Teachers in Pinellas County Schools will see another pay bump this year.
The school district announced Thursday that it reached a tentative agreement with its employee unions, including the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, to provide employees with an average 2.5 percent pay raise. That follows last year's average 5.6 percent bump.
The raise doesn't include the increase in referendum dollars that occurred with this year's improvement in property values. Teachers will get nearly $300 more each. All raises are subject to ratification by the unions as well as a vote by the School Board.
District employees, such as administrators, who are not represented by unions also will see a 2.5 percent pay bump. All pay raises will be retroactive to July 1. Employees will be alerted about when they can expect to see the extra money in their paychecks.