Teachers with Alachua County Public Schools failed to ratify a proposed contract after being "disappointed" in the pay raises the district offered to instructional staff.

The agreement between the Alachua County Education Association (ACEA) and the school district reached in December would have given instructional employees a 1.6% salary increase on top of the average 1% pay raise a majority of employees received at the beginning of the school year. The additional 1.6% would have been retroactive to July 1, 2024, or to the day an employee began working this school year.

ACEA President Carmen Ward said Friday that there were hundreds of people who did not receive the 1% step increase.

“The people have spoken and are disappointed in the district,” Ward said. “We have to start over again

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