VEA opposes requiring local employees to begin paying share of pension costs
March 29, 2010 | Virginia News
Virginia is proposing to give local governments an option that many teachers don't want them to have -- requiring local employees to begin paying a share of their annual pension costs.
The Virginia Education Association, which represents about 60,000 teachers and other school workers, has asked Gov. Bob McDonnell to amend the proposed state budget to eliminate the opportunity for local school boards and governing bodies to change their minds about paying the full retirement cost for current employees.
The organization argues that local employees should be treated no differently than state workers, who dodged the same threat this year when the General Assembly killed a proposal to require current employees to pay a portion of annual pension contributions.
Like state employees, who were promised almost 30 years ago that the state would pay the cost instead of giving them a raise, teachers say they have forgone pay increases in exchange for help on pensions.
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