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Goochland supervisors signal support for 3% teacher pay increase, weigh health-insurance cost-sharing
Summary
At a joint Goochland County Board of Supervisors and school board work session, officials discussed a market-competitive 3% teacher pay increase and options to share rising health-insurance costs so employees'take-home pay is not eroded. Staff provided cost scenarios ahead of a May 5 decision.
Goochland County officials and school leaders signaled support for a market-competitive 3% pay increase for teachers and sought guidance on how to handle a near-term spike in health-insurance premiums.
Dr. Armstrong, presenting the school division's budget context, said the local cost of a 3% salary increase (combined local, state and federal sources) is roughly $1.1 million and that the schools had modeled options for absorbing some or all of a 9.1% insurance premium increase. "Three percent is our priority," Dr. Armstrong said, adding that the…
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