Bill Text: FL S1108 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salary Schedules

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Education [S1108 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S1108-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1108
       
       
        
       By Senator Berman
       
       
       
       
       
       31-01073B-19                                          20191108__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to instructional personnel and school
    3         administrator salary schedules; amending s. 1012.22,
    4         F.S.; removing the definition of the term
    5         “grandfathered salary schedule”; authorizing a
    6         district school board to use an advanced degree in
    7         setting a salary schedule for specified employees;
    8         requiring each district school board to adopt a salary
    9         schedule for specified employees; authorizing, rather
   10         than requiring, a district school board to adopt a
   11         performance salary schedule; providing requirements
   12         for setting the base salary for specified personnel
   13         under the performance salary schedule; authorizing,
   14         rather than requiring, a district school board to
   15         provide for specified salary supplements; amending s.
   16         1002.333, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
   17         by the act; providing an effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   20  
   21         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   22  1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the
   24  district school board.—The district school board shall:
   25         (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe
   26  qualifications for those positions, and provide for the
   27  appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal
   28  of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this
   29  chapter:
   30         (c) Compensation and salary schedules.—
   31         1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph:
   32         a. “Adjustment” means an addition to the base salary
   33  schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee’s
   34  permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under
   35  s. 121.021(22).
   36         b.“Grandfathered salary schedule” means the salary
   37  schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before
   38  July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4.
   39         b.c. “Instructional personnel” means instructional
   40  personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), excluding
   41  substitute teachers.
   42         c.d. “Performance salary schedule” means the salary
   43  schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board may
   44  adopt pursuant to subparagraph 5.
   45         d.e. “Salary schedule” means the schedule or schedules used
   46  to provide the base salary for district school board personnel.
   47         e.f. “School administrator” means a school administrator as
   48  defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c).
   49         f.g. “Supplement” means an annual addition to the base
   50  salary for the term of the negotiated supplement as long as the
   51  employee continues his or her employment for the purpose of the
   52  supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee’s
   53  continuing base salary but shall be considered compensation
   54  under s. 121.021(22).
   55         2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may
   56  provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment if the adjustment:
   57         a. Does not discriminate among comparable classes of
   58  employees based upon the salary schedule under which they are
   59  compensated.
   60         b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment
   61  provided to instructional personnel rated as effective.
   62         3. Advanced degrees.—A district school board may not use
   63  advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional
   64  personnel or school administrators hired on or after July 1,
   65  2011, unless the advanced degree is held in the individual’s
   66  area of certification and is only a salary supplement.
   67         4. Grandfathered Salary schedule.—
   68         a. The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule
   69  or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all
   70  school employees hired before July 1, 2014. If a school district
   71  adopts a Instructional personnel on annual contract as of July
   72  1, 2014, shall be placed on the performance salary schedule,
   73  adopted under subparagraph 5. instructional personnel on
   74  continuing contract or professional service contract may
   75  continue to use the salary schedule adopted before the
   76  performance salary schedule or, if the employee relinquishes
   77  such contract and agrees to be employed on an annual contract
   78  under s. 1012.335, opt into the performance salary schedule if
   79  the employee relinquishes such contract and agrees to be
   80  employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335. Such an
   81  employee shall be placed on the performance salary schedule and
   82  may not return to continuing contract or professional service
   83  contract status. Any employee who opts into the performance
   84  salary schedule may not return to the grandfathered salary
   85  schedule under this sub-subparagraph.
   86         b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for
   87  instructional personnel, a district school board may must base a
   88  portion of each employee’s compensation upon performance
   89  demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated
   90  pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators
   91  based upon district-determined factors, including, but not
   92  limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics,
   93  critical shortage areas, and level of job performance
   94  difficulties.
   95         5. Performance salary schedule.—A By July 1, 2014, the
   96  district school board may shall adopt a performance salary
