OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 1/29/2026
SENATE BILL NO. 284
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on ________________)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Aird)
A BILL to establish a timeline and process for increasing the average teacher salary in the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Th at the Governor's introduced budget bills for the 2027 , 2028 , and 2029 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly shall propose funding for, and state funding shall be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act enacted during any regular or special session of the General Assembly in 2027 , 2028 , or 2029 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 beginning of the 20 30 fiscal year.
§ 2. I n order to project the national average salary in fiscal year 20 30 for the purpose of calculating the proposed and funded amounts as required pursuant to § 1 of this act , the most recent actual or estimated national average teacher salary published by the source used in the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission ' s Virginia Compared to the Other States report shall be utilized but adjusted by the actual and forecasted percentage change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U).