June 3, 2020 – The School District of Manatee County and the Manatee Education have signed  Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) that will adjust how employees are paid beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.  Every employee will have to select how they will be paid by filling out the Pay Option Form below and returning it to HR no later than Thursday, June 25, 2020. 

Currently, employees are paid semi-monthly (on the 10^th and 25^th of the month) and earn 24 pay checks in a school year. 

Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, employees will be paid bi-weekly (every other week).  Your annual salary remains the same in each option.  The options are as follows:

• 22 pay checks over the work year (August – June),
• 26 pay checks with pay over the summer
• 26 pay checks with 5 checks paid in a lump sum on the last pay check of the work year

Deductions for health insurance, life insurance, flexible benefits will be deducted equally among all checks depending on the option chosen, and MEA dues deductions will be deducted over 22 pay checks. 

The MOUs, pay options form and some examples of what these changes could look like for teacher and para pay checks are below.

Please make your selection using the pay option form and return to HR no later than June 25, 2020. If it is not returned, you will default into the 26 pay option.

Pay Options Form:  pay_option_form_2020_fillable.pdf

MOU Teacher Pay Options: signedmouteacherpayoptions.pdf

MOU Paraprofessional Pay Options:  signedmouparapayoptions.pdf

Examples of Teacher Pay Options:  pay_options_teachers.pdf

Examples of Para Pay Options:  pay_options_paras.pdf