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Broward County Public School teachers will not receive raises this year from the school district and will have to start paying for certain health insurance plans, according to the new contract between the teachers union and the school district approved at Tuesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

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Board members said they regretted not securing raises for teachers and blamed a lack of state funding and the school district\u2019s dire financial situation. School board members said teachers will receive a minimum 4 percent raise next year, which amounts to about $60 million.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that we find ourselves in the place that we\u2019re in,\u201d said board member Debra Hixon. \u201cI just want to remind everyone… we, as a board, directed the superintendent to start the budget next year with a four percent increase at minimum for every employee in the district. We appreciate the patience through this year because it\u2019s been difficult, and we\u2019ve had to make a lot of difficult decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The board also approved salary schedules and similar insurance plans for other union and non-union employees at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. While no employees received pay raises from the district, teachers did receive an average .55 percent pay increase from the state\u2019s Teacher Salary Increase Allocation, a recurring state fund meant to boost teacher pay, for the 2025\/26 school year, a BCPS spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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After years of dwindling student enrollment, the Broward school district is facing an $80 million budget shortfall. To save money, the school board closed six schools as part of its \u201cRedefining Our Schools\u201d initiative, the district\u2019s multi-phase plan to close, consolidate and repurpose underenrolled schools. Last month, the board cut 1,000 job positions to save $54 million. It plans to cut 2,000 more jobs over the next two years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSchool districts are not built to absorb those kinds of changes. There have been cost reductions, there have been position reductions, there have been travel freezes, hiring freezes,\u201d said school board member Allen Zeman. \u201cBuckle up, buttercup, because next year we got to find $80 million before we find the $60 million that Ms. Hixon would like, and all of us I think would support identifying, for pay raises.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Starting in December, all district employees will have to contribute through payroll deductions for two of the three health insurance plans the district offers. One of the plans remains free.<\/p>\n

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All three bargaining units that are part of the Broward Teachers Union voted to ratify the 2025-26 tentative agreement, union president Anna Fusco wrote in a May 12 letter to the district. While the education support professionals and technical support professionals units approved the agreement by at least 70 percent, 57 percent of the education professionals unit voted in favor of the agreement.<\/p>\n

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Fusco expressed frustration with the lack of raises and changes to insurance while speaking at the meeting. She said teachers\u2019 insurance is not the source of the school district\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNot one more school should close down next year, especially how it was taken care of. You didn\u2019t sell them off, you\u2019re just \u2018redefining,\u2019 literally,\u201d Fusco said, referring to the schools the board voted to closed in January. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know how much money that literally saved, but I call BS that you\u2019re putting it on the backs of every employee to say that they have to pay into their insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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