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 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly $7,050,366,696 $1,889,479,630 $8,939,846,326
2020-2022 2021 Base Budget $6,516,907,074 $1,834,700,304 $8,351,607,378
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $454,626,517 $62,970,972 $517,597,489
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $78,833,105 ($8,191,646) $70,641,459
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly $7,309,475,477 $1,817,994,903 $9,127,470,380
2020-2022 2022 Base Budget $6,516,907,074 $1,834,700,304 $8,351,607,378
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $787,523,260 $14,504,284 $802,027,544
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $5,045,143 ($31,209,685) ($26,164,542)
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 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 Base Budget 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 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Base Budget 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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Rebenchmark the cost of Direct Aid to Public Education Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of Direct Aid to Public Education for the 2020-2022 biennium to reflect changes in enrollment, funded instructional salaries, school instructional and support expenditures, and other technical factors. These adjustments address the cost of continuing the current Direct Aid programs with the required data revisions and do not reflect changes in policy. Compared to the rebenchmarking cost presented to the Board of Education in September 2019, this amount reflects an additional update for changes to nonpersonal support cost inflation rates.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $279,959,521 $296,238,935
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Increase general fund support for school employee retirement Decision Package
  Adjusts general fund support for school employee retirement based on the Virginia Department of the Tresury's latest Literary Fund forecast, which projects a decline in Literary Fund revenues.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($25,650,430) $53,349,570
Nongeneral Fund $25,650,430 ($53,349,570)
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Increase salaries for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions Decision Package
  Provides the state share of a three percent salary increase for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions, effective July 1, 2021.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $145,115,222
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Support public education with games of skill revenues Decision Package
  Provides per pupil allocation payments to local school divisions from projected Games of Skill revenues. Local school divisions are permitted to spend such funds on both recurring and nonrecurring expenses in a manner that best supports the needs of the school divisions.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $49,995,021 $74,996,773
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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 higher than projected.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $38,699,198 $50,244,714
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Maximize pre-kindergarten access for at-risk three- and four-year-old children Decision Package
  Provides additional state support to maximize pre-kindergarten access for at-risk three- and four-year-old children in the Commonwealth by: (i) increasing the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) per pupil amount each year; (ii) providing an add-on payment to incentivize mixed-delivery of services through private providers; (iii) supporting increased VPI class sizes and teacher to student ratios; (iv) providing additional support to serve students on wait lists; (v) creating a VPI pilot program for at-risk three-year-olds; and (vi) increasing support for current mixed-delivery programming and expanding to include at-risk three-year-olds in mixed-delivery settings. Including the $1.5 million existing appropriation each year for mixed-delivery preschool grants, a total of $37.5 million in fiscal year 2021 and $50.9 million in fiscal year 2022 supports early childhood expansion.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $35,998,181 $49,406,792
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Adjust funding for retirement and other post-employment benefits Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect changes in the employer contribution rates for teacher retirement from 15.68 percent to 16.62 percent, retiree health care credit from 1.20 percent to to 1.21 percent, and group life insurance from 0.52 percent to 0.54 percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $32,202,674 $32,430,626
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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 $23,844,248 $35,346,606
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Provide additional support for one school counselor per 250 students Decision Package
  Provides support for one school counselor per 250 students in grades kindergarten through 12. A separate action provides funding each year to support the school counselor ratios required by the Standards of Quality.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $56,696,651
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Increase support for at-risk students Decision Package
  Provides additional support for educationally at-risk students by increasing the At-Risk Add-On appropriation by $61.1 million in FY 2021 and $79.3 million in FY 2022. The At-Risk Add-On maximum add-on percentages increase from 16.0 percent to 23.0 percent in FY 2021 and from 16.0 percent to 25.0 percent in FY 2022. This action also decreases the Supplemental Lottery Per Pupil Allocation appropriation by $34.9 million in FY 2021 and $52.9 million in FY 2022, which offsets the general fund increase, because the At-Risk Add-On program is split-funded by both general and Lottery funds. A separate action provides additional support to local school divisions through a new Games of Skill Per Pupil Allocation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $26,164,313 $26,433,332
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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 ($24,512,727) ($23,976,039)
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Provide support for school counselors pursuant to the Standards of Quality Decision Package
  Provides state support for school counselors pursuant to the staffing ratios in § 22.1-253.13:2, Code of Virginia. An additional action provides further support in fiscal year 2022 for one school counselor per 250 students in grades kindergarten through 12.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $21,189,775 $21,369,576
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect a decrease in the estimate of Lottery proceeds from $628.8 million in the base budget to $616.2 million in FY 2021 and $622.3 million in FY 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $12,674,472 $6,512,921
Nongeneral Fund ($12,674,479) ($6,512,919)
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Increase support for English language learners Decision Package
