Why 3/5: It sets a long-term funding goal for teacher salaries, impacting future state budgets rather than immediate operational changes.
The bill mandates that the Governor's budget proposals for 2027 and 2028 include funding to raise the average teacher salary in Virginia to at least the national average by the end of fiscal year 2029. This establishes a specific timeline and process for achieving this compensation goal for K-12 instructional and support staff.
Filed
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102126D
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB284)
Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
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Senate subcommittee offered
Cleared committee
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Substitute adopted
Committee substitute printed 26105818D-S1
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB284)
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Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)