Board of Trustees Approves Immediate Pay Increase for Educational Assistants

The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees unanimously authorised an adjustment to the recent 2021-2022 payment program in order to give an speedy spend raise to tutorial assist staff, which include instructional assistants. The Board accepted the modify at a named assembly on Thursday, March 31. These personnel will also be eligible for a districtwide fork out boost for the 2022-2023 college yr. The Board is scheduled to consider the 2022-2023 payment approach afterwards this spring.

Relying on the place level and current shell out level, instructional assistants will acquire a pay boost ranging from 10 to 18 percent. For example, setting up fork out for an Academic Assistant II will increase from $13.15 to $15.50 an hour. The midpoint in that variety moves from $16 to $18.68 an hour, and the prime of the assortment improves from an hourly price of $18.85 to $21.86.

The greatest-paid educational assistants are those people who function with distinctive schooling learners in a Title I faculty environment. Title I campuses get federal funding due to a huge populace of economically deprived pupils. Starting up fork out in that classification will go from an hourly level of $15.92 to $17.94, midpoint from $19.41 to $21.62, and leading of the vary goes from $22.90 to $25.30.

“Our educational assistance staff customers are crucially crucial to the achievements of our learners and we know their spend does not match the worth they deliver our campuses,” Superintendent Dr. Hafedh Azaiez reported. “This is an spot that wanted to be dealt with immediately and I am grateful to the Board for recognizing the value of this shift.”

The pay increase will charge an additional $470,000 this school 12 months and will be funded by way of salary cost savings from unfilled positions.

“I am so happy that this action signifies that academic assistants in Spherical Rock ISD will be the greatest compensated in Central Texas, and I search ahead to doing more when we think about the payment system for subsequent year,” Board President Amber Feller mentioned. “As a Board, we will do all we can to assistance and relatively compensate our staff members users, but we also connect with on state legislators to prioritize instruction funding and make absolutely sure community faculty districts have the sources to shell out educators what they are value.”

New Payment Program for Educational Aid Positions

Formerly accredited 2021-2022 Payment Plan

Proposed and Present Compensation by Pay Grade

102
$15.50 – $18.68 – $21.86 – Proposed
$13.15 -$16.00- $18.85 – Present

103
$16.28 – $19.61 – $22.94 – Proposed
$14.17 – $17.28 – $20.39 – Current

104
$17.09 – 20.59 – 24.09 – Proposed
15.03 – 18.32 – 21.61 – Recent

105
17.94 – 21.62 – 25.30 – Proposed
15.92 – 19.41 – 22.90 – Present