They admit that Texas pays less than other states and when you factor in the cost of inflation, teachers are making $2100 less than what teachers made 10 years ago. On top of the workload outside the classroom, dealing with administration and parents, there is a lot of disrespect from students too. Plus buying your own supplies and the cost of going to college and getting that degree needed for the job…. again there is no “teacher shortage”
Texas has several districts and programs that allow you to get your teaching certificates for free /have it fully reimbursed and there already are enough teachers, but they have opted to take other jobs.
Districts are doing anything buy paying – in Austin, they're even thinking of building housing for teachers because teaching wages are so low teachers have a hard time even getting an apartment on their own income.