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Vol. 35, No. 38 | Richmond Suburban News | January 23, 2019

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Gill’s budget proposal includes pay hike Some county teachers could receive more than 3 percent increase in the 2019-2020 plan By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local ASHLAND -- Hanover County School Board members got their first look at the superintendent’s proposed 2019-2020 budget at a special meeting held Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Central Office. Dr. Michael Gill’s $194.5 million operating budget proposal contained a 3 percent across-the-board raise for school employees and an adjustment to the current teacher scale. Gov. Ralph Northam has introduced a budget that includes a 5 percent raise for Standard of Quality positions or about two-thirds of Hanover’s teachers. The proposed 3 percent increase, combined with last year’s 2 percent increase, equates to 5 percent this biennium and qualifies the county for those state funds should the Governor’s budget be

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Dr. Michael Gill, above, presented his 2019-2020 budget proposal to the Hanover County School Board on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Shown in the photo at right are, from left, board members Roger Bourassa, Bob Hundley and Sue Dibble.

adopted. The increase is largely funded by locally generated dollars. To provide the 3 percent raise will cost the system about $4.5 million, with the state contributing about $1.1

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million to the funding. The adjustment to the pay scale also provides welcomed news for about onethird of Hanover teachers who are stuck in compressed pay grades. In some cases, teachers

who have years of experience do not receive any increase when moving from step to step. Gill said this is the first step in correcting that inequity, and allotted funding to

ensure there is at least $200 from one grade to another at a cost of about $200,000. This means about a third of teachers will receive more than the 3 percent raise prosee BUDGET, pg. 4

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