Public elementary and secondary schools; competitive compensation for certain positions.
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SB 157 — Public elementary and secondary schools; competitive compensation for certain positions.
Last action — Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House of Delegates
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Competitive compensation for certain positionsin public elementary and secondary schools. Declares it the goalof the Commonwealth that its public school teachers and all otherindividuals employed in Standards of Quality-funded positions becompensated at a rate that is competitive, defined as at or abovethe national average salary for the position, in order to attractand keep highly qualified individuals in such positions. The bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriationact in a sum sufficient to fund a five percent annual pay increasefor each such position, effective from the 2023%9624 school yearthrough the 2027%9628 school year, provided that such five percentannual pay increase (i) is subject to a local matching requirementin accordance with each local school board's composite index of localability-to-pay and (ii) shall be adjusted annually as necessary toaccount for rebenchmarking and to yield a rate of compensation percentage increase for all Standards of Quality-funded positions that is peggedto providing a competitive average teacher salary in the Commonwealth.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Bill Text
- Prefiled Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103846D Current pdf January 10, 2022
Action History
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Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)
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Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB157)
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Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
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Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 4-N 1-A)
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Assigned Education sub: Public Education
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Impact statement from DPB (SB157)
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103846D
Sponsors
- Ghazala F. Hashmi · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 5 voted No
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (147)
147 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 147 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 13% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| McClellan, Jennifer L. | — | Nay |
| Barker, George L. | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Ebbin, Adam P. | — | Yea |
| Edwards, John S. | — | Yea |
| Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Howell, Janet D. | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Newman, Stephen D. | — | Yea |
| Norment, Thomas K., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Petersen, J. Chapman | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Nay |
| Ruff, Frank M., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Saslaw, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Vogel, Jill Holtzman | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 29% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (14)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker, George L. | — | Yea |
| Cosgrove, John A., Jr. | — | Nay |
| Dunnavant, Siobhan S. | — | Yea |
| Edwards, John S. | — | Yea |
| Hashmi, Ghazala F. | — | Yea |
| Howell, Janet D. | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark J. Peake | — | Nay |
| Newman, Stephen D. | — | Nay |
| Petersen, J. Chapman | — | Not Voting |
| Saslaw, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Todd E. Pillion | — | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 157 do?
- Competitive compensation for certain positionsin public elementary and secondary schools. Declares it the goalof the Commonwealth that its public school teachers and all otherindividuals employed in Standards of Quality-funded positions becompensated at a rate that is competitive, defined as at or abovethe national average salary for the position, in order to attractand keep highly qualified individuals in such positions. The bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriationact in a sum sufficient to fund a five percent annual pay increasefor each such position, effective from the 2023%9624 school yearthrough the 2027%9628 school year, provided that such five percentannual pay increase (i) is subject to a local matching requirementin accordance with each local school board's composite index of localability-to-pay and (ii) shall be adjusted annually as necessary toaccount for rebenchmarking and to yield a rate of compensation percentage increase for all Standards of Quality-funded positions that is peggedto providing a competitive average teacher salary in the Commonwealth.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
- Who sponsors SB 157?
- SB 157 is sponsored by Ghazala F. Hashmi.
- What is the current status of SB 157?
- This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 157?
- Track SB 157 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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