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 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $9,011,253,054 $1,960,255,888 $10,971,508,942
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments $1,350,584,480 ($29,037,679) $1,321,546,801
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments $349,115,521 $70,000,000 $419,115,521
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $8,530,022,783 $1,890,391,818 $10,420,414,601
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments $1,057,775,524 ($28,901,749) $1,028,873,775
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments $160,694,206 $0 $160,694,206
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 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget 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 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget 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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Increase salaries for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions Decision Package
  Provides the state share of a 5.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2022, and the state share of an additional 5.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2023, for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions. The total state support for these compensation supplements is $248.9 million in FY 2023 and $512.8 million in FY 2024. A portion of the incremental state cost is included in the retirement and other post-employment benefits revision and the cost of competing adjustment for Accomack and Northampton.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $245,546,121 $505,476,568
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Fund school construction and modernization Decision Package
  Provides one-time grants to local school divisions for nonrecurring costs including school construction, additions, infrastructure, site acquisition, renovations, technology and other expenditures related to modernizing classroom equipment, school safety equipment or school safety renovations, and debt service payments on school projects completed during the last ten years.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000,000 $0
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Hold school divisions harmless for rebenchmarking data affected by COVID-19 Decision Package
  Provides hold harmless funding to local school divisions to support the state's share of Standards of Quality Basic Aid and Special Education payments to school divisions in the 2022-2024 biennium. These payments are in response to unanticipated reductions in the base year rebenchmarking data for special education, pupil transportation, and non-personal support costs, which was affected by the mandatory school closings and virtual school settings that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $177,079,892 $177,441,317
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Provide additional general fund support for school employee retirement Decision Package
  Increases general fund support for school employee retirement and reduces Literary Fund support for this purpose by the same amount. The Literary Fund savings allows the Board of Education to offer up to $200.0 million in FY 2023 and up to $200.0 million in FY 2024 from the Literary Fund for school construction loans or interest rate subsidy grants, subject to the availability of funds.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $83,000,000 $83,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($83,000,000) ($83,000,000)
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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 2022-2024 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 October 2021, this amount reflects an additional update for the consolidation of Alleghany County and the City of Covington school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $154,096,013 $177,527,685
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Repurpose funding held in DOE's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking calculations from the prior biennium Decision Package
  Repurposes funding that was held in the Department of Education's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking calculations from the prior biennium's No Loss payments. In the 2022-2024 biennium, these funds partially support $177.1 million in FY 2023 and $177.4 million in FY 2024 that is provided to hold school divisions harmless for Rebenchmarking data affected by the mandatory school closings and virtual school settings that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($164,335,526) ($164,335,526)
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 Public Education from $690.9 million in the base budget to $764.7 million in FY 2023 and $764.7 million in FY 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($73,768,381) ($73,768,375)
Nongeneral Fund $73,768,381 $73,768,381
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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 $124,479,686 $148,844,983
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Increase support for educationally at-risk students Decision Package
  Provides additional support for educationally at-risk students by increasing the At-Risk Add-On program maximum add-on percentages from 26.0 percent to 49.5 percent in FY 2023 and from 26.0 percent to 36.0 percent in FY 2024. Funding is provided as a percentage add-on to Basic Aid to support the additional costs of educating at-risk students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $194,229,743 $74,243,665
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Remove one-time COVID-19 Relief Fund appropriation supporting Incentive Programs Decision Package
  Removes the one-time COVID-19 Relief Fund nongeneral fund appropriation that supported Incentive Programs in the 2020-2022 biennium and increases general fund appropriation by the same amount.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $40,000,000 $40,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($40,000,000) ($40,000,000)
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Hold school divisions harmless for elimination of the tax on sales of food for human consumption Decision Package
  Provides one-time hold harmless payments representing the projected net decrease in state payments to local school divisions from eliminating the tax on sales of food purchased for human consumption, after adjusting for the increase to the state’s share of Basic Aid resulting from decreased sales tax revenues. These payments are in lieu of the required increase in a locality’s share of Basic Aid that would result from the decreased sales tax revenues.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $45,546,744 $112,496,034
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Reduce sales tax to reflect elimination of the tax on sales of food for human consumption Decision Package
  Reflects the projected net decrease in state payments to local school divisions from eliminating the tax on sales of food purchased for human consumption, after adjusting for the increase to the state’s share of Basic Aid resulting from decreased sales tax revenues. A separate action provides one-time hold harmless payments to local school divisions in lieu of the required increase in a locality's share of Basic Aid that would result from the decreased sales tax revenues.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($45,546,727) ($112,496,024)
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Increase federal appropriation Decision Package
  Increases the federal trust appropriation to reflect anticipated revenues and expenditures for federal programs.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $56,804,640 $56,804,640
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Remove one-time Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund appropriation Decision Package
  Removes one-time Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund appropriaiton from the agency's base budget under Federal Education Assistance Programs.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($36,500,000) ($36,500,000)
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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 ($33,087,557) ($31,858,449)
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Expand the Early Reading Intervention program to support services in grades K-5 Decision Package
