State Council of Higher Education for Virginia [245]
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
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $71,763,974 $9,605,771 $81,369,745
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $75,201,949 $11,134,795 $86,336,744
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $77,890,077 $9,425,506 $87,315,583
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $80,988,536 $9,425,506 $90,414,042
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $81,272,260 $9,426,916 $90,699,176
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $82,793,038 $9,430,265 $92,223,303
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $91,646,279 $7,241,490 $98,887,769
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget $82,793,038 $9,430,265 $92,223,303
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments $8,987,741 ($1,762,775) $7,224,966
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments ($134,500) ($426,000) ($560,500)
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $121,256,425 $7,241,548 $128,497,973
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget $82,793,038 $9,430,265 $92,223,303
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments $9,069,224 ($1,859,717) $7,209,507
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments $29,394,163 ($329,000) $29,065,163
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 30.00 15.00 45.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 31.00 17.00 48.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 31.00 17.00 48.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 32.00 17.00 49.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 34.00 17.00 51.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 36.00 17.00 53.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 45.00 17.00 62.00
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget 36.00 17.00 53.00
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments 9.00 0.00 9.00
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 45.00 17.00 62.00
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget 36.00 17.00 53.00
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments 9.00 0.00 9.00
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Distribute savings to agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Moves savings budgeted centrally in Paragraph A, Item 471.10, Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly from Central Appropriations to the individual budgets of state agencies.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($669,009) ($669,009)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee retirement rates to 80 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.H. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. A companion adjustment provides funding to increase state employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $76,445 $76,445
Nongeneral Fund $19,683 $19,683
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded two percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.P. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,743 $50,743
Nongeneral Fund $9,642 $9,642
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Adjust appropriation to accelerate the employer retirement contribution phase in schedule Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.U. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $40,336 $40,336
Nongeneral Fund $7,568 $7,568
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded compression pay adjustment for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the compression pay adjustment for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.Q. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $29,911 $29,911
Nongeneral Fund $5,682 $5,682
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded health insurance costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.G. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $24,319 $24,319
Nongeneral Fund $5,777 $5,777
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Adjust appropriation for changes in information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the changes in information technology costs budgeted in Central Appropriations, Items 468.M. and 470.B. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,154 $5,154
Nongeneral Fund $1,328 $1,328
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded increase in internal service fund costs due to salary adjustments Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation to agencies to offset increases in internal service fund costs due to the salary and benefit adjustments in Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,049 $6,049
Nongeneral Fund $139 $139
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee other post employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.K.3. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,998 $2,998
Nongeneral Fund $772 $772
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Establish innovation fund Decision Package
  Creates an innovation fund to stimulate collaboration among public school divisions, community colleges and universities to create and expand affordable student pathways. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,500,000 $2,500,000
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Eliminate nongeneral fund appropriation for the college access challenge grant Decision Package
  A technical adjustment eliminating appropriation for the college access challenge grant. This program was eliminated by the federal government.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($2,240,031) ($2,240,031)
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Provide funding for cyber security scholarship program Decision Package
  Provides scholarship funding for students electing cyber security as a major, requiring a work commitment in Virginia government upon graduation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,500,000 $1,500,000
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Provide funding to sustain and increase electronic collections (VIVA) Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for electronic resources, including additional ebooks, for the Virtual Library of Virginia program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,220,994 $1,282,045
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Provide funding for the Virginia Longitudinal Data System Decision Package
  Provides funding to maintain and enhance capacity of the longitudinal data system.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,150,000 $1,300,000
Positions 3.00 3.00
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Increase funding for Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (TAG) Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the Tuition Assistance Grant program, increasing the individual undergraduate award amount to $3,400.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Provide funding for cyber security centers of excellence at Virginia's four year public colleges and universities Decision Package
  Provides grant funding through the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to help support Virginia's four year public institutions to qualify as federal cyber security centers of excellence.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Enhance and promote data analytics in Virginia Decision Package
