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2014 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5003 (Floor Approved)

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2% Teacher Salary Increase

Item 136 #19s

Item 136 #19s

First Year - FY2015 Second Year - FY2016
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Direct Aid To Public Education FY2015 $20,113,131 FY2016 $80,777,492 GF

Language
Page 107, line 50, strike "$6,168,046,960" and insert "$6,188,160,091".
Page 107, line 50, strike "$6,217,037,169" and insert "$6,297,814,661".
Page 116, line 40, strike "and average teacher salaries by school" and insert "teacher turnover rates by school division".
Page 138, after line 4, insert:
"37. Compensation Supplement
1.Out of this appropriation, $20,113,131 the first year and $80,777,492 the second year from the general fund is included for the state share of a payment equivalent to a 2.0 percent salary increase, effective April 1, 2015, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions.
2.  Sufficient funds are appropriated to finance, on a statewide basis, the state share of a 2.0 percent salary increase for funded SOQ instructional and support positions, effective April 1, 2015, to school divisions which certify to the Department of Education that the state share of funding received by the locality as provided in this paragraph  will be expended prior to June 30, 2015, solely for providing salary increases to instructional and support positions in the first year.  For purposes of receiving the state share of funding, school divisions may provide salary increases less than 2.0 percent as long as the funds expended by the school division implementing the salary increase provided in the first year is greater than or equal to the value of the state share of funding received by the locality.
In certifying that the salary increases have been provided, school divisions may not include any salary increases that were provided in the first or second year solely to offset the cost of required member contributions to the Virginia Retirement System under§ 51.1-144, Code of Virginia.
3. Local governments are encouraged but not required to provide a local match based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.  School divisions may, at their option, elect to defer the salary increase until July 1, 2015.  School divisions electing to defer the salary increase until July 1, 2015, shall certify such election by October 1, 2014, and shall not receive the state share of funding in the first year.
4. This funding is not intended as a mandate to increase salaries."


Explanation
(This amendment provides funding equivalent to the state's share of a 2.0 percent salary incentive increase for funded SOQ instructional and support positions. The amendment also directs the Department of Education to collect teacher turnover rates by school division in the annual teacher salary survey data collection and discontinues the requirement to collect average salary data at the school level.)