  Expands the Early Reading Intervention program to support additional instruction for students in grades four and five. Currently, this program supports services for students in grades kindergarten through three.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $31,525,298 $31,564,591
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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 ($26,464,811) ($26,407,020)
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Rebenchmark the Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amount Decision Package
  Applies Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amounts based on the rebenchmarking methodology determined by the Department of Education pursuant to Item 145.C.14.i. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. This methodology is similar to the current formula supporting public K-12 education in Virginia and includes a cost of competing adjustment, as applicable.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $13,656,835 $13,700,926
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Update English as a Second Language enrollment 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 $10,317,445 $15,829,672
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Update Lottery supported programs Decision Package
  Adjusts state support for Lottery-funded programs based on actual participation and updated projections.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $8,488,170 $15,837,521
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Support additional instructional positions for English language learners Decision Package
  Supports additional instructional positions for English language learners under the English as a Second Language program based on 22 instructional positions per 1,000 students for whom English is a second language. Current funding is based on a staffing ratio of 20 positions per 1,000 students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,705,007 $10,533,648
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Expand access to Virginia Preschool Initiative for three-year-old children Decision Package
  Provides additional support for localties to serve three-year-old children through the Virginia Preschool Initiative program on a competitive basis and subject to available appropriation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,049,681 $13,350,181
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Update non-personal inflation factors Decision Package
  Updates non-personal support cost inflation factors based on October 2021 data from the Department of Taxation. The Department of Education's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking cost included an initial update to these factors based on May 2021 data.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,300,957 $7,277,133
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Reflect the cost of a retirement and benefits revision attributed to other actions Decision Package
  Reflects the state cost of a retirement and other post-employment benefits revision. This cost is attributed to other actions under Direct Aid to Public Education.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,470,379 $7,377,930
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Establish one-time Community Schools Fund Decision Package
  Establishes a competitive grant program for school divisions to implement community schools initiatives that provide a framework for integrated student supports, expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, active family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership and practices.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $10,000,000 $0
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Expand Early Childhood Educator Incentive grant program Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the Early Childhood Educator Incentive program to increase the number of recipients and the individual award amounts.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,000,000 $5,000,000
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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 $3,878,081 $4,225,855
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Provide Cost of Competing Adjustment support to Accomack and Northampton counties Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to adjust Standards of Quality salary costs for instructional and support positions in Accomack County and Northampton County school divisions to account for Maryland labor costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,548,950 $3,686,299
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Expand the Mixed Delivery grant program Decision Package
  Increases state support for the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed Delivery pre-kindergarten program to serve additional at-risk three- and four-year-old children, and to establish a pilot for up to 200 infant and toddler slots each year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,971,900 $4,736,015
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Increase support for mixed-delivery preschool community provider add-on grants Decision Package
  Requires the Department of Education to make recommendations on mixed-delivery preschool community provider add-on grant amounts based on the Department's cost estimation model, and provides additional support for these grants in the second year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $3,448,384
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Increase diversity in the computer science teaching workforce Decision Package
  Provides funding to support programs that will increase the number of qualified minority computer science teachers and to support resources for microcredentials, professional development, dual major certification pathways, and Praxis support.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,500,000 $1,500,000
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Increase support for Advancing Computer Science Education grants Decision Package
  Increases funding for the Advancing Computer Science Education grants to support actual demand.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,350,000 $1,350,000
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Transfer Advancing Computer Science Education grant appropriation to Direct Aid Decision Package
  Transfers the appropriation supporting Advancing Computer Science Education grants from Central Appropriations to Direct Aid.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,350,000 $1,350,000
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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 projected participation in the 2022-2024 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,274,452 $1,368,168
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Support new state-operated program at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk Decision Package
  Provides support for the new state-operated educational program at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA, which will be operational in FY 2023.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,125,000 $1,115,000
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Establish a grow-your-own licensed early childhood educator grant program Decision Package
  Establishes a grant program for partnerships between school divisions and institutions of higher education to create a pipeline of well-prepared early childhood educators.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,050,000 $1,050,000
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Provide funding for Project Ready Decision Package
  Provides funding to the Urban League of Hampton Roads to support the Project Ready-Career Beginnings program to increase high school retention and college access.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $0
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Increase support for Communities in Schools Decision Package
  Provides additional support for Communities in Schools to allow for immediate expansion of integrated student supports to at least 10 additional Title I schools serving approximately 9,000 more students in Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, the Richmond region, Petersburg, and Southwest Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $760,000 $760,000
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Provide funding for Youth Entrepreneurship Pilot Program Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish a Small Buisness Assistance and Youth Entrepreneurship Pilot Program with Portsmouth Public Schools' Minority Business Enterprise Advisory Comittee in collaboration with other community partners.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,500,000 $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 ($644,358) ($644,368)
