Direct Aid to Public Education [197]
Secretarial Area: Education
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $5,607,593,113 $1,496,381,028 $7,103,974,141
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $4,769,832,540 $1,691,260,353 $6,461,092,893
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $4,713,346,558 $1,535,005,514 $6,248,352,072
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $4,891,155,762 $1,440,475,628 $6,331,631,390
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $5,172,176,944 $1,513,919,428 $6,686,096,372
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $5,240,274,596 $1,551,511,573 $6,791,786,169
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $5,405,446,474 $1,616,964,155 $7,022,410,629
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation $5,498,605,141 $1,532,228,378 $7,030,833,519
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments ($96,414,067) $84,235,777 ($12,178,290)
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $3,255,400 $500,000 $3,755,400
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $5,560,264,011 $1,778,941,425 $7,339,205,436
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation $5,590,497,356 $1,495,614,825 $7,086,112,181
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments ($44,811,209) $180,048,703 $135,237,494
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $14,577,864 $103,277,897 $117,855,761
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Capture teacher retirement fund savings Decision Package
  Captures teacher retirement fund savings generated by the application of lower teacher retirement fund rates following the one-time transfer of $150 million in Literary Fund proceeds to the outstanding ten-year deferred contribution balance of $506.1 million. The remaining balance is then re-amortized over the remaining six-year amortization period to produce the savings amount.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($10,400,131)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $150,000,000
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect the amount of Lottery proceeds available for appropriation. The adjustment includes additional revenue of $4.5 million in FY 2015 and $21.7 million in FY 2016. The FY 2015 adjustment also includes $3.0 million in Lottery fund balances remaining at the end of FY 2014.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($7,453,753) ($21,665,218)
Nongeneral Fund $7,452,869 $21,667,925
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Appropriate additional Lottery revenues Decision Package
  Distributes funding from the reversion account created in HB5010 to Direct Aid to Public Education by replacing general fund spending with additional revenues in the Lottery Proceeds Fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($28,100,881) $0
Nongeneral Fund $28,100,881 $0
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Appropriate additional Literary Fund proceeds for teacher retirement Decision Package
  Provides additional proceeds from the Literary Fund to fund teacher retirement costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($25,000,000) $0
Nongeneral Fund $25,000,000 $0
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Appropriate additional Literary Fund proceeds Decision Package
  Transfers revenues from additional Literary Fund proceeds from a reversion account to the appropriate program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($15,000,000) $0
Nongeneral Fund $15,000,000 $0
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Correct Literary Fund appropriation Decision Package
  Corrects the amount of Literary Fund supporting teacher retirement costs based on actions taken during the 2014 General Assembly Session.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $10,000,000 $9,750,000
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Update costs for Lottery accounts Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for Lottery funded programs based on actual participation in FY 2015 and updated projections for FY 2016.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($12,183,803) ($4,132,994)
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Update costs of the Standards of Quality (SOQ) Decision Package
  Provides for the update of Standards of Quality accounts based on fall membership, average daily membership, and other technical adjustments. These updates do not reflect changes in policy but adjust the cost of continuing current programs with the required data revisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,433,109) ($7,757,440)
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Adjust sales tax distribution for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for local school divisions based on the latest sales tax projections provided by the Department of Taxation. The amounts represent the net change in state funding, as required by the Basic Aid formula.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,402,706) ($3,624,989)
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Replace revenue decline in driver education funds Decision Package
  Replaces a decline in revenue from driver's license renewal fees with general fund support due to the extension of the validity of a license to eight years. A portion of the fee to renew driver's licenses supports the cost of driver education programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,317,973 $1,369,222
Nongeneral Fund ($1,317,973) ($1,369,222)
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Update costs of categorical programs Decision Package
  Updates the costs of current programs with the required data revisions. Categorical funding supports educational programs such as special education, adult education, Virtual Virginia, the school lunch program, adult literacy, and the American Indian Treaty Commitment, that exceed the foundation of the Standards of Quality. State or federal statutes or regulations mandate most categorical programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,304,955) ($694,417)
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Update annual school-age population count Decision Package
  Updates funding for the Standards of Quality accounts in 2016 based on the latest yearly estimate of school-age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,627,172
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Provide School Breakfast Program incentive funding Decision Package
  Provides funding to school divisions for innovative methods of serving breakfasts to unserved or underserved children.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $537,297
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Update cost of incentive accounts Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain educational programs exceeding the foundation of the Standards of Quality. These programs are designed to address educational needs of specific targeted student populations. Funding for these programs is primarily formula-driven and subject to changes in fall membership, participation rates, and test scores.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $147,167 ($69,711)
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Increase Virginia Preschool Initiative participation Decision Package
  Authorizes the transfer of allocated Preschool slots that have not been used by school divisions to other divisions that have fully utilized their state allocated slots. The additional slots will allow divisions with full participation to offer preschool programs to children on waiting lists.
