[HOUSTON] — 154 teachers in Harmony Public Schools’ will receive bonuses equaling up to $2.7 million as part of the Texas Educations Agency’s Teacher Incentive Allotment, a special fund created to reward the state’s highest-performing teachers.
The teachers will receive the bonuses this fall and again in the next four years. 36 teachers received a “Master” designation and will earn the maximum allotment for their extraordinary efforts in helping boost student achievement.
The Teacher Incentive Allotment was created by the Texas Legislature in 2019 as part of the state’s new education bill, known as HB3. The primary purpose of HB3 was to provide new funds for across-the-board pay raises for Texas teachers.
Additionally, HB3 also created a separate funding pool – known as the Teacher Incentive Allotment – for the specific purpose of providing additional salary for teachers who demonstrated exceptional performance in hard-to-staff teaching positions, including low-income and rural communities.
Teachers selected can receive between $3,000-$30,000 per year for five years in added salary, directly from the TEA.
Harmony Public Schools is currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year for both students and team members.
Harmony Public Schools is a Texas-born, Texas-wide public charter school system with more than 60 campuses serving PreK-Grade 12 students in 23 cities across the state, including Greater Houston, DFW, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Waco, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Bryan, Beaumont, and the Rio Grande Valley. Harmony’s curriculum places a heavy focus on STEM skills, Character Education, project-based learning, and college readiness.
