Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1174
       
       
       
       By Senator Wise
       
       
       
       
       5-01616-09                                            20091174__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida School for the Deaf and
    3         the Blind; amending s. 1002.36, F.S.; requiring that
    4         salaries for full-time instructional personnel at the
    5         school be increased annually according to the average
    6         of certain comparable salaries; requiring annual
    7         negotiation of salary schedules; providing for
    8         implementation based on funding; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10         
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsections (7), (8), and (9) of section
   14  1002.36, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8),
   15  (9), and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added
   16  to that section to read:
   17         1002.36 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.—
   18         (7) INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL SALARIES.—Critical to
   19  accomplishment of the mission and objectives of the Florida
   20  School for the Deaf and the Blind is the retention of valued
   21  instructional personnel at the school. To bring about such
   22  retention, the salaries for full-time instructional personnel at
   23  the school shall be increased annually to the average of
   24  comparable salaries, based upon academic qualifications and
   25  years of experience, in the school districts of Clay County,
   26  Putnam County, St. Johns County, and Flagler County. The salary
   27  schedule for instructional personnel at the school shall be
   28  negotiated annually in accordance with chapter 447. This
   29  subsection shall be implemented to the extent funding is
   30  specifically provided for this purpose.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.