Edinburg CISD Board to Consider $10 Million Teacher Incentive Distribution, Major Technology and Curriculum Contracts at Tuesday Meeting

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Staff Report

EDINBURG TX – The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, May 26, 2026, beginning at 6 p.m., with a big focus on teachers and the $10M available for teacher incentives.

As part of the Superintendent’s Report, the board will recognize 2026 ECISD Superintendent Scholarship recipients and AT&T and Rio Grande Valley Partnership Foundation laptop award winners, and will hear a superintendent’s report that includes an enrollment update as of May 22, 2026.

Teacher Incentive Allotment

The board’s largest single action item is the approval of the distribution of Teacher Incentive Allotment funds totaling $10,099,878, drawn from local and state funds. The TIA program rewards teachers who meet state-defined performance criteria.

Curriculum and Instructional Materials

The board will consider a significant slate of curriculum and instructional program purchases for the 2026-2027 school year, including:

• $802,133 for reading and math software for kindergarten through eighth grade under RFP 23-76, first-year contract renewal, funded through state compensatory funds
• $385,000 for ECISD Print Shop production of Sharon Wells and Pearlized Math student and teacher packets for all elementary campuses, funded through local maintenance funds
• $243,255.51 for Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated Reader and STAR Reading programs for grades K through 9, funded through state compensatory funds
• $234,500 for educational incentives and reading progress kits from Springboards to Education as part of the Accelerated Reader program, funded through state compensatory funds
• $192,450 for renewal of Summit K-12 listening, speaking, reading, writing, and ELPS mastery components, funded through state bilingual funds
• $125,427.75 for renewal of Curriculum Associates’ Ellevation LPAC program management and instructional support platform at all elementary and secondary campuses, funded through state bilingual funds
• $58,125 for fine arts print and online instructional materials from TEA’s 2015 state adoption list for grades K through 12, funded through the instructional materials allotment
• $51,166.50 for the TEKSReady item bank for Eduphoria Aware from Eduphoria Incorporated, funded through local and state funds
• $145,000 for credit recovery services under RFP 26-42, funded through state compensatory funds
• $13,509.60 for continuing adoption of secondary textbooks, e-books, and online instructional materials from TEA’s state-adopted instructional materials list, funded through the instructional materials allotment
• $28,910.60 for physical education online instructional materials from TEA’s 2022 state adoption for grades K through 12, funded through the instructional materials allotment
• $3,000,000 for instructional materials, site licenses, professional development, and related products and services under RFP 24-70, first and final contract renewal, funded through local, state, and federal funds

Technology

Technology purchases before the board include:

• $494,950 for renewal of district-wide Microsoft 365 Education and Security Suites for all student and staff access, funded through local maintenance funds
• $86,226.05 for renewal of the Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall Appliance, funded through local maintenance funds
• $46,833.55 for renewal of Frontline-Hayes TIPWeb asset management software for district-wide departments and campus access, funded through local maintenance funds
• $40,826.90 for 86 Chromebooks, 86 Google Chrome Education Upgrades, and five cycle charging carts for immigrant and ESOL classrooms at one middle school and five high schools, funded through Title III funds

Facilities and Equipment

The board will consider final completion of the Harwell Middle School chiller replacement project at a cost of $497,208.75, funded through construction funds. The board will also consider approval of district-wide Xerox copier additions and replacements through the Omnia Partners/Region 4 Education Service Center Purchasing Cooperative at a cost of $175,571.64, funded through local, state, and federal funds.

The board will also consider declaring certain inventory items as surplus and authorizing an auction for their sale.

Student Programs and Agreements

Additional action items include:

• $308,944 for an interlocal cooperation agreement between McAllen ISD’s Regional Day School Program for the Deaf and Edinburg CISD, funded through state special education funds
• $80,000 for renewal of a memorandum of understanding with the Hidalgo County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program for the 2026-2027 school year, funded through local maintenance funds
• $604,700 for renewal of voluntary student and athletic insurance under RFP 23-98, funded through athletics funds
• $85,000 for renewal of medical equipment and supplies under CSP 25-61, funded through local, state, and federal funds
• $44,877.50 for purchase of Reading Eggs and Math Seeds programs from 3P Learning for pre-kindergarten 3 and 4, funded through state compensatory funds
• $42,512.50 for YouScience industry-recognized certifications for CTE programs, funded through local and state funds
• $43,399 for MusicFirst Teacher Incentive Allotment assessments, funded through local and state funds
• $200,000 for electrical supplies and equipment under CSP 25-70, first-year contract renewal, funded through local maintenance funds
• $25,000 for decals, signs, and related items under CSP 25-60, first-year contract renewal, funded through local maintenance funds

Consent Agenda

Routine consent agenda items include approval of minutes from the April 28, 2026, board workshop and regular meeting, approval of a state waiver for low attendance on May 1, 2026, and the curriculum and technology purchases listed above that do not require separate action.

Closed Session

The board will enter closed session to address personnel matters, real property deliberations, security devices and audits, and consultation with the district’s attorney on matters including pending litigation and attorney-client privileged items.

Personnel matters before the board in closed session include consideration of employment for a school psychology intern, two special education diagnosticians, a counselor at Magee Elementary, a counselor at the Juvenile Detention Center, curriculum assistants at Magee Elementary and Travis Elementary, and an assistant director for child nutrition.

The board will also conduct three Level III employee grievance hearings — for Jose Guadalupe Valadez, Gina Alamia, and a group grievance filed by elementary counselors — and will discuss the proposed termination of at-will employee Adrian Olivarez. The board may take action on all closed session items upon returning to open session.

Source – Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District