Florida Invests in its Teachers

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to raise teacher’s pay last month, the state went from being ranked 26th in the nation to 5th in the nation for amount paid to its entry-level educators.

• The bill guarantees that most beginning teachers will start with a salary close to $47,500, whereas prior to this, beginning teachers started with an average salary of $37,696 across the state, according to the most recent figures from the National Education Association.  

• According to the governor’s office, $400 million of the budget will be used to raise starting-teacher salaries, and $100 million will raise existing teachers’ salaries.