Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average. (HB1915)

Introduced By

Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Nancy Guy (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average. Under current law, compensation at such rate is aspirational. The bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficient to fund a 4.5 percent annual increase for public school teacher salaries, effective from the 2022-23 school year through the 2026-27 school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022. Read the Bill »

Status

01/18/2021: In Committee

History

Date	Action
01/10/2021	Committee
01/10/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102475D
01/10/2021	Referred to Committee on Education
01/13/2021	Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
01/15/2021	Subcommittee recommends referring to Appropriations
01/15/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
01/15/2021	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
01/18/2021	Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
01/18/2021	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1915)