The Denton ISD school board voted to give a one-time $750 payment to every teacher in the district in their March paychecks. Nonteaching staff will get a one-time payment that equals a 1% increase of their role’s midpoint salary range.
The vote applies funds from the voter-approved tax ratification election last year, which voters passed as Proposition A. The vote doesn’t negate a pay raise in the 2026-27 school year, when administrators plan to recommend a compensation increase.
The payments seem small when weighed against the tax ratification’s bounty: an added $26 million…