  Provides funding to hire staff to create a conducive environment for the teaching, research and job creation surrounding advanced data analytics.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $562,000 $562,000
Nongeneral Fund $426,000 $329,000
Positions 3.00 3.00
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Enhance capacity for higher education analysis Decision Package
  Provides staff to assist the State Council of Higher Education in meeting the language requirements of the appropriation act.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $300,000
Positions 3.00 3.00
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Increase funding for Virginia Military Survivors and Dependent Program (VMSDP) Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Program due to expanded participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $50,000
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Study to establish entity to investigate sexual assaults on college campuses Decision Package
  Provides funding to study the possible creation of a Virginia higher education regional center for investigation and adjudication of criminal incidents of sexual and gender-based violence on college campuses.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $0
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Provide funding for the use of automation in introductory courses Decision Package
  Provides funding for incentive grants to encourage institutions of higher education to use automation in introductory courses to reduce costs and enhance student success.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Provide funding for educational resources for low- or no-cost textbooks Decision Package
  Provides one-time grant funding for the implementation of low-cost or no-cost textbook degree programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $30,000 $0
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Adjust appropriation for the costs of the new Cardinal financial system Decision Package
  Reflects the agency's share of the costs of the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,798 $8,191
Nongeneral Fund $877 $922
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Adjust appropriation to support workers' compensation premiums Decision Package
  Supports the agency's workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3 $42
Nongeneral Fund ($212) ($199)
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Require the Virginia Women's Leadership Program at Mary Baldwin College to provide annual reports Decision Package
  A language amendment that requires the Virginia Women's Leadership Program at Mary Baldwin College to submit a report annually to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, and the Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, on the number of in-state and out-of-state students receiving financial support from the program and the number of students receiving commissions into the United States Armed Forces.
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Transfer appropriation for two year transfer grant program to the correct program Decision Package
  A language and technical adjustment to transfer funding for the Two Year College Transfer Grant program to the student financial assistance program to maintain consistency in this program.
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Transfer appropriation to cover federal student financial assistance initiatives Decision Package
  A technical adjustment transferring appropriation to cover other expenditures.
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Transfer nongneral fund appopriation Decision Package
  Technical adjustment to permanently transfer appropriation for Item#144.H from fund 1000 to fund 0280. This is a housekeeping adjustment to move the appropriation to fund 0280.
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Update language for student financial assistance Decision Package
  Edits language to clarify the the definition of student financial need.
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Undergraduate Financial Aid Reform General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides for additional in-state undergraduate financial aid that will be allocated based on the financial aid reform recommendations of the Joint Subcommittee on the Future Competitiveness of Virginia Higher Education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $24,098,663
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Fund the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $12.5 million over the biennium for the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program as created in House Bill 66 and Senate Bill 576. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall administer this program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,000,000 $8,500,000
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Repurpose Proposed New Initiatives General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment repurposes proposed new initiatives at the State Council of Higher Education to higher priority funding requirements within the budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,134,500) ($4,204,500)
Nongeneral Fund ($426,000) ($329,000)
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Correct TAG Award and Repurpose New Initiative Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment corrects an error in the introduced budget for the maximum amount of the Tuition Assistance Grant award achievable based on the funding provided. The amendment also re-purposes proposed new cyber security initiative funding for higher priorities in the budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,500,000) ($1,500,000)
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VA Degree Completion Network General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.0 million from the general fund the first year and $2.0 million from the general fund the second year for the Virginia Degree Completion Network (VDCN), a program that will be collaboratively provided between George Mason University and Old Dominion University initially. The language in the amendment expands the target population and requires a report in the first year prior to the full implementation of the Network.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $2,000,000
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Establish cybersecurity scholarship for public service grant program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment creates a new scholarship program under the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage individuals pursuing cybersecurity degrees to work for Virginia state government upon graduation. Given the higher wages typically available in the private sector, it is difficult for state government to attract talented cybersecurity individuals to help Virginia ensure it can protect its automated systems and sensitive information from attack or infiltration. The proposed scholarship program would require state government service for every year that scholarship funding is provided. This program mimics a successful program presently utilized by the federal government to attract cybersecurity talent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000


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