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Provide Incentive Pay Increase for Teacher and Support Positions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $52.8 million the second year from the general fund for instructional and support positions the state's share of a 1.5 percent salary increase for funded SOQ instructional and support positions and for a 1.5% salary incentive for the Academic Year Governor's Schools instructional and support positions. Although state funding is calculated based on 1.5 percent with an effective date of August 16, 2015, the local required match is based on a average of 1.5 percent with an effective date of no later than January 1, 2016, and divisions must certify that a minimum 1.5 percent increase will be provided to employees by this date. The amendment specifies that in meeting the salary increases to be eligible for this incentive funding, school divisions may not include any increases that were provided in fiscal year 2016 to offset the cost of required member contributions to the VRS. Furthermore, this allocation is contingent on the state revenue forecast performance pursuant to the provisions set out in Item 467.O.1.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $52,865,367
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Provide Additional Literary Funds to Teacher Retirement General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $25.0 million in the second year from additional Literary Fund revenues from the sale of old unclaimed stocks for teacher retirement costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($25,000,000)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $25,000,000
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Capture Reduced VRS Rate for Teacher Group General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $2.8 million the second year from the general fund from the application of lower teacher retirement fund rates following the one-time transfer of $42.9 million in Literary Fund proceeds to the outstanding ten-year deferred contribution balance of $356.1 million. The remaining balance of $313.2 million is then reamortized over the remaining six-year amortization period to produce the savings amount. The VRS teacher rate was recalculated based on the lowered deferred contribution amount and reflects a change from 14.50 percent to 14.06 percent for FY 2016.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($2,798,754)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $42,884,000
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Redirect Interest Rate Subsidy Grants to VRS General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment re-purposes the $25.0 million in the second year from Interest Rate Subsidy grants to reflect $19.2 million for teacher retirement costs and $2.9 million for additional school construction loans and $2.9 million to pay down a portion of the remaining outstanding balance of the deferred contribution of the unfunded liability for teacher retirement. The $2.9 million adjustment for the deferred contribution is reflected in a companion amendment in this item.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($19,232,000)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $19,232,000
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Reflect Allocation for VPI+ Model Federal Grant General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reflects the funding for year one of a four-year award from the federal preschool expansion grant, January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2018. The VPI+ model includes research-tested professional development and curriculum, community partnerships, and comprehensive services and pathways to fully engage parents and families. Participating localities, selected based on unmet need/unused slots, not meeting the kindergarten literacy assessment benchmark, and poverty concentration include: Brunswick, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Giles, Henrico, Norfolk, Petersburg, Prince William, Richmond, Sussex, and Winchester. By the end of the grant period, over 3,100 four year-olds at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line will be served. There is a companion amendment in DOE Central Office for the remainder of the funds.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $500,000 $16,161,897
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Revise Sales Tax Revenue Estimated Forecast General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a net increase of $3.2 million the first year and $5.7 million the second year from the general fund to reflect the revised sales tax revenue forecast. The sales tax dedicated to public education is projected to increase by $7.4 million in fiscal year 2015 and $12.9 million in fiscal year 2016, and the SOQ Basic Aid offset equals $4.2 million and $7.2 million, respectively.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,243,963 $5,676,739
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Extend Timeframe for Year-round Grant Spending General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $4.8 million the second year from the general fund to increase the state's allocation from $2.4 million to $7.2 million in funding for a targeted extended school year incentive. Funding is based on start-up grants of up to $300,000 per school up to a total of three years. The grant award may be up to $400,000 in the case of schools that are in a Denied Accreditation status. Except for any school that has a Denied Accreditation status, all other participating schools shall be required to provide a 20% local funding match. After the third consecutive year of successful participation, an eligible school's grant amount shall be based on a shared split of the grant between the state and participating school division's local composite index. All participating schools shall be required to submit an evaluation assessment report of the planning and progress of the extended year or year round model implemented no later than August 1 each year to the Department of Education (DOE). The DOE is directed to develop the appropriate and effective evaluation matrix for school divisions to use. In addition, the DOE is directed to also submit the evaluation reports from the participating school divisions to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than October 1 each year. To date, at least 31 schools in 13 divisions either have extended year programs, have been awarded planning grants or start-up grants, or have expressed interest in such programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $4,750,000
