- December 13, 2025
The Volusia County School Board ratified an agreement with the teacher's union, Volusia United Educators, at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The agreement will raise the base teacher salary to $50,000 and includes a 2% cost-of-living adjustment for teachers that have been with Volusia County Schools for at least one year. The contract also contained a 0.65% salary increase through state-funded Teach
er Salary Increase Allocation dollars, two days of paid bereavement leave and an increase of $2 in the retention supplement multiplier for each year of service.
VCS teachers, both union members and non-members, voted 79% to approve the new contract. VUE President Elizabeth Albert said that's one of the lowest ratifications she's ever seen.
"In four of our schools, it was not ratified," Albert said. "So I think there are some messages in the data. We always look at the data, and so we will continue to push forward and we hope that we'll continue the good work that we've done for prioritizing fixing the compression."
Compression refers to the decreasing salary differences between new and veteran teachers.
The district and VUE came to an impasse in October, a little over a month after beginning bargaining. VUE had initially asked for a 4% cost-of-living increase for all, as well as increased paid maternity leave, three bereavement days and a higher retention supplement for veteran teachers.
An agreement was reached a couple of weeks after declaring impasse. It was ratified by VUE on Nov. 13.
Teachers will see the increase in their base salary by Jan. 31, said Stephanie Workman, executive director of Human Resources for VCS. However, the district will pay out retention bonuses before then, in a separate payment from their base checks. Longevity bonuses will follow a similar process, Workman added.
The contract with VUE support is set to be ratified on Dec. 4. If ratified, it will come before the School Board on Dec. 9.
