Duncanville ISD is rolling out a new pitch to staff: a pay plan that nudges salaries up and sweetens the pot with extra cash for hard-to-fill teaching roles ahead of the 2026-27 school year.
The proposal would bump base pay, layer on new stipends for bilingual and other high-need teaching assignments, and reset salary ranges across the district. None of it is official yet. Trustees are set to take up the recommendation at their Board of Trustees meeting on June 15, at the district's Education Plaza, according to the board calendar posted by Duncanville ISD. The board must sign off before any of the changes land in employee paychecks.
What's in the proposal
As posted on the Duncanville ISD Facebook page, the package centers on a 1% across-the-board raise for all employees, plus pay adjustments to match updated pay grades and newly defined minimum, midpoint, and maximum ranges.
The district lists a starting certified teacher salary of $62,750. Starting bilingual certified teachers would earn $71,750, which includes a $9,000 bilingual stipend. For special-education self-contained certified teachers, the starting salary is listed at $66,750, which includes a $4,000 stipend.
The proposal also leans heavily on targeted stipends. The post outlines $5,000 stipends for bilingual administrators and secondary math teachers, $4,000 for foreign-language instructors, $3,500 for secondary science and end-of-course subjects (English I, English II, and U.S. history), and $1,000 stipends each for employees with a master's degree and for those with a doctoral degree.
How the district would pay for it
The district's Teacher Incentive Allotment spending plan makes clear that TIA dollars flow to staff as stipends and do not replace the district's base salary scale. Under that plan, 90% of allotments go directly to teachers, while 10% is held back for allowable program and administrative costs. The timing and distribution of those payments are laid out in materials from BoardBook.
Local context
District leaders have framed the move as part of a longer-running effort to recruit and keep staff after state funding changes and previous pay updates. The Human Resources department at Duncanville ISD lists the current compensation plan and teacher salary schedules that would be adjusted if the new proposal goes through. Regional reporting has noted that bond measures and legislative allotments have helped many North Texas districts boost starting pay and layer on stipends in recent years.
If trustees approve the package on June 15, the revamped pay ranges and stipends would be written into the district's 2026-27 pay schedules and then posted in official board documents. Meeting agendas and supporting materials for upcoming and past sessions are available through Duncanville ISD.
