– Duval County Public Schools teachers are now receiving supplemental pay to boost their salaries, funded by a one-mill property tax increaseThe supplemental pay varies based on a teacher’s base salary with teachers who have higher salaries receiving more money. The supplemental pay, which is divided among the teachers’ regular paychecks, ranges from $5,400 to $7,000 and does not change the teachers’ base pay.
There are roughly 8,000 teachers and 6,000 support staff vacancies across the state. One of the factors apparently causing the shortage is low wages.DCPS expects to collect nearly $89 million from the property tax increase. Here’s the breakdown of how that money is being spent:$20 million will be used for supplemental pay for paraprofessionals and support staffThe half-cent sales tax approved in 2020 is another taxpayer-funded project that benefited Duval County Public Schools.