  Provides additional support to increase the number of instructional positions supporting limited English proficiency students, from 17 positions per 1,000 such students to 20 positions per 1,000 such students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $13,332,781 $14,272,952
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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 $7,312,752 $7,451,609
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Update English as a Second Language projections 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 $5,656,172 $8,340,600
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Update Remedial Summer School projections 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 ($4,992,201) ($6,691,526)
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Expand access to school meals Decision Package
  Provides support for local school divisions to reduce or eliminate the cost of school breakfast and school lunch for students who are eligible for reduced price meals.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,300,000 $5,300,000
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Transfer Virtual Virginia appropriation to the Department of Education Central Office Decision Package
  Transfers the Virtual Virginia program appropriation to the Department of Education where contract payments are made.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($5,175,808) ($5,175,808)
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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 $4,483,952 $4,253,790
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Recruit and retain early childhood educators Decision Package
  Supports incentive payments to attract and retain early childhood educators in hard-to-serve preschool classrooms.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,000,000 $5,000,000
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Update Standards of Learning failure rate data Decision Package
  Updates the Standards of Learning failure rate data used in funding calculations for certain Direct Aid to Public Education programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,320,576) ($3,322,995)
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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 2021 and fiscal year 2022 as compared to that locality's fiscal year 2020 state distribution.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,601,861 $2,344,305
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Increase support for Jobs for Virginia Graduates Decision Package
  Provides additional support 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 $1,670,000 $1,670,000
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Support African American history education Decision Package
  Supports African American history education through field trips and traveling exhibitions that support Virginia's Standards of Learning objectives.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,200,000 $1,300,000
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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 $1,249,521 $1,249,510
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Support history education through the American Civil War Museum Decision Package
  Supports American Civil War history education through field trips that support Virginia's Standards of Learning objectives.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Increase support for Communities in Schools Decision Package
  Provides additional support for Communities in Schools to expand and deepen its presence in its existing affiliates by adding new schools and increasing school-based staff in high-need schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $760,000 $760,000
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Adjust Driver Education revenues Decision Package
  Provides additional general fund support to replace a decline in 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 $630,000
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($630,000)
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Increase support for the Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) Decision Package
  Provides additional support for GRASP to expand its "Your Future" program, which provides advisory services to middle school students in the areas of career pathways, post-secondary education options, and financial literacy.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Update the National Board Certification Program participation 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 ($371,905) ($384,318)
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Capture savings from underutilized Robots for Autism appropriation Decision Package
  Captures savings based on lack of program participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($200,000) ($200,000)
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Update 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 $100,743 $106,235
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Capture savings from underutilized charter school supplement Decision Package
  Captures savings based on lack of program participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($100,000) ($100,000)
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Support the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium Decision Package
  Supports fees for professional development conferences and an annual recruitment job fair, which are critical for the 23 school divisions in the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium to attract and retain high quality teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $50,000
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Eliminate flexible staffing language implemented during the recession Decision Package
  Eliminates language that waived staffing ratios for certain Standards of Quality instructional and support positions.
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Expand High School Program Innovation to include elementary and middle schools Decision Package
  Modifies language for the High School Program Innovation initiative to authorize elementary and middle school participation.
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Modify Early Reading Specialists Initiative language Decision Package
  Modifies language for the Early Reading Specialists Initiative to lock eligibility for the biennium, which allows school divisions to better plan for the availability of funding for these positions.
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Modify language for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) teacher incentive Decision Package
  Modifies eligibility language for the STEM Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentives to address teacher shortages through increased program participation.
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Modify language for the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program Decision Package
  Modifies eligibility language for the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program to address teacher shortages through increased program participation.
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Require diversity goals for Academic Year Governor's Schools Decision Package
  Requires Academic Year Governor's Schools to develop and report on diversity goals in order to better understand efforts and start building a culture of accountability for the types of students served.
