TALLAHASSEE -- Gov.<strong>Rick Scott</strong> remains convinced that teachers across the state will get a flat $2,500 raise in their salaries next year without any conditions.

But lawmakers aren't singing the same song as Scott.

Last night, House and Senate negotiators agreed they would set aside $480 million for teacher pay raises, but the proposal would require that the money be tied to teacher performance. The measure would also offer raises to all instructional personnel, such as classroom aides, meaning that the amount per teacher would be less than $2,500.

Scott and his staff are still talking like teachers will get the full $2,500 though. Scott announced at his press conference how important it was that teachers were getting pay raises and noted later that there was still time for lawmakers to make changes.

"We need to do across- the- board $2,500 pay raise for each and every one of our classroom teachers," he said.

Senate Education Chairman <strong>Bill Galvano</strong>, R-Brandenton, said at a budget negotiation conference, a little more than an hour after Scott made his remarks, that the Legislature proposal indeed tied the money to performing and noted that the individual districts had to weigh in through the collective bargaining process with the unions to determine how the money was distributed.

"Whether that turns out to be a $2,500 raise per teacher, that's unlikely," Galvano said.

Orlando Sentinel staff writer Jennifer Curington contributed to this report.