DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees signed off Monday night on its 2022-23 budget.
The $101 million budget includes $67.5 million in payroll for more than 1,000 district employees.
The budget includes these changes trustees approved on May 23:
- 7% raise for teaching staff (based on median teacher salary)
- 7% raise for auxiliary/clerical hourly staff (based on pay grade midpoint)
- 4% raise for administrative/professional staff (based on pay grade midpoint)
- The adoption of a minimum $15 per hour wage for all hourly staff
The district will also pay $20 million back to the state in the form of recapture.
The budget goes into effect Friday, July 1.
It was a 5-1 vote with one abstaining.
The district says the budget passed on a 5-to-1 vote with Tricia Quintero opposed and Olivia Barnard abstaining.
