increase, auxiliary employees will receive a seventy five cent per hour increase, and administrators will receive a $2,000 per year increase. A complete listing of the 2009-2010 Teacher Payscale is available for download from the Bandera ISD web site at  www.banderaisd.net/HR.

Bandera ISD payroll costs for the 2009-2010 school year is $15,186,878 which is approximately 81% of the district’s total budget. The Bandera Independent School District is the largest employer in Bandera County.

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