Broward County Public School teachers will see a small raise and a $2,000 stipend. Teachers will see a pay increase of between 1 percent and 1.33 percent.
On Friday, January 21, 2022, the Broward County School Board unanimously approved contract agreements reached with the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) in December, which provide salary increases to the Education Professionals (EP) and Educational Support Professionals (ESP) bargaining units for the 2021/22 school year. During the negotiations, held on December 16, 2021, the following terms were reached on behalf of BTU Educational Professionals:
$2,000 one-time stipend for all active EP unit members • Salary increases of 1.33% for Highly Effective teachers on the Pay for Performance salary schedule, 1.07% salary increase for teachers on the grandfathered salary schedule, and 1% for Effective teachers on the Pay for Performance salary schedule
$1,000 bonus for instructional personnel who did not qualify for the $1,000 Disaster Relief Bonus provided by the state
$500 supplement for multilingual itinerant support staff whose workload has substantially increased above their normal caseload due to providing services to students and families who would normally be serviced by a monolingual staff member On Friday, December 17, 2021, the following terms were reached on behalf of BTU Educational Support Professionals:
$1,500 one-time stipend for all active ESP members
Increase of salary schedule for Classroom Assistants, including raising minimum hourly rate from $11.51 to $13
Increase of salary schedule for Teacher Assistants, including raising minimum hourly rate from $13.27 to $15 With the School Board’s approval, District staff will work to provide the agreed upon salary increases and stipend.
Next year, Broward teachers could see a large pay increase or a pay cut. Voters approved a $50 for every $100,000 of assessed property in 2018. This funded teacher pay increases, mental health counselors and more safety officers. This will expire next year unless Broward voters agree to renew it. The Broward School District is supporting a tax increase of $100 per $100,000 of assessed property. This would mean more money for teacher pay increases.
Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright said the district will work to persuade voters that it is important to support this referendum.
