{"id":7257,"date":"2012-05-09T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2012-05-16T14:02:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T18:02:32","slug":"how-florida-school-districts-are-negotiating-next-years-teacher-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/05\/09\/how-florida-school-districts-are-negotiating-next-years-teacher-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"How Florida School Districts Are Negotiating Next Year’s Teacher Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teachers rally against proposed state budget cuts in March 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n

Contract negotiations between Florida’s school districts and teacher unions is in full swing, but district face very different budget situations.<\/p>\n

Here’s a roundup of labor news around the state from the past week:<\/p>\n

Palm Beach County is facing a $31.7 million budget shortfall, but the teachers’ union is asking for raises, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/em><\/a>. Negotiations are expected to begin this month.<\/p>\n

Sarasota County teachers can expect their first pay bump after four years of salary cuts and paying more for benefits, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune<\/em> reports<\/a>. The district and union have agreed to a 2.2 percent bonus for next year’s contract.<\/p>\n

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In Martin County, the school district is trying to keep a new evaluation out of next year’s contract, according to TCPalm.com<\/a>. The district and union agreed to step pay increases for the end of the current year and next year.<\/p>\n

Teachers in Marion County will receive step pay increases that have been frozen since 2009 — a total of $1.6 million in additional pay — according to the Ocala Star-Banner<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brevard County teachers are pushing for across-the-board raises, according to Florida Today<\/a>, but the district wants targeted one-time bonuses instead. The longest-tenured teachers would receive $700 — twice what recently hired teachers would receive. The offer is less than the district’s initial 2.2 percent bonus proposal.<\/p>\n

In the Keys, Monroe County teachers are volunteering for a pay cut rather than absorb cuts to health insurance and other benefits that the district has proposed, according to The Keynoter<\/em><\/a>. The district is facing a $9.2 million shortfall — 12.4 percent of the expected budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contract negotiations between Florida’s school districts and teacher unions is in full swing, but district face very different budget situations. Here’s a roundup of labor news around the state from the past week: Palm Beach County is facing a $31.7 million budget shortfall, but the teachers’ union is asking for raises, according to the South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":7606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1084,103,1115,1079,1015],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7301,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7257\/revisions\/7301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}