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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to minimum base salary for full -time 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | classroom teachers; providing a short title; amending 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | s. 1011.62, F.S.; increasing the minimum base salary 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | for full-time classroom teachers; amending s. 1012.22, 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | act; providing an effective date. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Save O ur Teachers 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act." 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (14) of section 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | district for operation of schools is not determined in the 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | follows: 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (14) TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION. —The Legislature 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | may annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | teacher salary increase allocation to assist school districts in 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | their recruitment and retention of classroom teachers and other 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | instructional personnel. The amount of the allocation shall be 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | specified in the Genera l Appropriations Act. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) Allocation funds are restricted in use as follows: 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1. Each school district and charter school shall use its 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | share of the allocation to increase the minimum base salary for 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01 (2)(a), 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Education Finance Program, to at least $65,000 $47,500, or to 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the maximum amount achievable based on the allocation and as 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | specified in the General Appropriations Act. The term "minimum 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | base salary" means the lowest annual base salary reported on the 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | salary schedule for a full -time classroom teacher. No full -time 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | classroom teacher shall receive a salary less than the minimum 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | base salary as adjusted by this subparagraph. This subparagraph 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | does not apply to substitute teachers. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 2. In addition, each school district shall use its share 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | of the allocation to provide salary increases, as funding 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | permits, for the following personnel: 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | a. Full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 1012.01(2)(a), plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the Florida Education Finance Program, who did not receive an 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | increase or who received an increase of less than 2 percent 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | under subparagraph 1. or as specified in the General 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Appropriations Act. This s ubparagraph does not apply to 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | substitute teachers. 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | b. Other full-time instructional personnel as defined in 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | s. 1012.01(2)(b)-(d). 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3. A school district or charter school may use funds 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | available after the requirements of subparagraph 1. are met to 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | provide salary increases pursuant to subparagraph 2. 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 4. A school district or charter school shall maintain the 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | minimum base salary achieved for classroom teachers provided 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | under subparagraph 1. and may not reduce the salary increases 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | provided under subparagrap h 2. in any subsequent fiscal year, 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | unless specifically authorized in the General Appropriations 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | Act. 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | 1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | 1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and dut ies of the 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | district school board. —The district school board shall: 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | chapter: 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (c) Compensation and salary schedules. — 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | 1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph: 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | a. "Adjustment" means an addition to the base salary 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employe e's 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | s. 121.021(22). 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | b. "Grandfathered salary schedule" means the salary 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4. 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | c. "Instructional personnel" means instructional personnel 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a) -(d), excluding substitute 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | teachers. 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | d. "Performance salary schedule" means the salary schedule 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | or schedules adopted by a district school board pursuant to 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | subparagraph 5. 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | e. "Salary schedule" means the schedule or schedules used 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | to provide the base salary for district school board personnel. 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | f. "School administrator" means a school administrator as 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c). 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | g. "Supplement" means an annual addition to the base 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | salary for the term of the negotiated supplement as long as the 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | employee continues his or her employment for the purpose of the 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee's 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | continuing base salary but shall be considered compens ation 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | under s. 121.021(22). 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | 2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment if the adjustment: 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | a. Does not discriminate among comparable classes of 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | employees based upon the salary schedule under whic h they are 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | compensated. 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment 100 |
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| 162 | 162 | | provided to instructional personnel rated as effective. 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | 3. Advanced degrees. —A district school board may not use 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructio nal 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | personnel or school administrators hired on or after July 1, 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | 2011, unless the advanced degree is held in the individual's 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | area of certification and is only a salary supplement. 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | 4. Grandfathered salary schedule. — 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | a. The district school board shall a dopt a salary schedule 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | school employees hired before July 1, 2014. Instructional 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | personnel on annual contract as of July 1, 2014, shall be placed 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | on the performance salary schedule adopted under su bparagraph 5. 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Instructional personnel on continuing contract or professional 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | service contract may opt into the performance salary schedule if 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the employee relinquishes such contract and agrees to be 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335. Such an 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | employee shall be placed on the performance salary schedule and 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | may not return to continuing contract or professional service 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | contract status. Any employee who opts into the performance 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | salary schedule may not return to the grandfathered salary 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | schedule. 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | instructional personnel, a district school board must base a 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | portion of each employee's compensation upon performance 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | based upon district-determined factors, including, but not 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics, 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | critical shortage areas, and level of job performance 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | difficulties. 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | 5. Performance sala ry schedule.—By July 1, 2014, the 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | district school board shall adopt a performance salary schedule 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | that provides annual salary adjustments for instructional 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | personnel and school administrators based upon performance 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hi red on or after July 1, 135 |
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| 210 | 210 | | salary schedule to the performance salary schedule shall be 137 |
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| 212 | 212 | | they have received the appropriate performance eva luation for 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | this purpose. 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | a. Base salary.—The base salary shall be established as 141 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (I) The base salary for instructional personnel or school 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | administrators who opt into the performance salary schedule 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | adjustments only. 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (II) Instructional personnel or school administrators new 147 |
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| 236 | 236 | | instructional personnel or school administrator shall be placed 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | on the performance salary schedule. Beginning July 1, 2023 2021, 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | and until such time as the minimum base salary as defined in s. 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | 1011.62(14) equals or exceeds $65,000 $47,500, the annual 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | increase to the minimum base salary shall not be less than 150 155 |
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| 242 | 242 | | employee on the grandfathered salary schedule. Thereafter, the 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | annual increase to the minimum base salary shall not b e less 158 |
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| 246 | 246 | | b. Salary adjustments. —Salary adjustments for highly 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | effective or effective performance shall be established as 162 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (I) The annual salary adjust ment under the performance 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | be at least 25 percent greater than the highest annual salary 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | adjustment available to an employee of the same classification 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | through any other salary schedule adopted by the district. 168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance 169 |
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| 256 | 256 | | to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual 171 |
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| 258 | 258 | | classification. 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (III) A salary schedule shall not provide an annual salary 174 |
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| 273 | 273 | | highly effective or effective for the year. 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | c. Salary supplements. —In addition to the salary 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | adjustments, each district school board shall provide for salary 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | supplements for activities that must include, but are not 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | limited to: 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (I) Assignment to a Title I eligible school. 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of "F" or 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | three consecutive grades of "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | improved performance in that school. 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (III) Certification and teaching in critical teacher 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | shortage areas. Statewide critical teacher shortage areas sha ll 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | be identified by the State Board of Education under s. 1012.07. 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | However, the district school board may identify other areas of 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | critical shortage within the school district for purposes of 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | this sub-sub-subparagraph and may remove areas identified by the 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | state board which do not apply within the school district. 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (IV) Assignment of additional academic responsibilities. 193 |
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| 293 | 293 | | board's ability to fully fund all adopted salary schedules, the 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | performance salary schedule shall not be reduced on the basis of 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | total cost or the value of individual awards in a manner that i s 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | proportionally greater than reductions to any other salary 199 |
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