   97  schedule that provides annual salary adjustments for
   98  instructional personnel and school administrators based upon
   99  performance determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hired on or
  100  after July 1, 2014, or employees who choose to move from the
  101  grandfathered salary schedule under subparagraph 4. to the
  102  performance salary schedule shall be compensated pursuant to the
  103  performance salary schedule once they have received the
  104  appropriate performance evaluation for this purpose.
  105         a. Base salary.—For a district school board that adopts a
  106  performance salary schedule, The base salary shall be
  107  established as follows:
  108         (I) the base salary for instructional personnel and or
  109  school administrators who opt into the performance salary
  110  schedule shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including
  111  adjustments only.
  112         (II)Beginning July 1, 2014, instructional personnel or
  113  school administrators new to the district, returning to the
  114  district after a break in service without an authorized leave of
  115  absence, or appointed for the first time to a position in the
  116  district in the capacity of instructional personnel or school
  117  administrator shall be placed on the performance salary
  118  schedule.
  119         b. Salary adjustments.—For a district school board that
  120  adopts a performance salary schedule, salary adjustments for
  121  highly effective or effective performance shall be established
  122  as follows:
  123         (I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
  124  salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must
  125  be greater than the highest annual salary adjustment available
  126  to an employee of the same classification through any other
  127  salary schedule adopted by the district.
  128         (II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
  129  salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal
  130  to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual
  131  adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same
  132  classification.
  133         (III) The performance salary schedule shall not provide an
  134  annual salary adjustment for an employee who receives a rating
  135  other than highly effective or effective for the year.
  136         c. Salary supplements.—In addition to the salary
  137  adjustments, each district school board may shall provide for
  138  salary supplements for activities that must include, but are not
  139  limited to:
  140         (I) Assignment to a Title I eligible school.
  141         (II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of “F” or
  142  three consecutive grades of “D” pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that
  143  the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following
  144  improved performance in that school.
  145         (III) Certification and teaching in critical teacher
  146  shortage areas. Statewide critical teacher shortage areas shall
  147  be identified by the State Board of Education under s. 1012.07.
  148  However, the district school board may identify other areas of
  149  critical shortage within the school district for purposes of
  150  this sub-sub-subparagraph and may remove areas identified by the
  151  state board which do not apply within the school district.
  152         (IV) Assignment of additional academic responsibilities.
  153  
  154  If budget constraints in any given year limit a district school
  155  board’s ability to fully fund all adopted salary schedules, a
  156  the performance salary schedule shall not be reduced on the
  157  basis of total cost or the value of individual awards in a
  158  manner that is proportionally greater than reductions to any
  159  other salary schedules adopted by the district.
  160         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (10) of section
  161  1002.333, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  162         1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools.—
  163         (10) SCHOOLS OF HOPE PROGRAM.—The Schools of Hope Program
  164  is created within the Department of Education.
  165         (b) A traditional public school that is required to submit
  166  a plan for implementation pursuant to s. 1008.33(4) is eligible
  167  to receive up to $2,000 per full-time equivalent student from
  168  the Schools of Hope Program based upon the strength of the
  169  school’s plan for implementation and its focus on evidence-based
  170  interventions that lead to student success by providing wrap
  171  around services that leverage community assets, improve school
  172  and community collaboration, and develop family and community
  173  partnerships. Wrap-around services include, but are not limited
  174  to, tutorial and after-school programs, student counseling,
  175  nutrition education, parental counseling, and adult education.
  176  Plans for implementation may also include models that develop a
  177  culture of attending college, high academic expectations,
  178  character development, dress codes, and an extended school day
  179  and school year. At a minimum, a plan for implementation must:
  180         1. Establish wrap-around services that develop family and
  181  community partnerships.
  182         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
  183  and character standards.
  184         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
  185  child’s education.
  186         4. Describe how the school district will identify, recruit,
  187  retain, and reward instructional personnel. The state board may
  188  waive the requirements of s. 1012.22(1)(c)5., and suspend the
  189  requirements of s. 1012.34, to facilitate implementation of the
  190  plan.
  191         5. Identify a knowledge-rich curriculum that the school
  192  will use that focuses on developing a student’s background
  193  knowledge.
  194         6. Provide professional development that focuses on
  195  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
  196  and character standards.
  197         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.

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