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- Florida requires collective bargaining by school districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation.
- Teachers are NEA and AFT union members.
- 12,069 teachers
Student demographics
- 191,648 students
- 59% 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: | 180 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 11 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 0.5% |
| Starting salary: | $39,500 (this is the minimum salary point on the performance-based salary schedule) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $78,222; PhD; experience is only a factor in initial placement |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | Value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a year |
| Non-tenured | Tenure non-existent but teachers in first 3 years evaluated twice (mid-point evaluation & end-of-year summative evaluation). |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 10 (10 sick, 6 of which may be used for personal reasons) |
| Years to tenure: | State only awards annual contracts. |