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City council re-adopts FY2024-25 budget; school board thanks council for full funding and staff raises

5065499 ยท June 24, 2025

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Newport News City Council re-adopted the fiscal-year 2024-25 budget on June 24 by a 7-0 vote. The school board chair told council the schools' 2025-26 budget was fully funded and highlighted a 3% pay increase for employees and a rise in starting pay for new teachers, while noting graduation and achievement statistics.

Newport News City Council on June 24 re-adopted the city's ordinance to operate for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. The council closed the public hearing on the budget and then voted to adopt the ordinance; recorded roll-call votes show the measure carried 7-0.

At the meeting, the chair of the Newport News Public Schools board addressed council and thanked members for fully funding the school division's budget for the 2025-26 school year. The school board chair (name not specified in the transcript) said the full funding will allow the school system to continue current initiatives and departments, and announced employees will receive a 3% salary increase. The chair also said starting pay for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree will increase "from 55.1 to 56 a year" as stated in the transcript (the record did not specify units).

The school board chair detailed student outcomes for the class of 2025: more than $85,000,000 in scholarships and awards, approximately 2,400 acceptance offers from colleges, universities and military institutions, and a graduation rate reported in the remarks as 93 percent, which the chair said is higher than the state average. The chair also listed several school recognitions and individual student state championships and awards.

Council members recorded no amendments during the roll calls on the readoption. No members of the public spoke on the budget at the public hearing, according to the transcript. The council's adoption of the ordinance reauthorizes spending and appropriation authority for the stated FY24-25 period.

The school board remarks were presented as prepared remarks for the record; the chair expressed appreciation for the council's support and highlighted staff pay increases and student achievements as immediate outcomes of the budget decisions.