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
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 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,258,717,882 $1,813,268,450 $8,071,986,332
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,556,846,161 $1,819,319,667 $8,376,165,828
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $7,050,366,696 $1,889,479,630 $8,939,846,326
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments ($154,675,823) $43,671,726 ($111,004,097)
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments ($38,073,675) $59,200,000 $21,126,325
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $7,309,475,477 $1,817,994,903 $9,127,470,380
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments ($184,034,264) $24,798,664 ($159,235,600)
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $186,111,840 $76,500,000 $262,611,840
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Provide No Loss funding to local school divisions Decision Package
  Provides funding to ensure that no school division loses state funding in the 2020-2022 biennium as compared to that school division’s fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 state distributions as calculated in Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. These payments account for declines in actual Fall Membership and projected Average Daily Membership as well as declines in Direct Aid program enrollment or participation during the 2020 calendar year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $299,373,461 $214,167,967
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Move reductions to agency budget Decision Package
  Moves the reductions included in Item 482.20 of the 2020 Special Session Appropriation Act from Central Appropriations to the agency budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($175,244,517) ($228,382,511)
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Update Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership Decision Package
  Updates Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership data submitted by local school divisions in fall 2020.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($199,432,610) ($201,146,159)
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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. (Item 145)
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($95,243,837) ($93,607,047)
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Update sales tax revenue for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the November 2020 sales tax forecast. Additionally, pursuant to budget language in Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, the fiscal year 2021 COVID-19 Local Relief Payments are reduced based on the net increase from the sales tax update. The update to COVID-19 Local Relief Payments also accounts for the sales tax impact to the Supplemental Basic Aid account, which was not accounted for in the Chapter 56 appropriation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $42,335,519 $46,595,740
Nongeneral Fund ($42,326,571) $0
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Change fund source for COVID-19 Local Relief Payments Decision Package
  Supplants nongeneral COVID-19 Relief Funds with general fund support for the Direct Aid COVID-19 Local Relief Payments to local school divisions in fiscal year 2021. A separate amendment adjusted the amount of the COVID-19 Local Relief Payments appropriation based on the net increase in general fund support to local school divisions from the sales tax update.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $52,901,159 $0
Nongeneral Fund ($52,901,159) $0
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 public education. The fiscal year 2021 estimate increases from $658.0 million to $685.0 million, and the fiscal year 2022 estimate increases from $666.1 million to $690.9 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($27,071,726) ($24,798,667)
Nongeneral Fund $27,071,726 $24,798,664
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COVID-19 Local Relief Payments (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 145 #3c) Decision Package
  This amendment provides $95.2 million the first year from the COVID-19 Relief Fund, established in § 2.2-115.1 of the Code of Virginia, to be disbursed to school divisions as COVID-19 Local Relief payments in support of the Standards of Quality. These one-time payments will be distributed to school divisions based on the net reduction of state funds apportioned to school divisions in the Appropriation Act introduced at the 2020 Special Session I from those apportioned in Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly. These funds would be counted as a credit toward the local share of the costs of the Standards of Quality in the first year.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $95,227,730 $0
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Provide a two percent bonus for instructional and support positions Decision Package
  Provides the state share of a two percent bonus, effective September 1, 2021, for funded Standards of Quality, Academic Year Governor’s School Program, and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support positions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $80,068,012
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Support Virginia Preschool Initiative with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds Decision Package
  Supplants $16.6 million in general fund appropriation with federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to support at-risk students participating in the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI). Transfers the $16.6 million in general fund support to the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) to support child care for school-age children. A companion amendment in DSS utilizes uncommitted Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) federal funds to cover the TANF funding used for VPI. The CCDBG funding cannot be used for VPI. (Item 145)
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($16,600,000) $0
Nongeneral Fund $16,600,000 $0
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Update the state cost for English as a Second Language based on data for verified English learners Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of the English as a Second Language program based on data for verified English learners submitted by school divisions in fall 2020. A separate amendment adds data for presumptive English learners, which are those students who are identified through a preliminary screening process but who have not been screened formally. Formal screening involves the in-person administration of a screening instrument, and a number of school divisions have had difficulty administering the in-person screening because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The addition of presumptive English learners increases the state cost by $4.3 million in fiscal year 2021 and increases the state cost by $6.5 million in fiscal year 2022. The net impact of these actions is a decrease of $7.6 million in fiscal year 2021 and a decrease of $12.6 million in fiscal year 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($11,841,463) ($19,043,255)
