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
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 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $91,038,468 $7,241,490 $98,279,958
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $93,519,193 $7,241,548 $100,760,741
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $97,787,040 $7,277,153 $105,064,193
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $109,316,939 $7,277,153 $116,594,092
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $109,680,124 $7,444,679 $117,124,803
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $115,525,499 $7,319,679 $122,845,178
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments ($5,995,375) $125,000 ($5,870,375)
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $150,000 $0 $150,000
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $120,150,499 $12,444,679 $132,595,178
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $120,275,499 $7,319,679 $127,595,178
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments ($3,075,000) $5,125,000 $2,050,000
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $2,950,000 $0 $2,950,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 45.00 17.00 62.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 45.00 17.00 62.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 46.00 17.00 63.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 46.00 17.00 63.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 46.00 17.00 63.00
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 46.00 17.00 63.00
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 47.00 17.00 64.00
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 46.00 17.00 63.00
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 1.00 0.00 1.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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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 ($5,995,375) ($11,195,375)
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Restore funding for Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (TAG) Decision Package
  Restores funding to increase the maximum annual undergraduate TAG award to $4,000 in order to support Virginia's degree completion goals.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,900,000
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Add nongeneral fund appropriation for the GearUp Scholarship Awards Decision Package
  Provides nongeneral fund appropriation to enable the agency to administer the GearUP program.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $5,000,000
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Restore funding for Virginia Earth System Science Scholars program Decision Package
  Restores funding for the Virginia Earth System Science Scholars program, a free interactive, online Earth System Science course plus problem-based summer academy at the Langley Research Center offering five college credits to high school juniors and seniors statewide.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $220,375
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) program Decision Package
  Provides additional nongeneral fund appropriation due to increased expenditures and revenue since the program started.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $100,000 $100,000
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Outstanding Faculty Awards Decision Package
  Provides additional nongeneral fund appropriation due to increased private support for the program.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $25,000 $25,000
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Allot restored amounts (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - Item 482.20) Decision Package
  Allots $400,000 in FY 2021 for amounts originally unalloted in Item 155.10 of Chapter 1289 (2020) and subsequently restored via 2020 Special Session General Assembly action in Item 482.20.
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Financial Sustainability Reviews (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 152 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment directs SCHEV to disseminate to institutions certain comparative financial measures and to collect financial sustainability reviews and action plans, for review in addition to on-going existing six-year plans.
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SCHEV - Restore Innovative Internship Program Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores funds to support the Innovative Internship Fund and Program. The funds will go to advancing the role of internships in post-secondary education, and to improve access and affordability to internship opportunities for students, including (1) consistency in the delivery of internship programs within and across institutions and the ability to bring experiential learning to scale equitably, 2) creation of a vision at institutions that experiential learning is integral (not extra), 3) development of readiness materials and information for new programs to support quality, 4) growth of new business partnerships, 5) improved affordability for students, and 6) improving and leveraging federal work-study opportunities through redesigned work-study internship experiences. The Innovative Internship Fund and Program was created during the 2018 Session to support institutional grants and a statewide initiative to facilitate the readiness of students, employers, and institutions of higher education to participate in internship and other work-related learning opportunities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,300,000
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SCHEV - TAG Grant General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides additional general fund to increase the tuition assistance grant (VTAG) award to reinstate student eligibility for a VTAG award for online and distance education programs at an amount reflective of the lower cost to deliver such programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $600,000
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SCHEV - Funding for Military Survivors Stipend General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides additional funding based on estimated additional participation by qualifying veterans or their spouses or children for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependent Education Program (VMSDEP), which provides assistance to Virginia military service members killed, missing in action, taken prisoner, or rated at least 90 percent permanently disabled as direct result of military service, by waiving tuition and required fees and providing a stipend to their dependents.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $150,000 $300,000
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SCHEV - Cost Study General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores funding for a review to benchmark costs for higher education using historic trends and comparisons to other state, institution, and national data and to identify methods to allocate additional funds to higher education when available.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $300,000
Positions 0.00 1.00
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SCHEV - Guidance to Postsecondary Success General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores $250,000 from the general fund the second year provided during the 2020 regular session for SCHEV to implement the Guidance to Postsecondary Success (GPS) program. These funds were later unalloted. The purpose of this new initiative is to increase student transitions from high school to postsecondary education and also help students find the right fit for their future and in terms of costs. Each year, 25,000 high school graduates do not enroll in postsecondary education within 16 months, including significantly higher percentages for African-American, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students. The pandemic and virtual learning environments in high schools are expected to exacerbate these inequitable outcomes in the coming year. Working closely with the Virginia Department of Education, SCHEV will seek to increase these enrollment rates through the development of materials and informational resources and the coordination of awareness events, professional development opportunities for secondary staff and partnerships with institutions, schools, school divisions and non-profit organizations. In addition, these funds will be used as a match for an upcoming SCHEV application for a federally-funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant that also will focus on school division-specific and statewide outreach programs, as well as, required scholarships for eligible students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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SCHEV - Financial Aid Application Portal General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $200,000 from the general fund for SCHEV to develop and maintain an application portal related to implementation of legislation in the 2021 Session, which provides that students who meet the criteria in the Code of Virginia that determine eligibility for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status shall be afforded the same educational benefits, including access to state financial assistance programs, as any other individual who is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill has a delayed effective date of August 1, 2022, but directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and develop the application portal in the interim. The portal will require additional privacy and security to collect financial aid data that SCHEV and institutions do not currently collect.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $200,000
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SCHEV - Wage Records for Data Commission General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment allows the office of the workforce development advisor access to wage records under SCHEV's existing authority, as a result of language adopted in 2019 specifying certain needed data exchange with the U.S. Census in order to get wage outcomes for graduates working outside the Commonwealth.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-11-2026 15:37:09