THE BILL ITSELF
HB 1187
Public School Personnel Compensation
1
A bill to be entitled
2
An act relating to public school personnel
3
compensation; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; providing
4
that cost-of-living adjustments are for certain school
5
district employees; providing that such adjustments do
6
not preclude district school boards from providing
7
other adjustments; removing a limitation on such
8
adjustments; revising the requirement for the use of
9
advanced degrees when setting salary schedules for
10
instructional personnel and school administrators;
11
removing certain limitations for salary adjustments
12
under the performance salary schedule; providing an
13
effective date.
15
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
18
1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19
1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the
20
district school board.—The district school board shall:
21
(1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe
22
qualifications for those positions, and provide for the
23
appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal
24
of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this
25
chapter:
26
(c) Compensation and salary schedules.—
27
1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph:
28
a. "Adjustment" means an addition to the base salary
29
schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee's
30
permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under
31
s. 121.021(22).
32
b. "Grandfathered salary schedule" means the salary
33
schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before
34
July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4.
35
c. "Instructional personnel" means instructional personnel
36
as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), excluding substitute
37
teachers.
38
d. "Performance salary schedule" means the salary schedule
39
or schedules adopted by a district school board pursuant to
40
subparagraph 5.
41
e. "Salary schedule" means the schedule or schedules used
42
to provide the base salary for district school board personnel.
43
f. "School administrator" means a school administrator as
44
defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c).
45
g. "Supplement" means an annual addition to the base
46
salary for the term of the negotiated supplement as long as the
47
employee continues his or her employment for the purpose of the
48
supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee's
49
continuing base salary but shall be considered compensation
50
under s. 121.021(22).
51
2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may
52
provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment to school district
53
employees, including, but not limited to, instructional
54
personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2), prekindergarten
55
instructors, noninstructional personnel, and school
56
administrators as defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c), if the
57
adjustment:
58
a. does not discriminate among comparable classes of
59
employees based upon the salary schedule under which they are
60
compensated. A cost-of-living adjustment does not preclude a
61
district school board from providing other salary adjustments
62
from additional funding sources, including categorical funding
63
and the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel
64
salary increase under s. 1011.62 and supplemental funding
65
sources, including grants.
66
b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment
67
provided to instructional personnel rated as effective.
68
3. Advanced degrees.—A district school board may use
69
advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional
70
personnel or school administrators if the advanced degree is
71
held in the individual's area of certification, a field related
72
to his or her teaching assignment, or a related field of study.
73
For purposes of the salary schedule, an advanced degree may
74
include a master's degree or higher that is in the area of
75
certification or teaching assignment, or an advanced degree in
76
another field with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours
77
related to the individual's area of certification or teaching
78
assignment.
79
4. Grandfathered salary schedule.—
80
a. The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule
81
or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all
82
school employees hired before July 1, 2014. Instructional
83
personnel on annual contract as of July 1, 2014, shall be placed
84
on the performance salary schedule adopted under subparagraph 5.
85
Instructional personnel on continuing contract or professional
86
service contract may opt into the performance salary schedule if
87
the employee relinquishes such contract and agrees to be
88
employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335. Such an
89
employee shall be placed on the performance salary schedule and
90
may not return to continuing contract or professional service
91
contract status. Any employee who opts into the performance
92
salary schedule may not return to the grandfathered salary
93
schedule.
94
b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for
95
instructional personnel, a district school board must base a
96
portion of each employee's compensation upon performance
97
demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated
98
pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators
99
based upon district-determined factors, including, but not
100
limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics,
101
high-demand teacher needs areas, advanced degrees, and level of
102
job performance difficulties.
103
5. Performance salary schedule.—By July 1, 2014, The
104
district school board shall adopt a performance salary schedule
105
that provides annual salary adjustments for instructional
106
personnel and school administrators based upon performance
107
determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hired on or after July 1,
108
2014, or employees who choose to move from the grandfathered
109
salary schedule to the performance salary schedule shall be
110
compensated pursuant to the performance salary schedule once
111
they have received the appropriate performance evaluation for
112
this purpose.
113
a. Base salary.—The base salary shall be established as
114
follows:
115
(I) The base salary for instructional personnel or school
116
administrators who opt into the performance salary schedule
117
shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including
118
adjustments only.
119
(II) Instructional personnel or school administrators new
120
to the district, returning to the district after a break in
121
service without an authorized leave of absence, or appointed for
122
the first time to a position in the district in the capacity of
123
instructional personnel or school administrator shall be placed
124
on the performance salary schedule.
125
b. Salary adjustments.—Salary adjustments for highly
126
effective or effective performance shall be established as
127
follows:
128
(I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
129
salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must
130
be at least 25 percent greater than the highest annual salary
131
adjustment available to an employee of the same classification
132
through any other salary schedule adopted by the district.
133
(II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
134
salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal
135
to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual
136
adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same
137
classification.
138
(III) A salary schedule shall not provide An annual salary
139
adjustment shall only be provided for an employee who receives a
140
rating of other than highly effective or effective for the year.
141
c. Salary supplements.—In addition to the salary
142
adjustments, each district school board shall provide for salary
143
supplements for activities that must include, but are not
144
limited to:
145
(I) Assignment to a Title I eligible school.
146
(II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of "F" or
147
three consecutive grades of "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that
148
the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following
149
improved performance in that school.
150
(III) Certification and teaching in high-demand teacher
151
needs areas. Statewide high-demand teacher needs areas shall be
152
identified by the State Board of Education under s. 1012.07.
153
However, the district school board may identify other areas of
154
high-demand needs within the school district for purposes of
155
this sub-sub-subparagraph and may remove areas identified by the
156
state board which do not apply within the school district.
157
(IV) Assignment of additional academic responsibilities.
159
If budget constraints in any given year limit a district school
160
board's ability to fully fund all adopted salary schedules, the
161
performance salary schedule shall not be reduced on the basis of
162
total cost or the value of individual awards in a manner that is
163
proportionally greater than reductions to any other salary
164
schedules adopted by the district. Any compensation for
165
longevity of service awarded to instructional personnel who are
166
on any other salary schedule must be included in calculating the
167
salary adjustments required by sub-subparagraph b.
168
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.