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W.Va. Lawmakers Pass Budget Relying on Reserves

West Virginia lawmakers have passed a budget that dips into millions of dollars in reserves and gives public employees raises.
 
The Senate voted 25-9 and the House of Delegates voted 77-18 Friday to pass next year’s budget. The bill would take $147 million from the state’s $922 million Rainy Day Fund to cover a projected shortfall.
 
The plan includes $1,000 across-the-board raises for teachers, 2-percent raises for school service personnel and $504 raises for public employees.
 
House lawmakers, who face re-election this year, opposed increasing the cigarette or sales taxes.

The budget adds $5 million for a Medicaid program that offers seniors in-home care. It also strips $9 million from the attorney general’s consumer protection program.
 
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will now consider line-by-line vetoes in the spending plan.
 

W.Va. House Education Committee Increases Amount in Teacher Raise Bill

House Education Committee has voted to increase pay for West Virginia teachers and service personnel significantly. The amended bill increases teacher…

House Education Committee has voted to increase pay for West Virginia teachers and service personnel significantly.
 
The amended bill increases teacher salaries $6,000 across-the-board over three years. Pay would increase $1,000 the first year, $2,000 the next, and $3,000 the third.
 
As the bill stands Monday, service personnel would see a $3,000 raise over three years.
 
The bill was introduced by Delegate David Walker after he expressed concern over a proposal to give teachers a $1,500 raise. He said not including service personnel beyond the already allotted 2 percent was discriminatory.
 
When the Senate voted on the bill last week, it granted teachers an $834 raise.
 
Several members spoke out in opposition to the bill, calling it fiscally irresponsible.
 
The bill will go to House Finance.
 

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