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
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 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $5,405,446,474 $1,616,964,155 $7,022,410,629
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $5,520,990,008 $1,786,229,047 $7,307,219,055
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $5,675,304,086 $1,698,600,564 $7,373,904,650
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $5,962,959,274 $1,680,290,210 $7,643,249,484
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $6,273,121,194 $1,808,802,989 $8,081,924,183
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget $6,030,019,145 $1,618,592,256 $7,648,611,401
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments $206,467,180 $184,350,733 $390,817,913
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $36,634,869 $5,860,000 $42,494,869
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $6,451,298,933 $1,804,662,989 $8,255,961,922
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget $6,030,019,145 $1,618,592,256 $7,648,611,401
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments $309,370,973 $174,350,733 $483,721,706
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments $111,908,815 $11,720,000 $123,628,815
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Increase federal appropriation Base Budget Adjustment
  Increases the Direct Aid to Public Education federal appropriation to more accurately reflect increased grant awards and payments to local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $165,208,336 $165,208,336
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Update costs of the Standards of Quality (SOQ) Decision Package
  Updates costs of the Standards of Quality (SOQ) for the 2018-2020 biennium. The SOQ programs are updated biennially to reflect changes in enrollment, funded instructional salaries, school instructional and support expenditures, and other technical factors. These adjustments address the cost of continuing current programs with the required data revisions and do not reflect changes in policy.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $232,843,628 $254,683,252
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds from $546.5 million to $586.7 million in each year of the 2018-2020 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($40,177,397) ($40,177,397)
Nongeneral Fund $40,177,397 $40,177,397
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Decrease Literary Fund support for school employee retirement contributions Decision Package
  Adjusts the use of Literary Funds used to support public school employee retirement contributions based on the latest forecast provided by the Department of Treasury.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $35,000,000 $45,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($35,000,000) ($45,000,000)
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Increase salaries for public school positions Decision Package
  Provides funding for the state's share of a two percent salary increase for instructional and support positions recognized by the Standards of Quality funding model, effective December 1, 2019.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $51,299,725
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Capture savings from estimated Virginia Preschool Initiative nonparticipation Decision Package
  Captures expected savings from the Virginia Preschool Initiative program based on an anticipated percentage of unused student slots calculated through the 2018-2020 biennium rebenchmarking process.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($23,951,337) ($23,955,047)
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Adjust funding for retirement and retiree health care credit changes Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect changes in the employer contribution rates for teacher retirement from 16.32 percent to 15.68 percent and the retiree health care credit from 1.23 percent to 1.20 percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($22,496,926) ($22,568,594)
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Update sales tax revenues for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the latest sales tax projections provided by the Department of Taxation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $14,513,836 $28,207,071
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Transfer appropriation for pass-through funds supporting federal nutrition programs Decision Package
  Transfers the appropriation for federal pass-through funds for the Summer Food Service Program and the At-Risk Afterschool Meals component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program from the Virginia Department of Health to the Virginia Department of Education. This transfer is in accordance with Item 294.H. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $14,250,000 $14,250,000
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Provide no loss funding to localities Decision Package
  Provides funding to ensure that no locality loses state funding for public education in fiscal year 2019 as compared to that locality's fiscal year 2018 state distribution.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $11,501,710 $0
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Fund one full-time principal in every elementary school Decision Package
  Funds one full-time principal in every elementary school based on the Virginia Board of Education's recommendations to amend the Standards of Quality. Standard Two currently requires school divisions to employ a full-time principal in all schools, except for elementary schools with 299 or fewer students, which are only required to employ a half-time principal. The role of the principal has grown increasingly complex, and the principal is essential to ensure that schools are safe and secure. The principal serves as the instructional leader and building manager, in addition to implementing school improvement practices. For small schools, accomplishing this between two geographically distant schools is logistically difficult, as has been recognized by the staffing practices utilized in most of Virginia's small elementary schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,656,937
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Increase funding for the At-Risk Add-On Program Decision Package
  Provides additional funds to local school divisions through the At-Risk Add-On program, which supports programs for students who are educationally at-risk.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,134,241
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Capture savings from revised student enrollment projections Decision Package
  Updates the state cost for Direct Aid using enrollment projections based on the latest fall membership counts, which are lower than projected.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,127,107) ($1,334,621)
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Update sales tax distribution for school age population Decision Package
  Updates the sales tax distribution to local school divisions based on the latest yearly estimate of school age population.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,608,945 $2,608,979
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Update costs of categorical programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for educational programs that are not included in the Standards of Quality. State or federal statutes or regulations mandate most categorical programs. These adjustments update the cost of continuing the current programs with the required data revisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,284,713) ($2,282,842)
