Fort Worth ISD's lower $820 million budget approved with salary increases for teachers, other staffers
Updated 19 mins agoOn Tuesday, the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education approved a new $820 million budget for the 2022-23 school year.
The school board also approved a 4% raise for teachers and a 4% midpoint raise for all other employees, with an exception of a 6% of midpoint increase for para-professional and hourly employees. In addition, the school board approved a minimum rate of $15 per hour for full-time hourly employees. In an effort to retain employees at the district, a Team Member Incentive Stipend of $2,000 was approved for all full-time employees.
The budget of $819,514,450 for 2022-23 reflects deficit spending of slightly over $40 million and reflects a reduction of 5.6% from the prior year's budget of $865.5 million.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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