| Issue |
Governor's Proposal |
Senate |
House |
| Car-tax cut |
$493 million to phase out tax on first $20,000 of vehicle's value |
$474 million to phase out tax on first $15,000 of value |
$388 million to cut both the car tax and the 4.5 percent sales tax on food |
| Food-tax cut |
None, opposes |
None |
Calls for cuts to food sales tax as part of plan to cut car tax |
| School construction |
None, seeks study |
$100 million more in low interest loans to local districts |
$110 million in grants to local districts |
| Tax cut on non-prescription drugs |
$20 million to cut 4.5 percent sales tax on over-the-counter medicine |
Same |
Same |
| New teachers |
$58 million to hire 2,000 more elementary school teachers than needed to meet enrollment growth |
Same as governor's plan |
$59 million to reduce class sizes for K-3rd grade to as low as 15 students; adds reading specialists |
State worker
pay raises |
2.25 percent each year |
4.1 percent in first year; no raise in second year |
3.5 percent in each year |
| Teacher pay raises |
2.25 percent |
5.8 percent |
5.7 percent |
| Chesapeake Bay |
$60 million to clean bay tributaries |
Same as governor's plan |
$52 million for bay cleanup, $8 million for other environment programs |
| Northern Virginia road bond |
Opposes in principle |
$96 million |
$96 million |
| Children's health insurance |
$30 million plan to cover 57,000 children in low-income families |
$37 million plan to cover 83,000 children |
$37 million plan to cover 83,000 children |
