FORT LAUDERDALE — Administrators with Broward County Public Schools on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement with the Broward Teachers Union to immediately raise the pay for current and new teachers, officials said.
According to a written statement by the district, the new pact must still be ratified by current union members before being presented to the Broward County School Board for final approval.
“Our District is currently engaged in difficult funding conversations, but these base salary increases reflect the School Board’s and my commitment to increasing the salary of all our educators,” said schools Superintendent Dr. Peter B. Licata in the statement. “We’re not yet where we want to be in compensating our employees, but I am thankful to the bargaining teams for arriving at this agreement, which will put more money in the pockets of our teachers.”
“This is the beginning to moving all teachers’ salaries to $100,000, as Allen Zeman has said time and again,” said BTU President Anna
Fusco in the statement. “We felt a 7% raise would have moved us closer, but the District is certain they could only offer the 3.9% pot of money, which is equivalent to about $37 million. We expect that next year’s negotiations will move us to Dr. Zeman’s goal.”