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Update the cost of Lottery-funded programs Decision Package
  Adjusts state support for Lottery-funded programs based on actual participation and updated projections.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($18,720,887) ($8,633,348)
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Provide support for school counselors pursuant to the Standards of Quality Decision Package
  Provides state support for one full-time equivalent school counselor position per 325 students in grades kindergarten through 12 pursuant to the 2021-2022 school year staffing ratio required by § 22.1-253.13:2, Code of Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $26,645,142
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Restore funding to maximize pre-kindergarten access Decision Package
  Restores funding to maximize pre-kindergarten access for at-risk three- and four-year-old children. Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, partially restored funding for this initiative by increasing the Virginia Preschool Initiative per-pupil amount from $6,326 to $6,959 in fiscal year 2022. This amendment increases the per pupil amount to $7,655 in fiscal year 2022, which restores the balance of funding initially appropriated for this initiative in fiscal year 2022 in Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $11,122,649
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Include Presumptive English Learner designation in English as a Second Language program update Decision Package
  Adds the presumptive English learner designation in the update for the English as a Second Language program. Presumptive English learners are those students who are identified through a preliminary screening process but who have not been screened formally. Formal screening involves the in-person administration of a screening instrument, and a number of school divisions have had difficulty administering the in-person screening because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A separate amendment updates the state cost of the English as a Second Language program with data for verified English learners, which results in a decreased state cost of $11.8 million in fiscal year 2021 and a decreased state cost of $19.0 million in fiscal year 2022. The net impact of these actions is a decrease of $7.6 million in fiscal year 2021 and a decrease of $12.6 million in fiscal year 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,251,850 $6,490,911
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Restore funding to recruit and retain early childhood educators Decision Package
  Restores incentive payments to attract and retain early childhood educators in hard-to-serve preschool classrooms.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $5,000,000
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Update program participation for Remedial Summer School Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of Remedial Summer School based on actual program participation in summer 2020.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,630,879) $0
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Update costs of Categorical programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain educational programs that exceed the foundation of 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 ($1,843,476) ($1,850,277)
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Update Fall Membership data in Direct Aid program formulas Decision Package
  Updates the Fall Membership data used in certain Direct Aid to Public Education program funding formulas based on actual data submitted by school divisions in fall 2020.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,752,407) ($1,751,288)
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Provide Cost of Competing Adjustment (COCA) support to Accomack and Northampton counties Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to adjust Standards of Quality salary payments for instructional and support positions in Accomack County and Northampton County school divisions to account for Maryland labor costs, consistent with Senate Bill 327 as introduced to the 2020 General Assembly Session.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $2,740,726
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Restore funding for Jobs for Virginia Graduates Decision Package
  Restores additional funding for the Jobs for Virginia Graduates program, which helps at-risk youth graduate from high school and transition from school to work.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,670,000
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Technical adjustment to reconcile the calculated state cost of Direct Aid to Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I Decision Package
  Reconciles the state cost for Direct Aid to Public Education, as calculated by the Virginia Department of Education, to Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,104,320) ($407,168)
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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 from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $742,335
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Restore funding for Power Scholars Academy - YMCA BELL Decision Package
  Restores additional funding to support expansion of the Power Scholars Academy - YMCA BELL program to serve additional students at new sites.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $450,000
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Update costs of Incentive programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain educational programs that exceed 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 membership, participation rates, and test scores.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($102,581) ($74,354)
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Update Supplemental Education accounts Decision Package
  Updates state support for National Board Certified Teacher bonuses based on the projected number of teachers eligible for this bonus in the 2020-2022 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,891 ($33,672)
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Allot restored amounts (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - Item 482.20) Decision Package
  Allots $10,070,000 in FY 2021 and $76,587,610 in FY 2022 for amounts originally unalloted in Item 146.10 of Chapter 1289 (2020) and subsequently restored via 2020 Special Session General Assembly action in Item 482.20.
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Amend eligibility for Foster Children Education Payments Decision Package
  Amends eligibility for Foster Children Education Payments to include any student who was in foster care upon reaching 18 years of age but who has not yet reached 22 years of age. This change aligns with § 22.1-3.4, Code of Virginia, as amended during the 2020 General Assembly Session, and is intended to ease the administrative burden of enrollment for students who no longer are supported by the foster care system but are continuing their education.
