Tayside councils will sign up to a funding ultimatum from Deputy First Minister John Swinney to protect teacher numbers.
Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross all said they would maintain the number of people in charge of classrooms in order to claim their share of an extra £10 million on offer from the Scottish Government.
Fife Council leader David Ross said the authority remains fully committed to maintaining teacher numbers.
The Scottish Budget, passed by Holyrood on Wednesday afternoon, includes an extra £51 million next year to help local authorities maintain teacher numbers.
The funding is being made available after a drop in teaching staff last year, while the ratio of pupils to teachers in Scotland’s classrooms increased slightly.
However, Mr Swinney said local government body Cosla had been “unable to agree what I consider to be a fair and generous offer” and he would negotiate with councils, clawing back money from those who don’t comply.
Perth and Kinross Council leader Ian Miller said: “This SNP administration remains committed to maintaining teacher numbers in Perth and Kinross schools.
“We would welcome any additional funding from the Scottish Government which would help us to deliver this.”
Angus Council leader Iain Gaul said: “We pledged that previously and we have got no plans to reduce our teacher numbers.
“We meet the criteria so we are looking forward to getting some more money from the Government because, let’s face it, we need it.”
Dundee City Council leader Ken Guild said: “We will be giving a guarantee of keeping up the teacher numbers and we can do this without any problems.
“The reason we were low last year was because we had a number of vacancies but I am confident we will have our vacancies filled by the appropriate time next year.”
Mr Ross said the difficulties Fife faces are due to the shortage in teacher supply.
He added: “We currently have 88 teacher vacancies across primary and secondary schools in Fife because we have been unable to recruit to these posts. That is fairly and squarely down to a failure on the part of the
Scottish Government to accuratelypredict the future demand for teachers and to provide sufficient training places.
“I am shocked and disappointed that John Swinney has chosen to walk away from discussions with Cosla on this important issue and now seems intent on demonising local authorities for something that is largely beyond their control.
“I will be happy to confirm our commitment to maintaining teacher numbers but I will be asking him where we are supposed to find the teachers to fill our vacancies.”