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Division proposes raises and regrades: teacher starting pay to $57,277, bus drivers and nurses targeted for increases
Summary
In a Feb. 3 presentation, staff proposed increasing teacher starting pay to $57,277 (with a $60,000 goal), raising bus-driver starting pay, regrading nurse positions and making scale adjustments across instructional assistants, substitutes and graded positions to improve recruitment and retention.
Chesterfield County staff outlined a wide-ranging FY27 compensation proposal on Feb. 3 that would raise starting teacher pay, adjust scales for support staff and propose targeted regrades for nurses and other hard-to-fill roles.
At the board’s budget work session, Dr. Huff said the division proposes increasing teacher starting pay to $57,277 and adding step increases intended to produce about a 5% total raise for experienced teachers. “The proposal is to increase teacher starting pay to 57,277. ... And our future goal of course is $60,000,” Dr. Huff told the board.
Why it matters: school leaders said these changes are intended to retain staff and remain competitive in the Richmond-area market after several years of turnover and changing market dynamics. Dr. Huff cited…
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