dDaft bill includes several education-related provisions that address teacher and school leader quality, personnel development for special educators and Native American language educators, and career and technical education.
The Virginia Beach School Board voted to approve the half days after administrators said teachers were facing burnout just two months into the school year.
Experts say that multiple factors are driving the sudden education labor shortage and that the COVID-19 health crisis has exacerbated a problem that has been festering for years.
School District of Palm Beach County's new superintendent Mike Burke is pitching in as a substitute to help the nation's tenth-largest district overcome staffing challenges.
The average salary for teachers in Florida ranks 49th in the nation, according to the Florida Education Association, more than $10,000 less than the national average.
