# Virginia SB284: Teachers; timeline and process for increasing salaries to at least national average.

Virginia SB284, Teachers; timeline and process for increasing salaries to at least national average., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB284-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB284
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Teachers; timeline and process for increasing salaries to at least national average.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Average teacher salary in the Commonwealth; national average. Requires the Governor's introduced budget bills for the 2027 and 2028 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 2027 or 2028 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 fiscal year 2029 and establishes a detailed timeline and process for satisfying such requirement.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (10)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB284) (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Committee substitute printed 26105818D-S1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Senate subcommittee offered (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB284) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102126D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2026-02-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230135.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230134.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231634.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231633.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229224.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229223.PDF)

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- HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements. (introduced)
- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230135.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230134.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231634.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231633.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229224.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229223.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB284-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).