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Amend language to use most recent data for Early Reading Intervention calculations Decision Package
  Amends budget language to authorize using the most recent year of available data when calculating the Early Reading Intervention payments. Existing language requires the Department of Education to calculate payments based on diagnostic tests administered in the previous year. Due to the mandatory school closures in March 2020, spring Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) assessments were not conducted and 2019-2020 school year data does not exist.
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Clarifies Dual Enrollment Tuition Scholarship Grant Eligibility (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 144 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment sets out Item 144 and adds clarifying language, in Paragraph G.4., that the Dual Enrollment Tuition Scholarships Grant funds are for teachers taking courses applicable toward meeting dual enrollment teaching requirements. The current language requires enrollment in a teacher preparation program, which is not applicable for teachers seeking to teach dual enrollment courses. The Department of Education recommended this change to the General Assembly in RD228 - Report on Dual Enrollment Tuition Scholarships Grant Program.
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Clarify language for the Math/Reading Instructional Specialist Initiative Decision Package
  Clarifies school divisions' use of funds to support tuition for collegiate programs and instruction for currently employed instructional school personnel to earn the credentials necessary to meet licensure requirements to be endorsed as a math specialist or a reading specialist. Additionally, authorizes the award of prorated funds for positions filled after the beginning of the school year to encourage continued hiring of these specialists.
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Delay Adjustments to State Payments Due to Reduced ADM Projections (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 145 #2c) Decision Package
  This amendment delays reductions to state payments resulting from reduced ADM projections until after the final March 31 ADM is calculated. Normally, state payments to school divisions are adjusted in January to reflect revised ADM projections, which are based in part on September 30 membership counts. This amendment would prevent school divisions from experiencing any reductions in state payments until after the final calculation of March 31 ADM.
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Develop recommendations to enhance the use of Literary Fund construction loans Decision Package
  Directs the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of the Treasury to develop recommendations for enhancing the Literary Fund's attractiveness as an ongoing source of school construction funding. The overall health of the Literary Fund improves with increased use of loans from the Fund; however, localities are finding more cost-effective borrowing options and relying less on the Literary Fund as a financing source.
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Establish special education inclusion targets for Virginia Preschool Initiative classrooms Decision Package
  Establishes a target inclusion rate for special education students in Virginia Preschool Initiative classrooms.
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Expand eligibility for early childhood provisionally licensed teacher incentives Decision Package
  Expands eligibility for the Virginia Preschool Initiative - Provisional Teacher Licensure program to include provisionally licensed teachers in other publicly-funded preschool programs operated by the school division.
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Extend timeline for plan to determine gap between child care market rates and the Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amount Decision Package
  Extends the timeline for the Department of Education's plan to determine the gap between child care market rates and the Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amount. The unique child care conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult to assess accurate market rates and to project accurate values for add-on grants.
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Maximize local use of Virginia Preschool Initiative appropriation Decision Package
  Adds budget language that authorizes, within the fiscal year, any funds appropriated for Virginia Preschool Initiative Payments that are not awarded to be used as flexible funding available to supplement any of the other initiatives in Item 145.C.14. This additional flexibility is intended to maximize the expansion of early childhood programming based on the needs of the localities.
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Move funding for Career and Technical Education Student Organizations to Supplemental Education Decision Package
  Transfers the appropriation for Career and Technical Education Student Organizations from Lottery Funded Programs (Item 145) to Financial Assistance for Supplemental Education (Item 144). The existing $718,957 appropriation is part of the $12.4 million Career and Technical Education - Categorical appropriation under Lottery Funded Programs. These funds are paid to community colleges where the Career and Technical Education Student Organizations operate. The transfer to Financial Assistance for Supplemental Education more appropriately aligns with the purpose of this appropriation and changes the fund source from Lottery to general fund.
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Move Virginia Early Childhood Foundation appropriation to the correct service area Decision Package
  Moves the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation restoration from Chapter 56, 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, to the correct service area.
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Remove outdated language for the Early Reading Specialist Initiative Decision Package
  Removes language referencing waivers for third grade science or history and social science Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments. Legislation passed in the 2014 General Assembly Session limited third grade SOL testing to reading and math, so this language no longer is applicable.
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Temporary Flexibility: Uses of Textbook Payments (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 145 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment permits school divisions to use textbook payments in the first year to address costs of providing virtual instruction or reopening schools to in-person instruction, and waives local match requirements for these funds in the first year.
