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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.
- 16,788 teachers
Student demographics
- 207,469 students
- 60% 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: | 181 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 11 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 0.4% |
| Starting salary: | $38,200 (pay is not differentiated by educational attainment on the performance schedule) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $66,200; 21; educational attainment is not a factor in determining pay on the performance schedule |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | Value-added |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a year |
| Non-tenured | Tenure is non-existent. First year teachers are evaluated 2x/year; all other teachers are evaluated 1x/year. |
| 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. |