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Continue Academic Year Governor's School per pupil and per course increases Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to continue increased support for the Academic Year Governor's Schools. The 2016-2018 biennial budget provides the state's share of a 2.5 percent increase in the tuition amount and the state's share of a $50.00 per course per student adjustment added after the 2.5 percent increase for these schools. Because budget language indicates that the adjustments are only to be effective for FY 2017 and FY 2018, these add-ons were removed during the 2018-2020 rebenchmarking process. This action reinstates the 2.5 percent tuition and $50.00 per course per student increases for the 2018-2020 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,273,742 $1,287,366
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Update composite index of local ability-to-pay Decision Package
  Updates accounts in Direct Aid for Public Education based on a biennial recalculation of the composite index, a measure of local ability-to-pay used to distribute funding to local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($778,550) ($908,847)
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Increase general fund support for driver education Decision Package
  Increases general fund appropriation based on a projected reduction in Department of Motor Vehicle revenues available to fund the portion of Basic Aid that supports driver education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $285,000 $285,000
Nongeneral Fund ($285,000) ($285,000)
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Move teacher computer science training appropriation from Direct Aid to the Virginia Community College System Decision Package
  Moves appropriation and associated budget language for teacher computer science training and professional development from Direct Aid to Public Education to the Virginia Community College System so the funds do not have to be transferred administratively. Budget language added in Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly, directs Northern Virginia Community College to contract to develop, market, and implement such training and professional development.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($550,000) ($550,000)
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Enhance funding for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Decision Package
  Increases funding to expand the number of schools implementing a system of positive behavioral interventions and supports with the goal of improving school climate and reducing disruptive behavior in the classrooms.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Establish competitive fund for principal retention and recruitment Decision Package
  Provides funds to support principal recruitment and retention in school divisions that have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Virginia Board of Education (BOE). This funding recognizes the value of strong leadership in turning around under-performing schools and retaining quality teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Provide funding for cyber security camps Decision Package
  Provides funding to support two-week camps dedicated to exposing high school students to careers in cyber security and providing foundational cyber security skills.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $480,000 $480,000
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Adjust funding for the school breakfast incentive program Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for the state-supported school breakfast incentive program using updated projections based on the actual number of meals served during the 2016-2017 school year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $331,180 $480,568
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Update costs of Lottery programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for Lottery-funded programs based on actual and updated projections for participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($23,665) $391,820
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Increase appropriation for National Board Certified Teacher bonuses Decision Package
  Provides additional support for National Board Certified Teacher bonuses based on the projected number of teachers eligible for this bonus in the 2018-2020 biennium. This funding reflects an increased number of candidates seeking the National Board Certification.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $110,038 $256,623
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Update free lunch data for Community Eligibility Provision participants Decision Package
  Updates free lunch data for Community Eligibility Provision program participants to reflect the most recent free lunch eligibility data available prior to that school's enrollment in the Community Eligibility Provision program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($167,303) ($178,147)
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Enhance funding for the Virginia Reading Corps Decision Package
  Increases funding for the Virginia Reading Corps to partner with school divisions to close the reading achievement gap in Virginia's public schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $300,000
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Enhance funding for Project Discovery Decision Package
  Increases funding for Project Discovery to expand services in Southside and Southwest Virginia. Project Discovery prepares and motivates low-income and first generation college-eligible students to access opportunities in higher education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $100,000
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Update costs of incentive programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain educational programs that are not included in 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 ($73,901) $104,886
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Fund praxis assistance for provisionally licensed minority teachers Decision Package
  Provides funding to better prepare minority teachers to pass the professional teacher's assessments required to convert from a provisionally (temporary) licensed teacher to a fully licensed teacher. All individuals seeking an initial Virginia teaching license must obtain passing scores on professional teacher's assessments prescribed by the Board of Education. With the exception of the career switcher program that requires assessments as prerequisites, individuals must complete the professional teacher's assessments within the three-year validity of the initial provisional license. This funding will support test fees and tutoring for provisionally licensed minority teachers seeking full licensure. Funds will be awarded as $10,000 grants to school divisions, teacher preparation programs, and/or nonprofit organizations in three different geographic regions of the state. This funding will help address Virginia's rapidly-growing teacher shortage as well as the under-represented minority population in the teacher workforce.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $50,000
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Amend budget language for Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Programs Decision Package
  Amends budget language for the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Programs to better target critical shortage areas and provide for more efficient program administration.