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Update Kindergarten Enrollment Used in PreK General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $2.9 million the second year from the general fund as a result of updating the projected fiscal year 2016 kindergarten enrollment used in the Virginia Preschool Initiative program based on using actual September 30, 2014, kindergarten enrollment in the projections for each division.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($2,868,788)
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Provide Teacher Residency Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 the second year from the general fund for grants to eligible Virginia universities' education schools and Petersburg and Norfolk school divisions to begin a Teacher Residency program. These two new programs will be modeled after the one currently in place between VCU and Richmond City school division, which has been in existence since 2010, and is an intensive, school-based teacher preparation training program. The program is designed to help address the unique challenges of teaching in an urban environment. JLARC, in its June 2014 study of Low Performing Schools in Urban High Poverty Communities,recommended expanding the teacher residency program model to additional school divisions, such as Petersburg and Norfolk.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $500,000
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Reduce funding to Project Discovery General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment saves $275,000 in the second year from the general fund by funding Project Discovery at the fiscal year 2014 budget amount.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($275,000)
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Create High School Innovation Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 the second year from the general fund to support five grants of up to $50,000 each for planning for High School Program Innovation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Expand Virtual Virginia General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 the second year from the general fund to support the Virtual Virginia program. The funding will be directed toward the Department of Education hiring additional teachers as well as providing additional seats for student enrollment. The Virtual Virginia program offers pre-Advanced Placement (AP), honors and AP classes as well as academic electives and world languages. The program is designed to meet the needs of students who otherwise would not be able to take these courses due to a lack of availability or scheduling conflicts within their school. Eligible students enroll in Virtual Virginia through their local schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Fund Virginia Early Childhood Foundation General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 the second year from the general fund to the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Capture National Board Certification Balances General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $150,000 the first year from the general fund in savings for lower participation in the National Board Teacher Certification initiative based on final actual figures reported by the Department of Education for the year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($150,000) $0
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Make Technical Adjustment for Norton School-Age Population General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $123,000 the first year from the general fund to Norton City Public School Division to address a technical adjustment needed relative to the school-aged population estimate reported by Weldon Cooper Center but was inadvertently overlooked.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $123,000 $0
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Fund Virginia STEAM Academy General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $100,000 the second year from the general fund for summer enrichment academies and continued development of the Virginia STEAM Academy. State resources will be used to leverage private sector investment to meet the full cost of deliverables.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $100,000
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Fund Regional Northern Neck Technical Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment allocates $60,300 the second year from the general fund to provide funding to the Northern Neck Technical Center (NNTC). The NNTC provides students opportunities to: 1) gain work experience in business and industry; 2) participate in programs that combine academic and technical content, using a hands-on approach that makes learning relevant to the job market; 3) develop academic, computer, technical, leadership, and workplace readiness skills; 4) earn college credit through dual-enrollment courses with two- and four-year colleges and universities that will enable them to earn a degree in a shorter period of time; and 5) earn nationally recognized industry certifications and licensures that will connect them to high-tech, high-paying careers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $60,300
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Increase funding to Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $50,000 the second year from the general fund to increase the allocation from $58,905 to $108,905 for the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium to expand the research and development phase of improving the technology linkage in that region of the state.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $50,000
