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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.
- 15,210 teachers
Student demographics
- 266,265 students
- 61% 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: | 13 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 1.0% (based on the salary for the initial placement of new hires on the performance pay schedule) |
| Starting salary: | $40,724 (based on the salary for the initial placement of new hires on the performance pay schedule) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $53,254; PhD; 13 (based on the salary for the initial placement of new hires on the performance pay schedule) |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | Value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a year |
| Non-tenured | 1st year teachers - 2x/yr; all other teachers - 1x/yr. in accordance with state law |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 10 (10 sick days, 6 of which can be used as personal days) |
| Years to tenure: | State only awards annual contracts. |