There were 5,294 teacher vacancies in Florida in January this year, according to the Florida Education Association’s (FEA) count of vacancies posted on district websites. The number of support staff vacancies was 4,631.
It was the “worst teacher and staff shortage we’ve ever seen in the state of Florida,” FEA President Andrew Spar told Newsweek earlier this year.
But that number has now climbed even higher.
The FEA blames the high number of vacancies on the education policies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.