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Direct Aid - 5% Salary Increase General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $233.7 million the second year from the general fund and $759,098 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds fund to provide a 5.0 percent salary increase, effective July 1, 2021. This represents an addition of $153.6 million the second year, to the convert the 2.0 percent bonus payment that was proposed in the budget as introduced to a 5.0 percent salary increase. To access these funds, each school division must provide at least an average 2.0 percent pay increase during the 2020-22 biennium, and funding provided is prorated for school divisions providing between 2.0 percent and 5.0 percent pay increases over the biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $153,559,817
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Direct Aid - Supplant No Loss Payments with Gray Machine Revenues General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment supplants $36.0 million the first year and $40.0 million the second year from the general fund provided for No Loss Payments with gray machine revenues.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($36,000,000) ($40,000,000)
Nongeneral Fund $36,000,000 $40,000,000
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Direct Aid - Update Sales Tax Estimate General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $40.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2021 and $45.7 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2022 based on the revised sales tax distributions in the midsession reforecast. This increases the estimated sales tax dedicated to K-12 by $90.4 million in fiscal year 2021 and $103.2 million in fiscal year 2022, reducing the state's share of Basic Aid payments by $50.4 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2021 and $57.5 million in fiscal year 2022. Corresponding amendments reduce the COVID-19 Local Relief Payments and adjust the No Loss Payments as a result of this action.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $39,990,901 $45,709,893
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Direct Aid - Update No Loss Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the funding for No Loss Payments as proposed in the introduced budget, based upon other actions, including the sales tax update, increased Infrastructure and Operations Per Pupil Payments, and technical updates.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($20,730,504) ($49,832,441)
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Direct Aid - Specialized Student Support Positions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment funds the state's share of three specialized student support positions per 1,000 students. Specialized student support positions, consistent with Senate Bill 1257, include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $49,494,567
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Direct Aid - Update Lottery Proceeds Estimate General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the Lottery Proceeds forecast to $708.2 million the first year, representing an increase of $23.2 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($23,199,994) $0
Nongeneral Fund $23,200,000 $0
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Direct Aid - Learning Loss Instructional Supports General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $40.0 million from the Lottery Proceeds Fund the first year to support one-time programs and initiatives to address learning loss experienced by students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No local match is required, and unexpended funds from the first year shall remain available in the second year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $39,999,978 $0
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Direct Aid - Update COVID-19 Relief Payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the COVID-19 Local Relief Payments by $40.0 million from the general fund the first year based on the net impact of the midsession sales tax reforecast. These payments were provided in Chapter 56, 2020 Special Session I Acts of Assembly to eliminate the local impact from the reduction of sales tax revenues. Due to the increase in sales tax estimates, the remaining COVID-19 Local Relief Payments total $12.9 million the first year from the general fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($39,990,903) $0
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Direct Aid - Increase Infrastructure & Operations Per Pupil Payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $20.1 million the first year and $9.9 million the second year from the general fund to ensure 40 percent of Lottery Proceeds are dedicated to Infrastructure and Operations Per Pupil Payments, formerly known as Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocations. The additional funding increases these Per Pupil Payments by approximately $30 per pupil the first year and $15 per pupil the second year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $20,108,672 $9,919,466
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Direct Aid - COVID-19 Learning Loss Remediation and Recovery Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment appropriates $30.0 million the second year from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds authorized in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 to provide grants to address COVID-19 related learning loss and other student support needs.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $30,000,000
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Direct Aid - VPI Undistributed Balance General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $15.9 million the first year from the general fund from the undistributed balance in the Virginia Preschool Initiative program after updating final participation. The introduced budget retained $21.0 million from the general fund the first year in the undistributed balance to ensure that there were sufficient funds available to school divisions that exercised the enrollment flexibility contained in Superintendent's Memo #282-20.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($15,897,461) $0
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Direct Aid - Cost of Competing Adjustment General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $14.6 million the second year from the general fund to increase the Cost of Competing Adjustment (COCA) for support positions in the school divisions in Planning District 8 and certain adjacent divisions specified in the Appropriation Act that are eligible to receive COCA funds. For the nine Planning District 8 school divisions, this action would increase the adjustment factor from 10.6 to 18.0 percent. For the nine adjacent school divisions, this action would increase the adjustment factor from 2.65 to 4.5 percent. This restores and expands funding that was eliminated in Chapter 56, 2020 Special Session I that would have increased the adjustment factors from 10.6 to 16.0 percent and 2.65 to 4.0 percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $14,574,679
