In addition to raises, the VEA and two lawmakers — Del. Lashresce Aird, D-Petersburg, and Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond — are asking that the state fund its share of all the positions the Board of Education has recommended based on its staffing standards. That includes more social workers, nurses, psychologists, counselors, assistant principals and reading specialists whose positions haven’t been funded because of a state cap that’s been in place since the 2008 recession. Most localities fund those positions on their own now.