For 2026, the state legislature has amended the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation (TSIA) once again, creating division instead of investment in our children. For this school year, the TSIA must be negotiated in July and carves out almost 50% of the instructional unit and leaves nothing for our non-instructional colleagues. Click a link below for a more in-depth update of bargaining.
Teacher Salary Increase Allocation (TSIA): While $4 million in new funding has been allocated to teacher salary increases, the new legislation stipulates that only classroom teachers with at least 10 years of experience (of full-time teaching experience in a Florida public school) qualify to receive raises (capped at $3,000). In Volusia County, this would exclude 49.7% of instructional staff from receiving TSIA money. The new law also mandates that this bargaining be completed from July 1st-July 31st, before the District’s annual financial report is even available, or VCS and VUE will go to impasse.
- VUE and VCS reach agreement on TSIA
- VUE immediately began salary negotiations for all instructional personnel not included in the TSIA allocation
- Watch negotiation: Session 5
- VUE presented the survey data and proposed a financial package
- VUE proposed increasing the district’s contribution to the insurance premium to maintain a free plan
- VCS declined the final package and reverted to the previous 2 options
- Watch negotiation: Session 3
Complete the survey here
Watch a recap video here
- Defining who the new law includes and excludes
- Salary proposal from VCS & a counter from VUE
- Next Session July 14th 1pm @the VUE office
