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Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week! We know that Hernando teachers are working harder than ever to ensure learning continues during this time of Social Distancing and school closures. Here’s one way you can acknowledge and celebrate our educators:

Wear #REDforED on Wednesday, May 6, 2020

This year, we continue to appreciate all our Association members who are fighting for school funding, professional pay, better learning conditions for their students, and an end to the inequities that are making distance learning and student health even more challening during these times.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020 - BROOKSVILLE, FL

The 2020 Legislative Session in Tallahassee began on January 13th with a massive demonstration at the capitol staged by educators and public school activists demanding that our public schools receive the funding and support they so deperately need. The Fund Our Future rally cry came from far and wide and was covered by the media across the state and nationally. And the message was clear: Fund Public Schools!

Educators from Hernando County were among the thousands who converged in the state's capital. They wanted to make sure that the voices of local advocates

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Join the movement for great public education in Florida.

As parents and educators we know every child deserves a world-class education in our public schools. But our children are paying the price for more than 20 years of underfunding and bad policy decisions by Florida lawmakers. This must change. Florida can do better. United, we are demanding that lawmakers fund our future.

Sign up and join the movement!

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SUMMARY OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

2019-2020 INSTRUCTIONAL NEGOTIATIONS


ECONOMICS - Total Package includes Market Adjustment, Performance Pay, Fringe & Supplement Increases


$3,610,268.85    market adjustment (4.25%) increase for teachers

$   548,643.30    fringe (increases to SS, Medicare, FRS, worker’s comp, etc)

$   206,836.48    performance pay for eligible teachers

$     45,000.00    increase to supplement schedule (3%)

 $3,862,105.33 Total Increase in Instructional Payroll for 2019-2020 equates to 5.361%


PERFORMANCE PAY: As required by statute, any salary improvement must include performance pay

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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED October 29, 2019

Joint Bargaining Update from HCTA and HCSB

 

At the bargaining session on October 29, 2019, both parties sought to identify the best compensation package possible to address improved wages as well the unanticipated health insurance increase.

After multiple sessions and weighing multiple proposals, the HCSB and HCTA teams agreed to a compensation package that included 4.25% salary increase for market adjustment, performance pay of $100 for Highly Effective, and $75 for Effective, and a 3% increase to supplement schedules in appendix B2 and C6. In total

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