Average teacher salary in the Commonwealth; national average. Requires the Governor's introduced budget bills for the 2025, 2026, and 2027 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly to propose funding for, and state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act enacted during any regular or special session of the General Assembly during 2025, 2026, or 2027 to fund, the Commonwealth's share of compensation supplement incentives for Standards of Quality-funded instructional and support positions sufficient to increase the average teacher salary in the Commonwealth to at least the national average teacher salary by the end of the 2026–2028 biennium and establishes a detailed timeline and process for satisfying such requirement. This bill is identical to HB 187.

Statutes affected:
Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103010D: 22.1-289.1
Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107505D-S1: 22.1-289.1
Senate: Governor's substitute printed 24109261D-S2: 22.1-289.1