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Make Technical Adjustment for Linwood Holton Governor's School General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment provides $38,437 the first year from the general fund to the Linwood Holton Governor's School to reflect the increase in student enrollment for the 2015 spring semester. The introduced budget included funding for 180 students, however, the spring enrollment is now estimated to be 215 students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $38,437 $0
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Allow PreK Balances for Start-up Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment requires DOE to offer any unobligated balances for one-time grants, with priority to proposals to expand the use of partnerships with either nonprofit or for-profit providers, as is currently allowed but limited in actual use. This is in lieu of new provisions proposed in the introduced budget authorizing unused but appropriated funds for the Virginia Preschool Initiative for at-risk four-year-olds to school divisions that have used 100 percent of their state allocated slots and also have waiting lists beginning the second year (instead of sweeping end-of-year balances that may exist even after assumed nonparticipation). Under the introduced budget, the number of slots allocated would have been determined using the balance of the number of slots estimated to calculate the fiscal year 2016 appropriation and the number of actual slots to be used for fiscal year 2016 as reported on the May 15th Pre-K grant proposals submitted by school divisions. Current budget language authorizes DOE to expend unobligated balances for grants to qualifying school divisions for one-time expenses, other than capital, related to start-up or expansion of programs.
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Amend Local Govt. and School Consolidation Process General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reflects a recommendation of the September 2014 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's Report on Local Government and School Division Consolidation to eliminate current references to additional state funding for future consolidations based on the local composite index, pending additional analysis. The amendment does not change the current funding status of previous consolidations. The report found that the current approach has minimal analytical basis or link to costs, benefits, or complexity. There is a companion amendment in Item 107, Department of Housing and Community Development, Commission on Local Government under the Governmental Affairs Services.
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Clarify PreK Eligibility General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment better aligns the Virginia Preschool Initiative program's participation eligibility with the program's funding formula.
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Conduct DOE Survey on VPSA Technology Leases General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Education to assess, via a survey, the extent of local interest in using the education technology grants for lease expenditures if allowable sources of funding were available for such expenditures. Currently, state VPSA technology grants per division and school are funded with five-year tax-exempt notes, which may not be in turn used for lease expenditures.
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Consolidate Breakfast Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment provides flexibility to school divisions such that they can participate in a new pilot 'Breakfast After the Bell' model for their elementary schools where student eligibility for free or reduced lunch is greater than 45.0 percent; or the schools have the option to continue to expand the existing traditional school breakfast program to receive additional reimbursement for meals to all grade level students. Schools participating in the pilot shall evaluate and submit a report on the impact, including certain itemized components. DOE shall compile the aggregated results and submit to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees.
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Create School Efficiency Model General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Planning and Budget to develop a matrix of best practices and common recommendations previously reported in School Efficiency Reviews such that school divisions may use the model as a guideline for self-directed improvements toward better financial management and use of school division resources.
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Expand device eligibility for VPSA education technology General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment expands the type of equipment that school divisions can purchase with their supplemental educational technology funds from just "tablets" to any "laptops and tablets".
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Provide Clarification for Adjustments in Federal Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment shows that it is the intent of the General Assembly that in any fiscal year when revenues received or budgeted by the Commonwealth, applicable to any public education program, which were derived from a federally funded grant or program and subsequently realize a decrease in such funding levels, that the Commonwealth will not supplant any of the decreased federal funding received or budgeted with any general fund revenues from the Commonwealth.
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Provide Flexibility for Teach For America Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment directs any remaining annual balance to be carried over to the next fiscal year for this program.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 01-25-2026 03:16:44