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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

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Direct Aid: HB 187 Teacher Compensation - Virginia Average At or Above National Average

Item 125 #10h

Item 125 #10h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Direct Aid to Public Education FY2025 $207,066,665 FY2026 $298,304,219 GF

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Page 143, line 52, strike "$10,290,021,574" and insert "$10,497,088,239".
Page 143, line 52, strike "$10,073,997,964" and insert "$10,372,302,183".

Page 144, line 44, strike "$0" and "$121,822,027" and insert:

"$207,066,665" and "$420,126,246".

Page 160, line 19, strike "$363,859" and insert:

"$617,946 the first year and $1,255,326".

Page 160, line 21, strike "2.0" and insert:

"3 3/8 percent of base pay on July 1, 2024, and 3 3/8"

Page 176, line 34, strike "$570,073" and insert:

"$949,146 the first year and $1,955,313".

Page 176, line 36, strike "2.0" and insert:

"3 3/8 percent of base pay on July 1, 2024, and 3 3/8"

Page 181, strike lines 6 through 28, and insert:

"37. Compensation Supplement

a. Out of this appropriation, $205,499,560 the first year and $417,849,535 the second year from the general fund is provided for the state share of the following salary increases and related fringe benefit costs:

1) For the first year, a 3 3/8 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2024, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions. Sufficient funds are appropriated in this act to finance, on a statewide basis, the state share of up to a 3 3/8 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2024, to school divisions that certify to the Department of Education that an equivalent increase will be provided to instructional and support personnel the first year. The state share of funding provided to a school division in support of this compensation supplement shall be prorated for school divisions that provide less than an average 3 3/8 percent salary increase the first year; however, to access these funds, a school division must provide at least an average 2.0 percent salary increase the first year.

2) For the second year, an additional 3 3/8 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2025, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions. Sufficient funds are appropriated in this act to finance, on a statewide basis, the state share of up to an additional 3 3/8 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2025, to school divisions that certify to the Department of Education that an equivalent increase will be provided to instructional and support personnel the second year. The state share of funding provided to a school division in support of this compensation supplement shall be prorated for school divisions that provide less than an additional average 2.0 percent salary increase the second year; however, to access these funds, a school division must provide at least an average 2.0 percent salary increase the first year and at least an additional average 2.0 percent salary increase the second year.

3) Payments in the second year to any school division shall be based on providing the funds needed to continue the first year increase actually provided by the division plus the increase provided by the division in the second year.

b. Out of this appropriation, $949,146 the first year and $1,955,313 the second year from the general fund is provided for the state share of the salary increases stated in paragraph a. above for Academic Year Governor's Schools, and $617,946 the first year and $1,255,326 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds fund is provided for the state share of these salary increases for Regional Alternative Education Programs.

c. It is the intent that the average instructional and support position salaries are increased in local school divisions throughout the state by at least 3 3/8 percent the first year, at least an additional 3 3/8 percent the second year, resulting in a combined increase of at least 6.86 percent during the biennium.

d. The state funds that the school division is eligible to receive shall be matched by the local government based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay. This local match shall be calculated for funded SOQ instructional and support positions using an effective date of July 1, 2024, the first year and July 1, 2025, the second year. Local school divisions shall certify to the Department of Education that funds used as the local match are derived solely from local revenue sources.

e. This funding is not intended as a mandate to increase salaries."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $207.1 million the first year and $417.8 million the second year from the general fund to provide the state's share of two 3 3/8 percent salary increases provided on July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025. This implements the provisions of House Bill 187 for the 2024-26 biennium, which establishes a methodology for funding the state's share of compensation adjustments as needed to increase Virginia's average teacher salary to at least the National average teacher salary, by the end of fiscal year 2028.

The projected national average salary is based on NEA's estimated national average salary in fiscal year 2023, then adjusted for inflation in subsequent years. The projected Virginia average salary is based on NEA's calculated Virginia average salary in fiscal year 2022, then adjusted for state funded compensation increases in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024.)