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Modify Breakfast After-the-Bell program eligibility and reimbursement Decision Package
  Modifies budget language for the Breakfast After-the-Bell program to expand program eligibility to middle and high schools, establish a reimbursement rate of $0.10 per breakfast meal for such schools, and extend the deadlines for school divisions and the Department of Education to submit the required program evaluation data.
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Modify budget language for the Targeted Extended School Year Grant Program Decision Package
  Modifies budget language for the Targeted Extended School Year program to communicate the intended flexibility that is allowable in program implementation and more accurately reflect the types of programming that schools may offer with these funds.
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Modify Early Reading Specialists Initiative and Math/Reading Specialists Initiative Decision Package
  Modifies language for the Early Reading Specialists Initiative and the Math/Reading Specialist Initiative to better utilize the available appropriation and streamline program administration.
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Modify language for Educational Technology Payments and Security Equipment Payments Decision Package
  Modifies budget language to more clearly present the amounts from the Literary Fund that the Department of Education must pay to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant and the security equipment grant programs conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority.
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Reallocate unused slots for the Virginia Preschool Initiative Decision Package
  Adds budget language under the Virginia Preschool Initiative to reallocate unused calculated slots to school divisions that utilized 100 percent of their calculated slots in the previous school year and have a waiting list for additional, unserved eligible children.
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Adjust salary increase for public school positions General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional funding to advance the salary increase for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions to July 1, 2019 from December 1, 2019 and to increase the salary increase from two percent to three percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $80,110,062
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Increase Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases support for the Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation by (i) providing $26.0 million in FY 2019 and $36.4 million in FY 2020 from the general fund to support the cost of several programs that are moved out of the Lottery-funded account and instead funded with general fund dollars, (ii) redirecting $11.5 million general fund in FY 2019 from the new No Loss payment for divisions losing state funding in FY 2019, and (iii) increasing projected Lottery proceeds by $5.9 million in FY 2019 and $11.7 million in FY 2020. The total of $43.4 million in FY 2019 and $48.1 million in FY 2020 in available Lottery revenues is added into the Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation account. The additional funds increase the percentage of the Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation from 32.6 percent to 40.0 percent of total Lottery revenues in the second year. The revised total amount of the Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation account equals $234.7 million in FY 2019 and $239.4 million in FY 2020.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $26,041,955 $36,366,934
Nongeneral Fund $5,860,000 $11,720,000
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Eliminate new funding for full-time principals in small elementary schools General Assembly Adjustment
  Eliminates funding to support a full-time principal in each elementary school. The Standards of Quality currently require school divisions to employ a full-time principal in all schools, except for elementary schools with 299 or fewer students, which are required to employ a part-time principal.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($7,754,249)
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Support small school divisions with enrollment loss General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional funding to support eligible small school divisions with fewer than 10,000 students in membership and a five percent or greater decline in average daily membership from 2013 to 2018.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,112,706 $0
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Provide Virginia Preschool Initiative teacher licensure incentives General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides funding to support related expenses for early childhood education teacher licensure requirements. School divisions can apply for funding to provide incentive support to provisionally licensed teachers to obtain their full licensure credentials, professional development, or coursework costs in early childhood education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,304,088 $2,306,100
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Increase Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amount General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases the formula allocation for the Virginia Preschool Initiative program's per pupil amount from $6,125 to $6,326 for full-day programs and from $3,062 to $3,163 for half-day programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,296,785 $2,297,150
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Update Special Education - Regional Tuition funding General Assembly Adjustment
  Updates the source data used to calculate the Special Education - Regional Tuition program payments.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,856,793) ($2,531,624)
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Eliminate new Governor's School funding methodology General Assembly Adjustment
  Eliminates the new funding formula for Academic Year Governor's Schools implemented during the 2016-2018 biennium and maintains the funding formula used in previous biennia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,273,742) ($1,287,366)
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Increase support for Teacher Residency Program partnerships General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional funding to increase the number of grant opportunities for teacher residency partnerships between university teacher preparation programs and local school divisions. Increased funding will support existing programs in the cities of Petersburg, Norfolk, and Richmond, as well as allow expansion of partnership opportunities to other school divisions and Virginia colleges and universities that credential teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Regional Career and Technical Education Centers General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides funding to support annual grants of $60,000 to each of the ten regional career and technical education (CTE) centers, as well as two new CTE schools in Winchester and Norfolk.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $720,000 $720,000
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Eliminate competitive fund for principal recruitment and retention General Assembly Adjustment
  Eliminates funding to support a principal recruitment and retention fund for school divisions that have a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Board of Education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($500,000) ($500,000)
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Provide Virginia Preschool Initiative teacher professional development training General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides funding for the University of Virginia's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning to provide individualized professional development training to all Virginia Preschool Initiative classroom teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $700,000