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Compensation Supplement - 2% Increase Each Year General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $95.1 million the first year and $194.5 million the second year from the general fund and $304,118 the first year and $612,176 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds fund to provide two 2.0 percent salary increases, the first becoming effective July 1, 2020, and the second becoming effective July 1, 2021. This represents an addition of $95.4 million the first year and $50.0 million the second year, to the compensation adjustment that was proposed in the budget as introduced to become effective July 1, 2021.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $95,407,983 $49,960,696
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Eliminate Games of Skill Per Pupil Allocation General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes the games of skill per pupil allocation, as proposed in the introduced budget, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 881 and Senate Bill 971 banning the devices.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($49,995,021) ($74,996,773)
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Adjust Lottery Proceeds Forecast General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases the Lottery Proceeds forecast to $657.9 million the first year and $666.1 million the second year, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 881 and Senate Bill 971 banning grey machines and House Bill 1383 and Senate Bill 922 repealing the prohibition of online lottery ticket sales. This amendment also provides $539,170 the first year from the general fund and $19.8 million the second year from the general fund to adjust the distribution of Lottery Proceeds used to fund the at-risk add-on program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $539,171 $19,776,491
Nongeneral Fund $41,803,375 $43,787,088
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School Counselor Staffing Ratio General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $21.2 million the first year and $24.9 million the second year from the general fund to provide the state's share of costs for one counselor for every 325 students in grades kindergarten through 12, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 1508 and Senate Bill 880. This would fund approximately 615 additional school counselors by fiscal year 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($53,160,193)
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Maintain existing school counselor ratios (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Returns funding for school counselor ratios to the current FY 2020 (school year 2019-2020) level by inserting budget language to override the counselor ratios established in the Code of Virginia by the 2019 General Assembly and by the legislation passed by the 2020 General Assembly. This will help reduce potential costs to local school divisions next biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($21,681,426) ($28,395,270)
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Early Childhood - Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed-Delivery Slots General Assembly Adjustment
  This moves the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation's (VECF) mixed-delivery pilot program from Item 145 to Item 144. There is a corresponding amendment in Item 144.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($10,000,000) ($10,000,000)
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Cost of Competing Adjustment Support Positions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $9.6 million the first year and $10.0 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 16%. For the nine adjacent school divisions, this action would increase the adjustment factor from 2.65% to 4.0%.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,555,229 $9,968,849
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Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed-Delivery Slots General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $5.0 million each year from the general fund to support mixed-delivery pre-kindergarten pilot programs for at least 500 at-risk three- and four-year olds. These slots do not require a local match. The amendment also requires pilot program applications to address how each pilot will transition to a level of state support similar to the state support provided for VPI slots. This amendment also ensures that children served by the pilot programs will be assigned student identification numbers to evaluate and compare outcomes. A corresponding amendment in Item 145 relocates this initiative to Item 144.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,000,000 $5,000,000
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Increase Support for At-Risk Students General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $8.7 million the second year from the general fund to increase the upper range of the at-risk add-on from 25.0 percent to 26.0 percent, which provides in total $235.3 million the second year for at-risk students. A companion amendment adjusts the funding amounts, in paragraph 9.e., to reflect the distribution of Lottery Proceeds used to fund the at-risk add-on program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $8,740,630
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English Learner Teacher Ratio General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $6.7 million the first year and $14.3 million second year, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 975 and Senate Bill 910. This will provide funding to increase the English Language Learner student-teacher ratios from 17 positions per 1,000 students to 18.5 positions per 1,000 students in fiscal year 2021, and to 20 positions per 1,000 students in fiscal year 2022 and thereafter.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,666,239) $0
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Enrollment Loss Payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2.5 million the first year and $2.1 million the second year from the general fund to provide relief to school divisions experiencing enrollment loss between school years. To qualify for the payments, the school division must have fewer than 10,000 students and lose more than 2.0 percent of its students from the prior year, based on September 30 fall membership counts.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,540,119 $2,102,530
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Power Scholars Academy - YMCA BELL General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment moves funding for Power Scholars from Item 145 and provides an additional $450,000 each year from the general fund to support expansion of the YMCA Power Scholars BELL program to serve additional students at new sites.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Technical Update - State Operated Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding the first year for a technical update applied biennially to the special education state operated programs. During rebenchmarking, the growth rate for the program was only applied in the second year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $925,954 $972,443
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Retiree Health Credits for School Board Employees Other Than Teachers General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides the state share of funding to implement House Bill 1513, which provides a health insurance credit of $1.50 per year for services to retired non-teacher school division employees having at least 15 years of total creditable service.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $837,291 $993,932
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Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reallocates funding for the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in fiscal year 2022. An amendment to House Bill 29 provides $1.2 million in fiscal year 2020 to the museum to support field trips and traveling exhibitions aligned with SOL content.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 ($1,300,000)
