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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.
- 5,035 teachers
Student demographics
- 66,134 students
- 47% 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% (based on placement salary and does not include performance-based adjustments) |
| Starting salary: | $39,000 (based on placement salary and does not include performance-based adjustments) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $69,500; PhD; 28 (based on placement salary and does not include performance-based adjustments) |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a yeartenure non-existent, first year teachers evaluated 2x/year, all others, 1x/year |
| Non-tenured | tenure non-existent, first year teachers evaluated 2x/year, all others, 1x/year |
| 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. |