Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 670 — Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries

Last action — Died in Education Pre-K - 12

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries; Citing this act as the “Save Our Teachers Act”; increasing the minimum base salary for certain teachers; revising the purpose of the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary increase; revising requirements for funding for the increase; providing requirements for school districts relating to salary structures and schedules, etc.

Bill Text

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The bill increases the minimum base salary for certain teachers and revises funding and reporting requirements related to salary increases for instructional personnel.

  • s. 1011.62

    $47,500 → $65,000

    The minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers is increased from $47,500 to $65,000.

  • s. 1011.62

    Beginning August 1, 2026 → Beginning August 1, 2024

    The requirement for school districts to report on expenditures begins two years earlier.

  • s. 1011.62

    before distributing any additional funds received over the prior fiscal year, each school district and each charter school shall develop a salary distribution plan → before distributing any additional funds received over the prior fiscal year, each school district and each charter school shall develop a salary distribution plan that clearly delineates the planned distribution of funds in accordance with modified salary schedules, as necessary, for the implementation of this subsection.

    The salary distribution plan must now clearly outline the planned distribution of funds according to modified salary schedules.

  • s. 1011.62

    (f)(d) → (f)

    The designation of paragraph (f) as (d) has been removed to maintain the numbering scheme.

  • s. 1011.62

    district school boards and charter school governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages, the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary increase must be used solely to comply with the requirements of this subsection. → district school boards and charter school governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages, and the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary increase must be used solely to comply with the requirements of this subsection.

    Clarifies that wage bargaining is allowed while maintaining compliance with salary increase requirements.

  • s. 1012.22

    and provides for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this chapter: → and provides for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal of employees as follows:

    Reduces redundancy in text regarding the powers of the district school board.

  • s. 1012.22

    performance salary schedule must include step-based salary increases and compression relief supplements; → performance salary schedules must include step-based salary increases and compression relief supplements;

    It requires that performance salary schedules must reflect necessary salary increases and supplements for compression relief.

Action History

  1. Died in Education Pre-K - 12

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations

  5. Filed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

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Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 670 do?
Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries; Citing this act as the “Save Our Teachers Act”; increasing the minimum base salary for certain teachers; revising the purpose of the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary increase; revising requirements for funding for the increase; providing requirements for school districts relating to salary structures and schedules, etc.
Who sponsors SB 670?
SB 670 is sponsored by Berman, Lori (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 670?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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