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
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 $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $7,180,933,220 $2,004,726,703 $9,185,659,923
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $9,143,956,725 $1,960,365,888 $11,104,322,613
2022-2024 2023 Previous Legislative Appropriation $9,011,253,054 $1,960,255,888 $10,971,508,942
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments $166,874,401 $110,000 $166,984,401
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments ($34,170,730) $0 ($34,170,730)
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $9,214,996,464 $1,981,025,356 $11,196,021,820
2022-2024 2024 Previous Legislative Appropriation $8,530,022,783 $1,890,391,818 $10,420,414,601
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments $275,038,452 $4,462,830 $279,501,282
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments $409,935,229 $86,170,708 $496,105,937
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Update sales tax revenue for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the December 2022 sales tax forecast.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $90,474,422 $77,507,889
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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 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $28,389,627 $42,826,514
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Increase funding for college partnership laboratory schools Decision Package
  Increases funding to be deposited into the College Partnership Laboratory Schools Fund to be distributed by the Board of Education to support per-pupil costs for approved college partnership laboratory schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000,000 $0
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Support performance pay for top performing teachers Decision Package
  Funds an initiative to provide meaningful rewards to effective teachers as demonstrated through student academic growth and achievement. This program provides a bonus payment of $5,000 per individual to top performing teachers identified by the Department of Education in conjunction with local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $50,000,000
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Provide retention bonus for instructional and support positions Decision Package
  Provides the state share of a one-time retention bonus payment on September 1, 2023, for instructional and support positions Funding is based on the state share of a 1.0 percent bonus per funded SOQ instructional and support position, Academic Year Governor’s School instructional and support position, and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support position.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $45,152,262
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect changes in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 public education. The fiscal year 2023 Lotttery proceeds estimate decreases from $784.7 million to $775.2 million, and the fiscal year 2024 estimate increases from $764.7 million to $769.0 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,499,460 ($4,337,838)
Nongeneral Fund ($9,499,462) $4,337,830
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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 ($16,271,483) ($6,450,403)
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Provide targeted support for early childhood education through Mixed Delivery programming Decision Package
  Supports a pilot program for full-day, full-year services for at-risk childen in the Lenowisco and Crater planning districts through the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed Delivery preschool program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $20,000,000
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Use Lottery fund balances to support existing appropriation Decision Package
  Appropriates cash balances from the Lottery Proceeds Fund to support the difference between the Lottery Proceeds Fund appropriation in Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, and the Lottery Board's October 2022 revised forecast.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($9,499,465) $0
Nongeneral Fund $9,499,462 $0
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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 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,139,785 $9,139,785
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Expand reading specialist staffing standard to 4th and 5th grades Decision Package
  Provides the state share of funding for one reading specialist instructional position for each 550 students in grades four and five, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $16,868,870
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Support teacher recruitment incentives for hard-to-fill positions and hard-to-staff schools Decision Package
  Provides a one-time teacher recruitment incentive payment for teachers hired to fill instructional positions in hard-to-fill positions or hard-to-staff schools between July and September 2023.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $10,000,000
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Support math specialists for grades kindergarten through eight Decision Package
  Provides funding for the state share of a math specialist instructional position in schools that serve students in grades kindergarten through eight and rank in the lowest 10 percent statewide on math Standards of Learning assessments.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,200,991
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Update the state cost for English as a Second Language Decision Package
  Updates cost of the English as a Second Language Standards of Quality program to reflect updated data for verified English learners.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,147,022 $4,647,991
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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 $1,233,501 $1,241,783
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Update Academic Year Governor’s School per pupil amounts Decision Package
  Updates the per pupil amounts for Academic Year Governor's Schools to account for the ongoing cost of the 2020-2022 biennium compensation supplement. This update was not accounted for in the 2022-2024 biennium rebenchmarking process.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,104,051 $1,120,184
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Increase support for Communities in Schools Decision Package
  Provides additional one-time support for Communities in Schools to expand programs in Petersburg and rural communities, including Southside and Southwest Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $0
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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 2022-2024 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($335,000) $0
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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 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $97,384 $214,336
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Summer Residential Governor's World Language Academies Decision Package
  Increases the nongeneral fund appropriation for Summer Residential Governor's World Language Academies to account for actual tuition collected.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $110,000 $125,000
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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 ($104,903) $0
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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 ($93,912)
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Increase flexibility for teacher scholarship funds supporting dual enrollment credentialing Decision Package
  Adds language to provide flexibility for underutilized teacher scholarship funds by increasing the lifetime maximum award and expanding eligibility to teachers pursuing additional training or coursework to teach an industry credential.
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Revise teacher requirements for Virginia Preschool Initiative community provider programs Decision Package
  Revises teacher requirements for community-based providers that are recipients of Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) grants. This change aligns teacher licensure requirements for community-based providers under VPI and Mixed Delivery to increase the number of children served in high quality preschool settings.
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Update total ARPA bonus amount for school division instructional and support staff Decision Package
  Updates budget language for the bonus payments to school division instructional and support staff from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds based on a revised calculation. The appropriation for these bonus payments is provided in Item 486.
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2023 Special Session I Amendments: Direct Aid: Support Positions, Flexible Per Pupil Funding, Two Percent Salary, Other Initiatives General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $559.2 million the second year from the general fund and $86.0 million the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund for several public education initiatives, including: (i) $152.3 million to increase the number of state-recognized and funded support positions from 21 positions per 1,000 ADM to 24 positions per 1,000 ADM, (ii) $418.3 million in flexible per pupil funding, (iii) $54.6 million for a two percent salary increase, effective January 1, 2024, for SOQ recognized instructional and support positions, (iv) $1.8 million in one-time support for Accomack and Northampton Counties to address unique staffing challenges, (v) $20.0 million for a one-time targeted school security equipment grant supplement, using $12.0 million from the general fund and $8.0 million from American Rescue Plan Act funds, (vi) support for projects in Falls Church and Chesapeake, YMCA Power Scholars, and Critical National Security Language grants. This amendment also recognizes $86.2 million in unanticipated fiscal year 2023 lottery proceeds, which offset general fund costs by a like amount. The amendment also revises teacher requirements for community-based providers that are recipients of Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) grants to align teacher licensure requirements for community-based providers under VPI and Mixed Delivery to increase the number of children served in high-quality preschool settings.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $559,157,352
Nongeneral Fund $0 $86,170,708
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Reverse Introduced Operating Budget Amendments (2023 Session HB 1400 Conference Action) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reverses the operating budget amendments proposed in HB 1400 / SB 800 as introduced. The passage of the conference substitute to HB 1400 nullifies the introduced amendments. To reflect the General Assembly action, this amendment reverses the aggregate total of proposed introduced budget changes for this agency.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($166,874,401) ($275,038,452)
Nongeneral Fund ($110,000) ($4,462,830)
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HB1400 Conference Substitute - K-12 Education Funding General Assembly Adjustment
  Makes technical changes to K-12 funding as included in Item 138.10 of HB1400.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $132,703,671 $125,816,329
Nongeneral Fund $110,000 $4,462,830


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 12:51:58