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Fla. legislators approve plan for teacher raises

Miami Herald: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's teachers are going to get a pay raise, but it won't be coming until next year.

House and Senate budget negotiators finished their work late Sunday night. One of the last items agreed to was a pay raise package for the state's teachers.

But the raise won't take effect until June 2014. And it won't be an across-the-board, $2,500 raise like Gov. Rick Scott initially recommended.

Instead, teachers ranked as effective will be eligible for a $2,500 pay raise, while those ranked as highly effective would be eligible for $3,500. Teacher performance would be linked to student achievement, but the final plan would be developed and approved by each school board across the state.

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