Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0587 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to instructional personnel and school 2
16	16	administrator salaries; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; 3
17	17	requiring each school district that has not yet 4
18	18	reached a specified minimum base salary to use its 5
19	19	share of the teacher salary increase allocation in a 6
20	20	specified manner; requiring school districts to use a 7
21	21	specified percentage of the allocation to raise the 8
22	22	minimum base salary; authorizing school districts that 9
23	23	have met the minimum base salary for full -time 10
24	24	classroom teachers to use funds to raise the salaries 11
25	25	of specified personnel; providing applicability; 12
26	26	amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; revising definitions; 13
27	27	authorizing, instead of prohibiting, district school 14
28	28	boards to use advanced degrees as a criterion in 15
29	29	setting a salary schedule for certain personnel; 16
30	30	authorizing certain instructional personnel to 17
31	31	continue to use a sa lary schedule adopted before a 18
32	32	district school board adopts a performance salary 19
33	33	schedule or opt into the performance salary schedule; 20
34	34	authorizing, instead of requiring, a district school 21
35	35	board to base a portion of each employee's 22
36	36	compensation upon perform ance; authorizing, instead of 23
37	37	requiring, a district school board to adopt a 24
38	38	performance salary schedule; conforming provisions to 25
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53	53	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 28
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55	55	Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section 30
56	56	1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 31
57	57	1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 32
58	58	allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 33
59	59	district for operation of schools is n ot determined in the 34
60	60	annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 35
61	61	the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 36
62	62	follows: 37
63	63	(16) TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION. —The Legislature 38
64	64	may annually provide in the Florida Education F inance Program a 39
65	65	teacher salary increase allocation to assist school districts in 40
66	66	their recruitment and retention of classroom teachers and other 41
67	67	instructional personnel. The amount of the allocation shall be 42
68	68	specified in the General Appropriations Act. 43
69	69	(b) Allocation funds are restricted in use as follows: 44
70	70	1. Each school district that has not yet reached a minimum 45
71	71	base salary of $47,500 and charter school shall use its share of 46
72	72	the allocation to increase the minimum base salary for full -time 47
73	73	classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), plus 48
74	74	certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida 49
75	75	Education Finance Program, to at least $47,500, or to the 50
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88	88	maximum amount achievable based on the allocation and as 51
89	89	specified in the General Appropriatio ns Act. School districts 52
90	90	shall use at least 50 percent of their share of the allocation 53
91	91	to raise the minimum base salary. The term "minimum base salary" 54
92	92	means the lowest annual base salary reported on the salary 55
93	93	schedule for a full-time classroom teacher. No full-time 56
94	94	classroom teacher shall receive a salary less than the minimum 57
95	95	base salary as adjusted by this subparagraph. This subparagraph 58
96	96	does not apply to substitute teachers. 59
97	97	2. In addition, each school district shall use its share 60
98	98	of the allocation to provide salary increases, as funding 61
99	99	permits, for the following personnel: 62
100	100	a. Full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 63
101	101	1012.01(2)(a), plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in 64
102	102	the Florida Education Finance Program, who did not receive an 65
103	103	increase or who received an increase of less than 2 percent 66
104	104	under subparagraph 1. or as specified in the General 67
105	105	Appropriations Act. This subparagraph does not apply to 68
106	106	substitute teachers. 69
107	107	b. Other full-time instructional personnel as defined in 70
108	108	s. 1012.01(2)(b)-(d). 71
109	109	3. A school district or charter school may use funds 72
110	110	available after the requirements of subparagraph 1. are met to 73
111	111	provide salary increases pursuant to subparagraph 2. 74
112	112	4. A school district or charter school shall maintain the 75
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126	126	under subparagraph 1. and may not reduce the salary increases 77
127	127	provided under subparagraph 2. in any subsequent fiscal year, 78
128	128	unless specifically authorized in the General Appropriations 79
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130	130	5. School districts that have met the minimum base salary 81
131	131	of $47,500 for full-time classroom teachers may use funds to 82
132	132	raise the salaries of veteran teachers who received less than a 83
133	133	3 percent raise in the previous fiscal year and to raise the 84
134	134	salaries of other full -time instructional personnel. This 85
135	135	subparagraph does not apply to substitute teachers. 86
136	136	Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 87
137	137	1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 88
138	138	1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the 89
139	139	district school board. —The district school board shall: 90
140	140	(1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe 91
141	141	qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 92
142	142	appointment, compensation, promotion, susp ension, and dismissal 93
143	143	of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this 94
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145	145	(c) Compensation and salary schedules. — 96
146	146	1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph: 97
147	147	a. "Adjustment" means an addition to the base salary 98
148	148	schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee's 99
149	149	permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under 100
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162	162	s. 121.021(22). 101
163	163	b. "Grandfathered salary schedule" means the salary 102
164	164	schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before 103
165	165	July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4. 104
166	166	c. "Instructional personnel" means instructional personnel 105
167	167	as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a) -(d), excluding substitute 106
168	168	teachers. 107
169	169	c.d. "Performance salary schedule" means the salary 108
170	170	schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board may 109
171	171	adopt pursuant to subparagraph 5. 110
172	172	d.e. "Salary schedule" means the schedule or schedules 111
173	173	used to provide the base salary for district school board 112
174	174	personnel. 113
175	175	e.f. "School administrator" means a school administrator 114
