Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1216: Public School Personnel Compensation
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Providing that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; deleting a limitation on such adjustments; deleting certain limitations for salary adjustments under the performance salary schedule, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to public school personnel compensation; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; providing that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; providing that such adjustments do not preclude district school boards from providing other adjustments; deleting a limitation on such adjustments; revising the requirement for the use of advanced degrees when setting salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators; deleting certain limitations for salary adjustments under the performance salary schedule…
From the introduced text, January 6, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to public school personnel compensation; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; providing that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; providing that such adjustments do not preclude district school boards from providing other adjustments; deleting a limitation on such adjustments; revising the requirement for the use of advanced degrees when setting salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators; deleting certain limitations for salary adjustments under the performance salary schedule; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to powers and duties of the district school board.--The district school board shall: (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe qualifications for those positions, and provide for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this chapter: (c) Compensation and salary schedules.-- 1. Definitions.--As used in this paragraph: a. "Adjustment" means an addition to the base salary schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee's permanent base salary and is [DELETED: shall be] considered compensation under s. 121.021(22). b. "Grandfathered salary schedule" means the salary schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph …