Virginia Community College System [260]
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 $397,163,066 $1,256,948,739 $1,654,111,805
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $405,711,667 $1,270,849,445 $1,676,561,112
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $436,559,556 $1,303,934,757 $1,740,494,313
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $425,494,163 $781,184,757 $1,206,678,920
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $440,185,735 $742,618,449 $1,182,804,184
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $451,105,973 $754,118,449 $1,205,224,422
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $475,404,852 $777,562,583 $1,252,967,435
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $516,312,598 $777,562,583 $1,293,875,181
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments ($41,907,746) $0 ($41,907,746)
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $515,385,855 $795,912,583 $1,311,298,438
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $515,047,775 $777,912,583 $1,292,960,358
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments ($3,871,923) $18,000,000 $14,128,077
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $4,210,003 $0 $4,210,003
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 5,542.57 5,794.58 11,337.15
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 5,542.57 5,794.58 11,337.15
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 5,559.57 5,794.58 11,354.15
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 5,559.57 5,794.58 11,354.15
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 5,557.57 5,796.58 11,354.15
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 5,558.57 5,796.58 11,355.15
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 5,558.57 5,296.58 10,855.15
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 5,558.57 5,296.58 10,855.15
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 5,588.57 5,296.58 10,885.15
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 5,558.57 5,296.58 10,855.15
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 30.00 0.00 30.00
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 ($43,907,746) ($42,642,923)
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Restore funding to implement the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back Program Decision Package
  Restores funding for the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back initiative, covering the full cost of tuition, fees, and books for students with a family income less than 400 percent of the federal poverty line enrolled in select pathways at community colleges.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $36,000,000
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Provide additional nongeneral fund appropriation Decision Package
  Increases nongeneral fund appropriation in line with revenues and expenditures.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $18,000,000
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Restore undergraduate student financial assistance Decision Package
  Restores funding for need-based financial aid for in-state undergraduate students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $2,271,000
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VCCS - Workforce Credential VAReady (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 221 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment provides additional state support for workforce programs at the VCCS and Richard Bland College that partner with VA Ready in certain eligible fields to earn credentials. The program leverages private support to enable Virginians unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to earn credentials in high demand fields.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $0
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Fund construction pre-hire immersion pilot Decision Package
  Provides funding for a pilot program at two community colleges which will work with local industry to establish pre-hire immersion training programs in the construction field.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $500,000
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Add sum sufficient authority for workforce development and sponsored programs Decision Package
  Adds language to make certain nongeneral fund appropriations sum sufficient consistent with other higher education institutions. This authority was inadvertently not included in the Virginia Community College System when sum sufficient authority was given for certain programs to all other higher education institutions.
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VCCS - Marketing, Outreach, Advising, and Public Awareness for G3 General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2.5 million from the general fund for Virginia community colleges to hire 30 additional advisors to assist students in identifying appropriate programs, resources and support related to the G3 initiative.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $2,500,000
Positions 0.00 30.00
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VCCS - Health Science and Technology Education General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding to support expansion of a program between Roanoke City, Roanoke County and Botetourt County Public Schools, Virginia Western Community College, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, New River Community College, Radford University Carilion, and regional healthcare employers that creates a pipeline of high school students to address employer needs. All school divisions in the service region of each community college are participating in this program's curriculum.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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VCCS - Restore Hub for Innovation, Virtual Reality, and Entrepreneurship General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.0 million from the general fund for HIVE (Hub for Innovation, Virtual Reality & Entrepreneurship), a technology center and higher-education partnership between Shenandoah University and Lord Fairfax Community College, serving a community that needs Career and Technical Education for a diverse and under-served region that currently lack access.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $0
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VCCS - Carilion Merger Costs, Va Western General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding for two programs that have transferred to Virginia Western Community College as a result of the merger of Radford University and the Jefferson College of Health Sciences authorized in Chapter 60 of the 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $413,689
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VCCS - Solar Hands-On Instructional Network of Excellence (SHINE), Southside Virginia Community College General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding for Southside Virginia Community College to implement the Solar Hands-On Instructional Network of Excellence (SHINE) initiative. The initiative is a public-private partnership that provides training for those seeking employment opportunities in the solar industry. The program identifies the timing and location of solar project development in Virginia and uses that information to focus its training toward job openings as they become available. This targeted approach to workforce training/development maximizes SHINE s ability to connect program graduates with sought-after jobs upon completion of the program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $296,314
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VCCS - G3 Eligibility and Technical Changes General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment makes technical changes consistent with House Bill 2204 and provides training and programs under the G3 initiative free to healthcare workers, first responders and other essential workers as defined under Phase 1a and 1b of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and that are serving in the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic while Virginia remains in a state of emergency for the pandemic and for two years thereafter.
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
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CO - VCCS - CVCC Planning for Renovations of Amherst and Campbell Halls
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund for planning for renovations of Amherst and Campbell Halls on Central Virginia Community College's campus. Amherst (54,042 Square Feet) and Campbell (19,550 square feet) Halls comprise the core classroom space for Central Virginia Community College. Amherst Hall was built in 1968 and Campbell Hall was completed in 1974 and neither have had a major renovation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 18:30:56