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Adjust No Loss Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the funding for No Loss Payments as proposed in the introduced budget, based upon other proposed actions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($825,687) ($370,720)
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American Civil War Museum General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reallocates funding for the American Civil War Museum. An amendment to House Bill 29 provides $1.0 million in fiscal year 2020 to the museum to support field trips aligned with SOL content.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($1,000,000)
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Blue Ridge PBS General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 each year from the general fund for Blue Ridge PBS, to assist with reinstating its education department, which was eliminated in 2012 when state funding terminated. The proposed amendment would restore Blue Ridge PBS's state funding to the fiscal year 2000 level.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides level funding to the Great Aspirations Scholarship Program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($500,000) ($500,000)
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Update Sales Tax Estimate for FY 2021 General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $663,555 from the general fund the first year based on updating the sales tax distribution estimate for fiscal year 2021.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $663,555 $0
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Alleghany County - Covington School Division Consolidation General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $582,000 the second year from the general fund as an incentive for the Alleghany County and Covington City school divisions to consolidate. These payments are based upon the methodology recommended in the Study on School Division Joint Contracting Incentives (Report Document 548, 2016). Such payments are intended be set at this amount for five years, with no adjustments.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $582,000
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Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 each year to provide funding for the Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center in Newport News to purchase industry-related equipment, training simulators and software to support career training, wealth building, and individual casework.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Chesterfield Recovery High School General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund each year to the Chesterfield County School Board to assist with establishing a recovery high school, which will serve students who are in the early stages of recovery from substance use disorder or dependency. The Chesterfield County School Board will submit a report regarding the planning, implementation, and outcomes of the recovery high school to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee by December 1 each year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Power Scholars Academy YMCA - BELL General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment moves the YMCA Power Scholar Academies program from Item 145 to Item 144. A corresponding amendment in Item 144 provides $1.0 million each year for this program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($250,000) ($250,000)
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Technical Update - LCI Montgomery Co General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $197,155 from the general fund the first year and $198,775 from the general fund the second year to Montgomery County school division due to a substantial error in the composite index of the locality for the 2020-2022 biennium. The composite index of any other locality will not be changed as a result of the adjustment for Montgomery County.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $197,155 $198,755
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Literacy Lab - VPI Minority Educator Fellowship General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $300,000 from the general fund the first year for a fellowship program administered by the Literacy Lab to place recent high-school graduates of a minority background in VPI or Head Start classrooms. Literacy Lab will partner with school divisions or community-based early childhood centers in Richmond and Portsmouth. Literacy Lab will report by August 1, 2021 to the Chairs of the House Education and Senate Education and Health Committees, Secretary of Education, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on its activities to provide training, coaching, and professional development to the fellowship participants, and provide metrics on the success of participants entering the educator pipeline either through employment or a teacher preparation program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $0
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Newport News Aviation Academy General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures savings of $275,000 the second year from the general fund by eliminating two allocations that were first made in fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 to implement the Newport News Aviation Academy at Denbigh High School.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($275,000)
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Active Learning Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the first year for grants to school divisions to encourage active learning in students in pre-kindergarten through the second grade. The Department of Education will establish criteria for awarding grants and report on the intended use of the funds to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by December 1, 2020.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the first year for one-time support for innovative, flexible furniture and equipment to support personalized learning at the Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center, the new career and technical education facility under construction for Winchester Public Schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corporation General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $100,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corporation in Arlington. This organization sponsors a prekindergarten program serving low-income and immigrant families, a child care co-op, and a community outreach center.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $0
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Soundscapes - Newport News General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $90,000 from the general fund the first year to Newport News Public Schools for the Soundscapes social intervention programs that provides a rigorous, daily after-school curriculum to socio-economically disadvantaged youth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $90,000 $0
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Consolidate VPI Plus Into VPI General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates the Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus (VPI+) program and provides $2.0 million the first year and $2.2 million the second year to hold eight school divisions harmless for the 609 VPI+ slots that were filled during the 2019-2020 school year. This amendment also transfers the funding that supports the approximately 920 VPI+ slots that VPI+ participating localities did not fill during the 2019-2020 school year into the early childhood reform package to provide supplemental flexible funding in the event that any of the initiatives are oversubscribed. State VPI+ payments were first established in fiscal year 2018 after the federal funding for the program ended.
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Early Childhood - Maximize Use of Head Start Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment modifies language to ensure localities maximize Head Start slots before accessing additional state funding for Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) slots.
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Early Childhood - Mixed Delivery Add-On Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides that the mixed-delivery add-on grants vary by region. In fiscal year 2021, the add-on grants will provide (i) $3,500 per child for divisions in Planning District 8, (ii) $2,500 per child for divisions in Planning District 15, Planning District 23, and for the counties of Stafford, Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Clarke, Warren, Frederick, and Culpeper and the Cities of Fredericksburg and Winchester, and (iii) $1,500 per child in any other division. The Department of Education is required to establish a schedule designating the amount of the add-on grants for each school division for fiscal year 2022.
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Early Childhood - Reporting on Utilization of Funds and Outcomes General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Education to report on the utilization of funds and slots for the Virginia Preschool Initiative program and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation's pilot Mixed-Delivery Preschool Initiative. The comprehensive report will be aggregated in a manner to identify: (i) funding and the number of slots used to serve a student in a public school and non-public school setting, (ii) the number of three-year olds served, (iii) waitlist slots requested, offered, and provided, (iv) the number of students served whose families are at or below 130 percent poverty, above 130 percent but at or below 200 percent of poverty, above 200 percent but at or below 350 percent of poverty, and above 350 percent of poverty. The Department will also develop a plan for comprehensive public reporting on early childhood expenditures, outcomes, and program quality for all publicly-funded providers as defined in Chapter 860 and Chapter 861, 2020 Acts of Assembly.
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Infrastructure and Operations Per Pupil Funds General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment establishes the Infrastructure and Operations Per Pupil Fund, which provides $263.0 million the first year and $266.2 million the second year from the Lottery Proceeds fund to provide the state share of per-pupil payments of $375.27 the first year and $378.52 the second year, and payments to ensure that each school division receives at least a $200,000 payment. Localities are not permitted to use these funds to reduce local expenditures on public education. At least 30% of the funds the first year, and at least 40% of the funds the second year are required to be used for non-recurring expenditures. This ensures that at least $78.9 million the first year and $106.5 million the second year is provided to school divisions to meet construction, maintenance, and modernization needs. These funds replace the Supplemental Per Pupil Lottery payments provided in prior years.
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Regional Alternative Education Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Education to develop a mechanism to allocate regional alternative education program slots to participating school divisions. The Department will develop a mechanism to allocate the existing slots to participating divisions based upon the number of students in a division requiring regional alternative education. The Department will report the planned implementation to the Secretary of Education and the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by August 1, 2021.
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Restore Staffing Flexibility General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment waives certain staffing standards for several categories of instructional positions the first year only, and requires school divisions to report the extent which these flexibility provisions were utilized to waive staffing standards. This amendment partially restores waivers that had been included in the Appropriation Act since 2010 that were eliminated in the introduced budget. The previous language also waived staffing standards for English as a Second Language and school counselor positions; however they are no longer included, as 2020 legislation increases the staffing standards for those positions.
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Technical Update - VPSA Technology Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the VPSA Educational Technology Grant program by $26,000 each year as a program currently receiving a grant plans to disband. This is a language only amendment.
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Unallot spending increases in response to potential revenue shortfall (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Creates a language item to require the unallotment of new discretionary spending amounts ($185,314,517 in FY2021 and $304,970,121 in FY2022).
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Utilization of Remedial Education Payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requires school divisions to report on the uses of Prevention, Intervention, and Remediation, At-Risk Add-On, and Early Reading Intervention Payments. This amendment consolidates an existing reporting requirement related to the At-Risk Add-On program.


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