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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.
- 20,836 teachers
Student demographics
- 356,964 students
- 73% 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: | 10 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 0.8% (based on the minimum and maximum salary amounts only) |
| Starting salary: | $40,800 |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $79,200; PhD; salary is not based on experience (the district only publishes the minimum and maximum salaries and does not utilize a salary schedule) |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a year |
| Non-tenured | tenure is non-existent; 1st year teachers - twice a year; all other annual contract teachers, once a year |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 10 (10 sick, 6 personal taken from sick leave) |
| Years to tenure: | State only awards annual contracts.in accordance with State law |