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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to minimum base salary for full -time 2
teachers; providing a short title; amending s. 3
1011.62, F.S.; increasing the minimum base salary for 4
certain teachers; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Save Our Teachers 9
Act." 10
Section 2. Subsection (14) of section 1011.62, Florida 11
Statutes, is amended to read: 12
1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 13
allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 14
district for operation of schools is not determined in the 15
annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 16
the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 17
follows: 18
(14) CLASSROOM TEACHER AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL 19
SALARY INCREASE.—The Legislature shall annually apportion an 20
amount of funds provided in the Florida Education Finance 21
Program to assist scho ol districts and charter schools in their 22
compliance with the requirement that the minimum base salary for 23
full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), 24
and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida 25
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Education Finance Program is at least $65,000 $47,500 or to 26
provide salary increases to instructional personnel, as defined 27
in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), in a manner that best meets the needs 28
of the school district or charter school. This subsection does 29
not apply to substitute teachers . The amount and distribution 30
methodology for the funding shall be specified in the General 31
Appropriations Act. 32
(a) The term "minimum base salary" means the lowest annual 33
base salary reported on the salary schedule for a full -time 34
classroom teacher. A fu ll-time classroom teacher may not receive 35
a salary less than the minimum base salary as adjusted by this 36
subsection. 37
(b) A school district or charter school shall maintain the 38
minimum base salary achieved for classroom teachers provided in 39
the prior fiscal year and may not reduce the salary increases in 40
any subsequent fiscal year. 41
(c) Before distributing any additional funds received over 42
the prior fiscal year, each school district and each charter 43
school shall develop a salary distribution plan that cl early 44
delineates the planned distribution of funds in accordance with 45
modified salary schedules, as necessary, for the implementation 46
of this subsection. 47
1. Each school district superintendent and each charter 48
school administrator must submit its propose d salary 49
distribution plan to the district school board or the charter 50
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school governing body, as appropriate, for approval. 51
2. Each school district shall submit the approved district 52
salary distribution plan and the approved salary distribution 53
plan for each charter school in the district to the department 54
by October 1 of each fiscal year. 55
(d) Beginning August 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, in 56
a format specified by the department, each school district shall 57
provide a report to the department that in cludes a detailed 58
summary explaining the school district's prior year's 59
expenditures pursuant to this subsection. The report must 60
include the amount of the increase to the minimum base salary 61
for classroom teachers and the school district's salary schedule 62
for the prior fiscal year and the fiscal year in which the base 63
salary is increased. Each charter school governing board shall 64
submit the information required under this subparagraph to the 65
district school board for inclusion in the school district's 66
report to the department. 67
(e) Although district school boards and charter school 68
governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages, 69
the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary 70
increase must be used solely to comply with the req uirements of 71
this subsection. A district school board or charter school 72
governing board that is unable to meet the reporting 73
requirements in paragraph (d) due to a collective bargaining 74
impasse must provide written notification to the department or 75
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the district school board, as applicable, detailing the reasons 76
for the impasse with a proposed timeline and details for a 77
resolution. 78
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 79