Temple Terrace Teachers Getting Raises?

It looks like Gov. Rick Scott’s promise to give Temple Terrace area teachers a raise is coming to fruition, but it’ll be a little later than hoped.

Both the House and Senate gave a green light to a measure that would give Florida teachers a raise, but instead of being across-the-board, the proposal calls for merit-based raises. And, while Scott wanted to see those raises go into effect in 2013, they won’t be happening until June 2014, according to The Tampa Tribune.

Under the Legislature’s plan, teachers who are ranked “effective” will be eligible for raises of $2,500. Teachers who are deemed “highly effective” will get $3,500, the Tribune says.

Scott proposed the statewide raise in January.

Hillsborough County teachers are the only teachers in the Tampa Bay area to have received raises in recent years of lean budgets and ongoing cuts.

Pasco teachers, for example, have gone for years without seeing a raise.

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