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BPS Storyboard is a publication of Brevard Public Schools for employees published by the Department of Government and Community Relations.
Michelle Irwin, assistant superintendent Debra Foley, editor Dan Jankowski, layout Abby Rex, content coordinator
Contributing editors:
Dinah Kramer Carlos Lorenzo Patty Snorf
Brevard Public Schools, 2700 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, Fl 32940
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rEMINDER: advanced Degree Salary supplement for Subject area certification
Florida law concerning salary supplements for advanced degrees may affect educators and administrators. The following describes a revision in Florida Statute 1012.22(1)(c)3 (Senate Bill 736):
“A district school board may not use advanced degrees in setting a salary for instructional personnel or school administrators hired on or after July 1, 2011, unless the advanced degree is held in the individual’s area of certification and is only a salary supplement.”
This means that instructional personnel and school administrators with a district start date of July 1, 2011, or after must have a degree major posted on their transcript which matches a subject listed on their Florida certificate, in order to qualify for an advanced degree salary supplement at the master, specialist or doctorate levels.
Instructional personnel and school administrators with a continuous employment date prior to July 1, 2011, in a position that falls under one of these classifications, are not
affected by this law change. An advanced degree in any area will be recognized for salary purposes for these employees, now or in the future, as long as there is no
break in service with the District.
Instructional personnel or school administrators will fall under the mandates of the new law if they:
1) transfer to a professional support staff position within the District and return to an instructional or school administrative position on or after July 1, 2011, or
2) resign, retire, or have a termination date for any reason, and then return to an instructional or school administrative position within the District on or after July 1, 2011.
Instructional personnel or school administrators moving to one of these positions in another Florida school district, on or after July 1, 2011, will fall under the mandates of the new
law in the other district.