The School Board Reaches Tentative Agreements with OCEA on Compensation Packages for Instructional and Education Staff Professional Employees for 2026-2027 School Year

Posted Date: 07/31/26 (11:45 AM)

The Osceola County School Board and the Osceola County Education Association (OCEA) have collaboratively bargained and reached tentative agreement on compensation packages for teachers and ESP employees. Working within the mandates of recent legislation and within the limits of the Florida Legislature’s budget allocations for Osceola County, this settlement would ensure all full-time, currently employed Instructional and ESP employees receive competitive compensation packages once ratified and the following benefits for the 2026-2027 school year:

Instructional Employees Compensation:

Years of Experience	Classroom Teachers	Non-Classroom Instructional
1 to 9	2% Non-Recurring Retention Supplement	2% Non-Recurring Retention Supplement
10 to 14	Equal Share of 25% of CTOIPS-TSIA Funds	Equal Share of 25% of Equivalent Non-CTOIPS-TSIA Funds
15 or more	Equal Share of 75% of CTOIPS-TSIA Funds	Equal Share of 75% of Equivalent Non-CTOIPS-TSIA Funds

Education Staff Professionals Compensation: 2% Non-Recurring Retention Supplement

Design changes to our School District’s major medical Health Insurance Plan:

Includes an increase to the Board Contribution for a total of $9,030 per employee;

Continues to provide employees with health insurance coverage options, including a no-cost option for the individual employee;

Implements innovations and enhancements to provide cost-savings and new choices for employees and their families; and

Ensures the district’s Health Benefits Trust Fund remains fiscally solvent to serve employees during uncertain economic times.

Continued commitment to the School District’s Centers for Employee Health; and

Memoranda of Understanding and contract language upon which both parties have reached tentative agreement.

“Over the last three years, the Osceola County School Board has prioritized a total of 12% compensation increases for teachers and staff,” said Osceola School District Superintendent Dr. Mark Shanoff. “While this year represents a much tighter budget outlook, we are staying consistent in giving every available dollar we can to our employees.”

“The tentative agreements reflect hours of collaborative negotiating to improve working conditions, benefits, and compensation and offer some great improvements to each contract,” said Janet Moody, President of the Osceola County Education Association. "I understand that education staff professionals and instructional staff are far more valuable than our tentative agreement reflects in a rather tough economy. All bargaining unit employees will now have an opportunity to use their voice by voting on these agreements during ratification.”

The tentative agreements will now go to final ratification and settlement, and then salary dollars will go into the pockets of employees. All parties are excited to have reached tentative agreements prior to the beginning of the school year so that all Instructional and ESP employees know what they will be earning when they return to work in August.

All settlement documents are available on the “Tentative Agreements and Ratification Documents” webpage on Osceola School District’s public website at https://www.osceolaschools.net/23194_4.