176	176	as defined in s. 1012.0 1(3)(c). 115
177	177	f.g. "Supplement" means an annual addition to the base 116
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180	180	supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee' s 119
181	181	continuing base salary but shall be considered compensation 120
182	182	under s. 121.021(22). 121
183	183	2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may 122
184	184	provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment if the adjustment: 123
185	185	a. Does not discriminate among comparable classe s of 124
186	186	employees based upon the salary schedule under which they are 125
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200	200	b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment 127
201	201	provided to instructional personnel rated as effective. 128
202	202	3. Advanced degrees. —A district school board may not use 129
203	203	advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional 130
204	204	personnel or school administrators hired on or after July 1, 131
205	205	2011, unless the advanced degree is held in the individual's 132
206	206	area of certification and is only a salary supplement . 133
207	207	4. Grandfathered Salary schedule.— 134
208	208	a. The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule 135
209	209	or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all 136
210	210	school employees hired before July 1, 2014 . If a school district 137
211	211	adopts a Instructional personnel on annual contract a s of July 138
212	212	1, 2014, shall be placed on the performance salary schedule , 139
213	213	adopted under subparagraph 5. instructional personnel on a 140
214	214	continuing contract or professional service contract may 141
215	215	continue to use the salary schedule adopted before the 142
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217	217	or her contract and agrees to be employed on an annual contract 144
218	218	under s. 1012.335, opt into the performance salary schedule if 145
219	219	the employee relinquishes such contract and agrees to be 146
220	220	employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335 . Such an 147
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222	222	may not return to continuing contract or professional service 149
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237	237	schedule under this sub-subparagraph. 152
238	238	b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for 153
239	239	instructional personnel, a district school board may must base a 154
240	240	portion of each employee's compensation upon performance 155
241	241	demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated 156
242	242	pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators 157
243	243	based upon district-determined factors, including, but not 158
244	244	limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics, 159
245	245	critical shortage are as, and level of job performance 160
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247	247	5. Performance salary schedule. —A By July 1, 2014, the 162
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249	249	schedule that provides annual salary adjustments for 164
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251	251	performance determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hired on or 166
252	252	after July 1, 2014, or employees who choose to move from the 167
253	253	grandfathered salary schedule under sub-subparagraph 4. to the 168
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255	255	performance salary schedule once they have received the 170
256	256	appropriate performance evaluation for this purpose. 171
257	257	a. Base salary.—For a district school board that adopts a 172
258	258	performance salary schedule, The base salary shall be 173
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260	260	(I) the base salary for instructional personnel and or 175
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274	274	schedule shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including 177
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276	276	(II) Instructional personnel or school administrators new 179
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279	279	the first time to a position in the district in the capacity of 182
280	280	instructional personnel or school administrator shall be placed 183
281	281	on the performance salary schedule. Beginning July 1, 2021, and 184
282	282	until such time as the minimum base salary as defined in s. 185
283	283	1011.62(16) equals or exceeds $47,500, the annual increase to 186
284	284	the minimum base salary shall not be less than 150 percent of 187
285	285	the largest adjustment made to the salary of an employee on the 188
286	286	grandfathered salary schedule. Thereafter, the annual increase 189
287	287	to the minimum base salary shall not be less than 75 percent of 190
288	288	the largest adjustment for an employee on the grandfathered 191
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290	290	b. Salary adjustments. —For a district school board that 193
291	291	adopts a performance salary schedule, salary adjustments for 194
292	292	highly effective or effective performance shall be established 195
293	293	as follows: 196
294	294	(I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance 197
295	295	salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must 198
296	296	be at least 25 percent greater than the highest annual salary 199
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311	311	(II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance 202
312	312	salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal 203
313	313	to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual 204
314	314	adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same 205
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316	316	(III) A salary schedule shall not provide an annual salary 207
317	317	adjustment for an employee who receives a rating other than 208
318	318	highly effective or effective for the year. 209
319	319	c. Salary supplements. —In addition to the salary 210
320	320	adjustments, each district school board shall provide for salary 211
321	321	supplements for activities that must include, but are not 212
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323	323	(I) Assignment to a Title I eli gible school. 214
324	324	(II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of "F" or 215
325	325	three consecutive grades of "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that 216
326	326	the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following 217
327	327	improved performance in that school. 218
328	328	(III) Certification and teaching in critical teacher 219
329	329	shortage areas. Statewide critical teacher shortage areas shall 220
330	330	be identified by the State Board of Education under s. 1012.07. 221
331	331	However, the district school board may identify other areas of 222
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351	351	performance salary schedule shall not be reduced on the basis of 230
352	352	total cost or the value of individual awards in a manner that is 231
353	353	proportionally greater than reductions to any other salary 232
354	354	schedules adopted by the district. 233
355	355	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 234