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Eliminate funding for cyber security camps General Assembly Adjustment
  Captures general fund savings by eliminating an initiative to support cyber security camps.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($480,000) ($480,000)
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Support vision screening grants General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides funding to offset a portion of costs realized by school divisions that provide vision screening tests to eligible students as prescribed in Chapter 312, Acts of Assembly of the 2017 Session.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $391,000 $391,000
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Support Virginia Preschool Initiative classroom observations General Assembly Adjustment
  Requires the University of Virginia and the Department of Education to conduct classroom observations and develop appropriate assessments to determine the quality of all Virginia Preschool Initiative classrooms by the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $350,000 $350,000
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Increase support for Power Scholars Academies General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional funding for the Power Scholars Academy to expand the number of sites and students served by the program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Match private support for career and technical education center in Winchester General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides state funding to match private support for the renovation of Winchester's former John Kerr Elementary School to become the Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center, offering career and technical education in the skilled trades and science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health (STEM-H) fields.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Adjust Virginia Preschool Initiative nonparticipation rate General Assembly Adjustment
  Captures general fund savings each year by increasing the projected Virginia Preschool Initiative nonparticipation rate.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($244,879) ($244,927)
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Increase support for Project Discovery General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional support to Project Discovery (post-secondary education access) to assist existing programs and adds existing and successful programs that have not received state support.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $200,000 $200,000
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Enhance funding for the Virginia Reading Corps General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides additional funding for school divisions to partner with the Virginia Reading Corps program and adds new language that directs the implementation partner to determine and select school division partners.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $0
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Increase support for Wolf Trap Model STEM Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases support for the early childhood science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning through the arts program delivered by Wolf Trap and adds three school divisions to the nine that were previously identified for participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $125,000 $125,000
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Increase support for the National Board Certification Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases support for the National Board Certification Program based on updated projections for the number of teachers eligible for this bonus in the 2018-2020 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $81,749 $140,735
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Increase support for STEM teacher incentives General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases funding to attract, recruit, and retain high quality diverse individuals to teach science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in Virginia's middle and high schools experiencing difficulty in recruiting qualified teachers. This amendment allows expansion of the program to more hard-to-staff schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $192,000 $0
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Develop Virginia Preschool Initiative classroom assessment plan General Assembly Adjustment
  Requires the Department of Education to develop a plan of action to ensure that the Virginia Preschool Initiative program is effective and beneficial to enrolled at-risk four-year-old children.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $75,000 $0
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Award public-private mixed delivery pre-kindergarten grant General Assembly Adjustment
  Directs the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation to offer an award to a private provider that has submitted an application applicable to a partnership with Richmond City for a mixed delivery pre-kindergarten program, provided that the application is of high quality and is competitive with other submitted applications received.
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Clarify Virginia Preschool Initiative local match language General Assembly Adjustment
  Clarifies that local philanthropy, non-profit, or corporate support can satisfy the Virginia Preschool Initiative required local match.
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Develop opportunities to establish additional Community School programs General Assembly Adjustment
  Directs Communities in Schools to assist the Community School organization with developing opportunities to establish a Community School program in interested school divisions.
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Expand use of At-Risk Add-On program allocation General Assembly Adjustment
  Expands the options for school divisions to spend the funding they receive from the At-Risk Add-On supplement to include teacher recruitment programs and incentives and hiring additional school counselors to reduce a division's current student-counselor ratio. The new language also requires school divisions to report how At-Risk Add-On funds are spent each year and requires the Department of Education to report that information to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.
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Modify language for use of Virginia Preschool Initiative fund balance General Assembly Adjustment
  Modifies Virginia Preschool Initiative language to require any year-end balances first to be awarded for supplemental grants for one-time expenses, other than capital, related to start-up or expansion of the Virginia Preschool Initiative program before any remaining balances are considered to support reallocation of unused slots to schools that have used 100 percent of their calculated slots and have reported a waiting list of at-risk four-year-olds.
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Modify language for Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program awards General Assembly Adjustment
  Maintains the existing annual scholarship level of $10,000 for the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program instead of the proposed scholarship level of $20,000. The program remains funded at $708,000 per year.
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Provide educational technology payments to CodeRVA Regional High School General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides $26,000 each year from non-general fund dollars to the CodeRVA Regional High School for the purchase of technology related equipment under the Virginia Public School Authority Educational Technology Payments Program.


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