Monitoring the Session

SB 2279

Miles Bill Raises School Support Staff Pay $2 An Hour

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Aides, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers. The state covers it, and districts can’t cut it later.

The bill orders every Texas school district to give a $2 an hour raise for the 2025-2026 school year to full-time employees who are not administrators and not on the state teacher minimum salary schedule, and it bars districts from cutting that pay later if the worker stays in the same job. It touches school support staff such as aides, custodians, bus drivers and cafeteria workers, plus the districts that employ them and the state budget that pays for it. The state sends each district, even districts that normally get no state aid, enough money each year to cover the raise, and the district must spend that money on the raise.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 11, 2025 and referred to the Senate Education K-16 committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2279 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

ITEM

relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.

WHAT IT DOES

Aides, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers. The state covers it, and districts can’t cut it later.

The bill orders every Texas school district to give a $2 an hour raise for the 2025-2026 school year to full-time employees who are not administrators and not on the state teacher minimum salary schedule, and it bars districts from cutting that pay later if the worker stays in the same job. It touches school support staff such as aides, custodians, bus drivers and cafeteria workers, plus the districts that employ them and the state budget that pays for it. The state sends each district, even districts that normally get no state aid, enough money each year to cover the raise, and the district must spend that money on the raise.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Education K-16
FILED UNDER

GOVERNMENT GROWTH UNDER A CONSERVATIVE BANNER

THE TEXT

…“a school district shall increase the wages of each full-time employee, other than an administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402, by $2 an hour”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill changes public pay by mandating a $2 an hour raise for school support staff, paid for with new annual state aid.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Borris Miles

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15KHillCo PAC$10KActBlue Texas$9K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Sep 4, 2024 to Nov 30, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

HillCo PAC$10,000.00

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101043817.

ActBlue Texas$8,833.00

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

×

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101043817.

×

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 11, 2025

03/25/2025 S Referred to Education K-16

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Education K-16 · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel

Education--School Districts

Salaries & Expenses

Text

The text as introduced · 311 words

89R15526 ANG-D

By: Miles
S.B. No. 2279

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) For the 2025-2026 school year, a school district shall

increase the wages of each full-time employee, other than an

administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule

under Section 21.402, by $2 an hour over the wages received by that

employee in the 2024-2025 school year. A district employee to which

this subsection applies is entitled to wages in school years

subsequent to the 2025-2026 school year in an amount that is at

least equal to the amount paid by the district to that employee in

the 2025-2026 school year if the employee has remained employed in

the same position.

SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:

Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR COMPENSATION

INCREASES FOR SUPPORT STAFF. (a) A school district, including a

school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under

this chapter, is entitled to annual state aid in the amount the

district is required to pay for wage increases under Section

22.107(b-1).

(b) A school district shall use the amount received under

this section for purposes of wage increases under Section

22.107(b-1).

SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

school year.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.