Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0013 Compare Versions

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to minimum base salary for full -time 2
16	16	teachers; providing a short title; amending s. 3
17	17	1011.62, F.S.; increasing the minimum base salary for 4
18	18	certain teachers; providing an effective date. 5
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20	20	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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22	22	Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Save Our Teachers 9
23	23	Act." 10
24	24	Section 2. Subsection (14) of section 1011.62, Florida 11
25	25	Statutes, is amended to read: 12
26	26	1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 13
27	27	allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 14
28	28	district for operation of schools is not determined in the 15
29	29	annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 16
30	30	the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 17
31	31	follows: 18
32	32	(14) CLASSROOM TEACHER AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL 19
33	33	SALARY INCREASE.—The Legislature shall annually apportion an 20
34	34	amount of funds provided in the Florida Education Finance 21
35	35	Program to assist scho ol districts and charter schools in their 22
36	36	compliance with the requirement that the minimum base salary for 23
37	37	full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), 24
38	38	and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida 25
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51	51	Education Finance Program is at least $65,000 $47,500 or to 26
52	52	provide salary increases to instructional personnel, as defined 27
53	53	in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), in a manner that best meets the needs 28
54	54	of the school district or charter school. This subsection does 29
55	55	not apply to substitute teachers . The amount and distribution 30
56	56	methodology for the funding shall be specified in the General 31
57	57	Appropriations Act. 32
58	58	(a) The term "minimum base salary" means the lowest annual 33
59	59	base salary reported on the salary schedule for a full -time 34
60	60	classroom teacher. A fu ll-time classroom teacher may not receive 35
61	61	a salary less than the minimum base salary as adjusted by this 36
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63	63	(b) A school district or charter school shall maintain the 38
64	64	minimum base salary achieved for classroom teachers provided in 39
65	65	the prior fiscal year and may not reduce the salary increases in 40
66	66	any subsequent fiscal year. 41
67	67	(c) Before distributing any additional funds received over 42
68	68	the prior fiscal year, each school district and each charter 43
69	69	school shall develop a salary distribution plan that cl early 44
70	70	delineates the planned distribution of funds in accordance with 45
71	71	modified salary schedules, as necessary, for the implementation 46
72	72	of this subsection. 47
73	73	1. Each school district superintendent and each charter 48
74	74	school administrator must submit its propose d salary 49
75	75	distribution plan to the district school board or the charter 50
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88	88	school governing body, as appropriate, for approval. 51
89	89	2. Each school district shall submit the approved district 52
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91	91	plan for each charter school in the district to the department 54
92	92	by October 1 of each fiscal year. 55
93	93	(d) Beginning August 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, in 56
94	94	a format specified by the department, each school district shall 57
95	95	provide a report to the department that in cludes a detailed 58
96	96	summary explaining the school district's prior year's 59
97	97	expenditures pursuant to this subsection. The report must 60
98	98	include the amount of the increase to the minimum base salary 61
99	99	for classroom teachers and the school district's salary schedule 62
100	100	for the prior fiscal year and the fiscal year in which the base 63
101	101	salary is increased. Each charter school governing board shall 64
102	102	submit the information required under this subparagraph to the 65
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104	104	report to the department. 67
105	105	(e) Although district school boards and charter school 68
106	106	governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages, 69
107	107	the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary 70
108	108	increase must be used solely to comply with the req uirements of 71
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125	125	the district school board, as applicable, detailing the reasons 76
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128	128	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 79