Youngkin doesn’t propose additional teacher pay raise
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Should Virginia’s teachers receive a bigger pay raise than the one they are currently set to receive next year? “I think we are in a good spot,” Governor Glenn Youngkin told 8News on Wednesday. Currently, Virginia’s teachers are slated to receive a 3% pay raise next year, on top of the 3% raise they receive this year. On Wednesday, Youngkin unveiled his proposed budget amendments but didn’t include an additional raise on top of that 3% for next year. The governor’s office says that’s because, after reviewing data, including a January estimate from the Virginia Department of Education showing that Virginia’s teachers would make only about $1,250 less than the national average during the 2023-24 school year, they’re confident that the two 3% raises currently in the state’s two-year budget, will keep Virginia competitive nationally. “That has been the goal is to bring Virginia’s teachers up and through the national average, and I think we are meeting that goal,” Youngkin said. However, the National Education Association disputes the state’s data and says their projections show that the average teacher in Virginia in 2023-24 would make just over $65,000 -- more than $6,600 below the national average. “Little disappointed that we are not doing as much as I think we can do for our teachers because of the surplus that we have,” Delegate Luke Torian (D-Prince William), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee told 8News. In the coming weeks and months, both the Virginia Department of Education and the National Education Association will finalize their 2023-24 data, giving us a better understanding of where things stand.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Should Virginia’s teachers receive a bigger pay raise than the one they are currently set to receive next year?
“I think we are in a good spot,” Governor Glenn Youngkin told 8News on Wednesday.
Currently, Virginia’s teachers are slated to receive a 3% pay raise next year, on top of the 3% raise they receive this year.
On Wednesday, Youngkin unveiled his proposed budget amendments but didn’t include an additional raise on top of that 3% for next year.
The governor’s office says that’s because, after reviewing data, including a January estimate from the Virginia Department of Education showing that Virginia’s teachers would make only about $1,250 less than the national average during the 2023-24 school year, they’re confident that the two 3% raises currently in the state’s two-year budget, will keep Virginia competitive nationally.
“That has been the goal is to bring Virginia’s teachers up and through the national average, and I think we are meeting that goal,” Youngkin said.
However, the National Education Association disputes the state’s data and says their projections show that the average teacher in Virginia in 2023-24 would make just over $65,000 -- more than $6,600 below the national average.
“Little disappointed that we are not doing as much as I think we can do for our teachers because of the surplus that we have,” Delegate Luke Torian (D-Prince William), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee told 8News.
In the coming weeks and months, both the Virginia Department of Education and the National Education Association will finalize their 2023-24 data, giving us a better understanding of where things stand.
