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Board adopts 2025-2026 budget, reinstates transportation, and approves raises for all staff for 14th consecutive year
The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees adopted the 2025-2026 budget in the amount of $1,226,419,644 during its regularly scheduled meeting on June 23.
The general fund budget includes local revenues of $519,896,304, state revenues of $653,050,487 and federal revenues and other sources of $8 million. CFISD’s total revenues amount to $1,180,946,791.
All students living within the CFISD attendance boundary will be eligible for bus transportation for the 2025-2026 school year. In addition to reinstating transportation services that were reduced for the 2024-2025 school year, CFISD will provide raises for all staff for the 14th consecutive year. The district’s 2025-2026 budget calls for:
· $5,000 per teacher with five or more years of experience (state teacher retention allotment)
· $2,500 per teacher with three to four years of experience (state teacher retention allotment)
· an increase in salaries for teachers with one to two years of experience
· an increase in the teacher starting salary from $63,000 to $65,000
· a salary increase of 4% on the greater of midpoint or base for all other employees or non-teachers
· an increase in hourly/paraprofessional starting pay to $15 per hour
· an increase for a full year of transportation salary increases
· an increase for recommended market adjustments from the 2025 salary study
In addition to the teacher raises detailed above, teachers will receive their regular step pay based on years of experience. The average salary increase a teacher will receive for the 2025-2026 school year will be between 4% and 8%.
“Tonight, we passed a budget that focuses on what matters most: taking care of our staff, keeping our students safe and maintaining the essential services our families rely on,” said Scott Henry, Board president. “The funding increase approved this session through House Bill 2 is a step in the right direction. It won’t close our entire budget gap, but it helps cover important priorities like salary increases and restoring transportation and it gives us a stronger foundation to continue supporting students in the years ahead.”
Additional budget changes include increased CFISD minimum employee health insurance contributions, increased contributions to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), and modified stipends for special education staff.
“This legislative session produced statewide public school funding increases with CFISD expecting $62 million in additional funding,” said Justin Ray, chair of the Board’s Governance Committee. “This increase won’t close the budget gap but will help pay for important district priorities such as salary increases and transportation reinstatement. The additional funding will help CFISD to continue providing district resources and maintain an adequate fund balance for the next few budget cycles.”
View the complete 2025-2026 budget presentation on the CFISD website.
Source: CFISD
