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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t read this whole thread, sorry. But are K-12 teachers’ salaries dependent on the county budget only and independent of the state budget? I teach at a public university in Virginia and heard that the state budget is allowing for us to get raises. I’m guessing the pots of money are totally separate?[/quote]

The state contributes to K-12 education in Virginia with many huge caveats. First, they significantly underfund it according to an an analysis by the General Assembly’s own independent policy analysis agency, JLARC (Google the report if you want lots of helpful info). Second, state raises require a local match calculated by the Local Composite Index intended to spread funds evenly around the state. Fairfax has to pay over 60% of any “state raise” in order to qualify. The state proposed a 3% raise for certain K-12 positions but will only pay for about 40% of it for Fairfax. FCPS has more positions than required by the state so they get no state funding for many positions.  So most everything falls on the County government to find. They dedicate over 51% of their budget to fund the schools are giving the schools $125M than last year (and still hear complaints from some teachers.)[/quote]

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