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- Collective bargaining is explicitly illegal. Teachers may join professional association.
- Teachers do not collectively bargain with North East Independent School District.
- 4,314 teachers
Student demographics
- 67,971 students
- 45% free/reduced lunch
School district teacher count, enrollment, and demographic data is from the 2014-2015 school year sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics. Due to data issues, teacher count for districts in six states (HI, MT, NE, OH, UT, and WI) is from 2013-2014.
Fast facts
| Days in student school year: | 177 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 10 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 1.5%, based only on the minimum, midpoint and maximum salaries (district does not use a salary schedule). |
| Starting salary: | $51,100 is the minimum salary for new teachers with a BA (district does not use a salary schedule). |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $66,376 is the maximum initial placement salary for a teacher with a PhD (at highest PhD differential amount); years of experience are not specified (the district does not utilize a salary schedule and only specifies the minimum, midpoint and maximum salaries, and it is not clear how many years of experience a teacher must have before reaching the maximum salary) |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | n/a |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Summative once every two years; formative in off year |
| Non-tenured | Once a year |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 12 (5 state personal, 7 local sick) |
| Years to tenure: | 3 yearsin accordance with state law |