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- Florida requires collective bargaining by school districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation.
- Teachers are NEA union members.
- 5,487 teachers
Student demographics
- 69,295 students
- 56% 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 initial salary placement for new hires) |
| Starting salary: | $38,120 (based on initial salary placement for new hires) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $56,710; PhD; 25 (based on initial salary placement for new hires) |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a yeartenure non-existent in FL, all teacher subject to annual evaluations |
| Non-tenured | Once a yeartenure non-existent in FL, all teachers subject to annual evaluations |
| 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.in accordance with Florida statute 1012.335 |