It’s not just teachers and bus drivers, Florida doesn’t have enough subs

Kelly Services, one of the country’s largest staffing agencies, is predicting a shortage of substitute teachers heading into the new school year in Florida and across the US.

Stetson University’s Rajni Shankar-Brown said a statewide teacher shortage is making a sub shortage worse.

Shankar-Brown said a smaller pool of subs are being asked to fill thousands of open teaching positions in Florida. And recruiting substitute teachers is complicated by low pay.

In Florida, subs are paid $14.81 an hour or $30,800 per year on average.