June 2020
Trustees Approve Compensation Plan for 2020-2021 School Year

Belton ISD’s Board of Trustees took steps in June to position the district for success as demographers continue to project student growth in the coming years.

After reviewing the current compensation plan, the Board approved salary schedule adjustments that will make the district’s pay competitive with districts of comparable sizes and further invest in providing exceptional learning experiences for students.

Belton ISD currently serves more than 12,200 students with recent projections indicating continued growth.

Todd Schiller, assistant superintendent for human resources, said the district recently completed a market analysis to determine how its pay scale ranked compared to similar-sized districts in Texas. From this research, Schiller found that salaries for several positions were not competitive.

In addition to salary scale adjustments, Belton ISD employees will also see pay raises as a part of the approved $2.9 million plan. Those include:

  • Teacher pay increases range from $500-$2,175 based on years of experience.
  • 3 percent increase for paraprofessional and auxiliary employees based on the midpoint of their salary range. 
  • 2 percent increase for professional and administrative employees based on the midpoint of their salary range.

Seventy-two percent of the approved funding will impact employees working on a Belton ISD school campus. 
Board Committee Reports

P olicy: The policy committee met on June 1 and reviewed EIC(LOCAL): Academic Achievement - Class Ranking, and FFAA(LOCAL): Wellness and Health Services - Physical Examinations.

Facilities: The facilities committee met on June 17. This meeting consisted of a tour of the Lake Belton High School Construction site.
Board Action Makes Way for Dual Credit Opportunity with UT-Austin

This fall, Belton ISD high school students will have a new opportunity to get a jumpstart on college following the Board's June approval of a cooperative program agreement with the University of Texas at Austin regarding OnRamps - a program to offer distance education courses through a dual enrollment model.

Through the program, students are enrolled in both a high school course led by a Belton ISD teacher and a distance college course led by a college instructor from the University of Texas. At the end of the course, students can decide whether to include the grade on their college transcript. If they do, the course will be transferable to any public institution in Texas.

Belton ISD will initially offer “Discovery Precalculus” to students with the hope of adding from the program’s 12 additional courses in future years.

To read more about this new dual credit opportunity click here .
Superintendent's Report

  • COVID-19 Update with review of actions taken under March 17, 2020 Resolution
  • Adoption of the 2020-2021 District Goals
  • Resolution Regarding the Suspension of FFAA(LOCAL) for Annual Physical Examinations for the 2020-2021 School Year
Consent Agenda Approvals:

  • Previous minutes
  • May 2020 Financial Report
  • Budget Amendment #7 for 2019-2020
  • Gifts & Grants
  • Expenditures over $50,000 including: Computers for CTE Courses, Heart of Texas Landscape and Irrigation, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt math Solutions Training, AVID Center, Communities in Schools and Radios for Campuses.
  • memorandum of Agreement with Central Counties Services for School-Based Children's Mental Health Services
  • Dual Credit Memorandums of Understanding with Temple College and The University of Texas of the Permian basin
  • Waiver to Use an Alternate District-Selected Seventh Grade Reading Instrument Only due to COVID-19
  • Waiver for Missed School Days
  • Closed, But Committed to Providing Instruction Attestation
  • Foreign Exchange Student Waiver

To review Belton ISD board meeting agendas and full packet materials, click here.