Earlier this year Florida passed a law that would eliminate tenure for newly hired teachers beginning this year and that requires school districts to implement a merit-based compensation system, linking teacher compensation to student achievement, by 2014. The Florida Education Association (“FEA”) filed suit this week alleging that the law unconstitutionally alters how teachers are paid and evaluated and denies teachers right to collective bargaining.
Although not the only state to tackle issues of tenure and teacher evaluations, Florida is thus far the only state to require a merit-based pay system statewide.
Meghan Covert Russell
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