The House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee released state budgets yesterday. Key K-12 items include state funding for school support employees and a proposed loan-rebate program to generate up to $2 billion to replace or modernize public school buildings.
However, the House Appropriations and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees went in different directions on pay raises for teachers, for whom then-Gov. Ralph Northam proposed 5% raises in each year of the two-year budget he proposed in December before leaving office.
The House proposed to split the proposed increase between 4% raises and 1% bonuses in each year, while the Senate kept the 5% raises and added a $1,000 bonus for teachers and other school workers effective June 1.
To view the K-12 Budget overview from the House Appropriations Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee report, click here.
To view the K-12 Budget overview from the Senate Finance and Appropriations K-12 Subcommittee report, click here.
The VSBA Government Relations team is reviewing the budget and will provide further analysis on the blog this week.
