Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran accused some teachers unions of putting raises on hold while teachers in other districts had salary increases in time for the holidays.
TALLAHASSEE Teachers in 23 Florida school districts have not seen pay increases promised by the Legislature when it approved spending $500 million last year to raise educator salaries.
The state has approved salary-distribution plans for 44 districts, clearing the way for teachers to get pay increases. But that leaves about a third of the state’s 67 districts unable to distribute their shares of the money.
Jacob Oliva, chancellor of the Division of Public Schools at the Florida Department of Education, told the State Board of Education on Wednesday about 50 percent of teachers in the state have received pay increases.
“This investment is the single largest compensation increase ever in Florida and a statement to the nation that Florida is elevating the teaching profession,” Oliva said during a board meeting at Daytona State College in Daytona Beach.
Agreement reached to give Volusia teachers salary increase in 2021
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The Volusia County School District and Volusia United Educators have reached an agreement regarding the Teacher Salary Allocation, according to a press release on Friday.
Details of the agreement are as followed:
The minimum teacher salary will be increased to $44,335
All teachers will receive a minimum of a 2.5% salary increase
By DEBORAH BUCKHALTER
Almost every teacher in the Jackson County Education Association ratified the terms of their new contract with the Jackson County School Board late Thursday afternoon, with final approval of the terms to be considered by the school board on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
School officials, in press releases after the vote, indicated that the board has been supportive over the course of negotiations leading to the contract offer.
According to a press release from the office of Jackson County School Superintendent Steven Benton, 99 percent of teachers in the JCEA voted to ratify it.
It increases the starting salary for new teachers in the system and gives veterans of it a minimum increase of $1,500 a year.