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Fluvanna schools present $57.3 million budget request citing pay, insurance and staffing gaps
Summary
School leaders presented the Fluvanna County School Division—s adopted budget to the Board of Supervisors, seeking $57,326,467 and highlighting compensation, a projected rise in health insurance costs and the need to restore instructional and leadership positions cut after the 2010 downturn.
The school division presented its adopted FY2026 spending request of $57,326,467 to the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, emphasizing three priority areas: compensation, health insurance and staffing.
School staff member (presenter) said the budget request reflects a focus on “compensation, health insurance, and then staffing,” and that the division used a multi-year salary study and extensive stakeholder feedback to shape the request.
The request includes the 3% salary increase included in the current state budget. The school presentation noted the division has fallen behind peer localities on pay and that a single 3% increase would not close existing gaps. The presenter described prior multi-year pay adjustments that ranged from minimum increases tied to the state raise to targeted steps that in previous years reached up to 13% (and for some teachers as much as 18%).
On health insurance, school staff told supervisors the division is planning for a roughly 10% vendor price increase and proposes to…
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