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 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $7,180,933,220 $2,004,726,703 $9,185,659,923
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments ($148,145,052) $85,433,136 ($62,711,916)
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $17,525,219 $0 $17,525,219
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 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 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 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 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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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds from $690.9 million to $843.4 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($152,458,473)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $152,458,477
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Provide additional general fund support for school employee retirement Decision Package
  Increases general fund support for the employer share of school employee retirement contributions, and reduces Literary Fund support by the same amount.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $67,100,000
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($67,100,000)
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Update sales tax revenues for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the November 2021 sales tax forecast.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $91,329,020
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Update No Loss payments Decision Package
  Updates projected payments to school divisions for the No Loss Funding program after accounting for all other enrollment, program participation, and revenue adjustments.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($66,829,774)
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Update 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 $0 ($52,477,288)
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Update 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 $0 ($34,226,811)
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Update Lottery supported programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for Lottery-funded programs based on actual and updated projections for participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($25,436,459)
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Update Early Reading Intervention payments Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of the Early Reading Intervention program based on actual performance on the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) or state-approved diagnostic test.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $21,578,101
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Update Remedial Summer School program participation Decision Package
  Updates the cost of the Remedial Summer School Standards of Quality program to reflect actual data reported by local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $17,621,589
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Update compensation supplement Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of the fiscal year 2022 compensation supplement based on actual school division participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($15,184,610)
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Update enrollment data for English as a Second Language Decision Package
  Updates the cost of the English as a Second Language Standards of Quality program to reflect the number of students with limited English proficiency reported by local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $3,033,050
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Update 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 $0 ($2,175,714)
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Reflect updated projections for driver's license revenues supporting Basic Aid Decision Package
  Adjusts general and nongeneral fund support for Basic Aid based on updated projections for revenue from driver's license renewal fees. A portion of the fee for driver's licenses supports the cost of driver education programs in local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($74,659)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $74,659
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Update supplemental education programs Decision Package
  Updates state support for National Board Certified Teacher bonuses based on the projected number of teachers eligible for this bonus in fiscal year 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $56,976
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Amend fiscal year 2022 No Loss language Decision Package
  Requires the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2022 calculations for No Loss payments to account for one-time events that may have artificially inflated projected data.
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Waive fiscal year 2021 Required Local Effort and Required Local Match Decision Package
  Provides language that retroactively waives fiscal year 2021 local effort and local match requirements due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local school division spending in the 2020-2021 school year.
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Direct Aid - Update Sales Tax Estimate General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $34.8 million the second year from the general fund, representing the net impact of the revenue reforecast, which estimated an additional $78.7 million in K-12 dedicated sales tax. The additional sales tax revenue reduces the state's share of basic aid by $43.8 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $34,859,256
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Direct Aid - Update No Loss Payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the funding for No Loss Payments as provided in Chapter 552, 2021 Special Session I, based upon other actions, including the sales tax update, increased Infrastructure and Operations Per Pupil Payments, and technical updates.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($16,684,753)
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VDOE - Technical - Virginia Preschool Initiative - Enrollment Update General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $2.5 million the second year from the general fund from the undistributed balance in the Virginia Preschool Initiative program after updating final participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($2,503,925)
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VDOE - Technical - Update Early Childhood Expansion General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.9 million the second year from the general fund to support actual participation rates for various early childhood expansion initiatives.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,877,055
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Direct Aid - Technical - Governor's School Enrollment Update General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment saves $22,414 the second year from the general fund from updated student enrollment at A. Linwood Holton Governor's School.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($22,414)
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Direct Aid - Infrastructure and Operations Funds - Local Match General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides clarification that the calculation of required local effort for Infrastructure and Operations Funds shall include local funds used for nonrecurring expenses. Traditionally, nonrecurring expenses are do not contribute toward local match requirements.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 16:54:54