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Direct Aid - Temporary Extension of Special Education Eligibility General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides one additional year of education for students with disabilities who were 19 years of age or older and enrolled during the 2020-21 school year. The amendment provides $6.5 million the second year from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds authorized in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 to address the state share of per-pupil costs and costs that do not qualify under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $6,500,000
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Direct Aid - Remove Accomack and Northampton from COCA General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes Accomack and Northampton counties from the full cost of competing adjustment as included in the introduced budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($2,784,140)
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Direct Aid - School Meals Expansion General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures savings of $2.5 million from the general fund the first year for the School Meals Expansion program. Under a federal waiver for the 2020-21 school year, all divisions are providing school meals at no cost to all students. These funds are no longer needed to eliminate the cost of reduced price school meals.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,500,000) $0
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Direct Aid - Supplemental Support for Accomack and Northampton General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2.0 million from the Lottery Proceeds Fund the second year to provide one-time support to Accomack and Northampton school divisions for recruitment and retention efforts. These funds are contingent on the local school division providing the full 5.0 percent compensation supplement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,999,999
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Direct Aid - Alleghany County - Covington City School Division Consolidation Incentive General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.2 million the second year from the general fund as an incentive for the Alleghany County and Covington City school divisions to consolidate, to be followed by three payments of $600,000 in the three subsequent fiscal years. The Board of Education approved the consolidation of these divisions to be effective July 1, 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,200,000
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eMediaVA General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment converts funding in Item 141 for a statewide contract for digital content development, online learning, and related support services into a direct grant for WHRO to operate the eMediaVA statewide digital content and online learning system. There is a companion amendment in Item 141.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Blue Ridge PBS General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores $350,000 the second year from the general fund to support educational programming produced by Blue Ridge PBS.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $350,000
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VPI Minority Fellowship General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $300,000 from the general fund the second year to restore the VPI Minority Fellowship. The introduced budget included the language, but the appropriated amount was not included in the item.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $300,000
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Active Learning Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 the second year from the general fund to provide active learning grants. First year funding for this initiative was eliminated in Chapter 56, 2020 Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Dual Enrollment Passport Pilot Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 the second year from the general fund for grants to support one-time pilot programs to redesign a division's dual enrollment course offerings to align/link to the Passport and Uniform Certificate of General Studies offered by Virginia's community colleges.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Direct Aid - Governor's School Enrollment Update (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment provides $145,636 the first year from the general fund for updating student enrollment at A. Linwood Holton Governor's School.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $145,636 $0
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Direct Aid - Purchase Albuterol and Valved Holding Chambers for Public Schools (HB 2019) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $120,000 the second year from the general fund to support the purchase of albuterol and spacers for public schools in Virginia. House Bill 2019 will require undesignated stock albuterol inhalers to be maintained in every public school.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $120,000
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Direct Aid - Prioritize VPI Flexible Funding for Four-Year-Old Children General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requires the Department of Education to prioritize serving at-risk four-year-old children when reallocating funds among components of the Virginia Preschool Initiative, such as the community provider add-on, and the at-risk three-year-old pilot program.
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Direct Aid - Public Reporting Data for Students Enrolled in Full-Time Multidivision Online Providers General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Education to present information on its School Quality Profiles in a manner that does not commingle (i) students enrolled in a school through a multidivision online provider and residing outside of the enrolling school division, and (ii) all other students. This would ensure that the public reporting information for traditional public schools accurately reflects the student body that physically attends such traditional public schools.
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Direct Aid - Publish Academic Year Governor's Schools Diversity Planning and Progress Information Online General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requires each Academic Year Governor's School to post their diversity goals and implementation plans, and related annual progress reports to their websites. In 2020, language was added to the Appropriation Act requiring Academic Year Governor's Schools to: (i) establish diversity goals for its student body and faculty; (ii) to develop a plan to meet such goals; and (iii) provide an annual progress report to the Governor including information about admissions processes, outreach and demographics; however, no requirement was included to make such information easily accessible to the public.
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Direct Aid - Review Funding for State Operated Programs in Juvenile Detention Facilities General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Board of Education to develop recommendations for funding state operated programs in local and regional juvenile detention centers, which have experienced a significant decline in population in recent decades without an accompanying adjustment to state funding levels. This is a Commission on Youth recommendation.


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