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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.
- 12,683 teachers
Student demographics
- 186,605 students
- 57% 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: | 179 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 11 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | 2.4% (based solely on the initial placement of new hires on the performance pay schedule) |
| Starting salary: | $41,000 (based solely on the initial placement of new hires on the performance pay schedule) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $68,270; PhD; 25 (based solely on 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; 2nd year and beyond, 1x/yr |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 10 (10 sick, 6 of which may be used as personal days) |
| Years to tenure: | No tenure policy |