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Update Alleghany and Covington incentive payments Decision Package
  Updates Alleghany County - Covington City School Division Consolidation Incentive payments per Item 145. B.42., Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($600,000) ($600,000)
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Increase support for Blue Ridge PBS Decision Package
  Provides additional support to Blue Ridge PBS to increase educational outreach programming.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for eMediaVA Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to WHRO for eMediaVA to support additional resource development for statewide digital content development, online learning, and professional development.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Power Scholars Academy - YMCA BELL Decision Package
  Increases support for the Power Scholars Academy math and summer enrichment program for children attending Title I schools.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Support curriculum and learning asset development at Virginia Public Media Decision Package
  Provides funding to Virginia Public Media to support curriculum and learning asset development.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Support increased enrollment and student success in Advanced Placement computer science courses Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish programs to support increased enrollment and success in Advanced Placement computer science courses.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Support STEM education through the Virginia Air & Space Center Decision Package
  Increases funding provided to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton to support a STEM education engagement program and other educational programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Wolf Trap STEM program Decision Package
  Provides additional support to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts to administer STEM Arts and early literacy programs for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students in currently served divisions and to establsh new services in unserved divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $275,000 $575,000
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Build the K-8 STEM pipeline through support of STEM programs, including robotics and coding Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish programs to increase exposure to computer science, robotics, and coding for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Increase support for the Teacher Residency Program Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for Virginia Commonwealth University, in collaboration with the Richmond Teacher Residency Program, to pilot a program to support 20 special education residents and 20 elementary school residents.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Increase support for the state-operated program at the Children's Hospital of Richmond Decision Package
  Increases funding for the state-operated educational program at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU to account for expanded capacity beginning fall 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $245,742 $245,742
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Update non-professional retirement and health insurance credit rates Decision Package
  Updates the non-professional retirement and health insurance credit for applicable local school division employees based on the Virginia Retirement System Board-certified November 2021 rates for political subdivisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($169,438) ($302,412)
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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 $110,700 ($25,230)
Nongeneral Fund ($110,700) $25,230
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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 the 2022-2024 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $59,476 $59,476
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Capture savings from College Laboratory School Grant Decision Package
  Captures savings from a completed planning and pilot program for which state funding is no longer needed.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($50,000) ($50,000)
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Increase support for Project Discovery Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to support Project Discovery's Skyline Community Action Program serving Madision and Orange counties.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $25,000 $25,000
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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 $6 $31,135
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Discontinue support for unutilized incentive grants Decision Package
  Discontinues support for the Teacher Improvement Funding Initiative based on the lack of school division participation since FY 2017.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($15,000) ($15,000)
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Align eligibility requirements for Mixed Delivery preschool programs Decision Package
  Aligns student eligibility for Mixed Delivery preschool programs to Virginia Preschool Initiative program eligibility. These language changes allow Mixed Delivery programs to seek a waiver to increase the use of local eligibility requirements where a local need is demonstrated and support expanded eligibility for children with disabilities or delays.
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Clarify existing Path to Industry Certification appropriation Decision Package
  Establishes budget language to identify the existing appropriation designated for the Path to Industry Certification program.
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Expand access to Virginia Preschool Initiative for children with diagnosed disabilities Decision Package
  Expands eligibility criteria for the Virginia Preschool Initiative to include all children with disabilities or delays who are eligible for special education services.
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Expand Virginia Preschool Initiative eligibility for five-year-old children Decision Package
  Authorizes placement of five-year-old children in Virginia Preschool Initiative classrooms for children who did not have access to a sufficient preschool experience, with final placement based on family and program leader input.
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Increase school construction loans from the Literary Fund Decision Package
  Implements recommendations of the Department of Education and the Department of the Treasury to make Literary Fund construction loans more competitive and attractive to school divisions as a viable source for funding school construction projects. Authorizes the Board of Education to offer up to $200.0 million in FY 2023 and up to $200.0 million in FY 2024 from the Literary Fund in school construction loans or interest rate subsidy grants, subject to the availability of funds.
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Provide prorated state support for Virginia Preschool Initiative late enrollment Decision Package
  Authorizes prorated state support for Virginia Preschool Initiative slots filled between October 1 and December 31 each year based on the portion of the school year each child is served.
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Remove language authorizing Virginia Preschool Initiative start-up or expansion grants Decision Package
  Removes language that authorized start-up or expansion grants from unobligated balances of the Virginia Preschool Initiative program budget due to lack of local participation.
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Direct Aid - School Construction Assistance Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $400.0 million the first year from the general fund and $50.0 million the first year from the Literary Fund to establish the School Construction Assistance Program, to provide competitive grants for school construction and modernization, based on demonstrated poor building conditions, commitment, and need. Grants would cover 10% to 30% of reasonable project costs, depending on a locality's local composite index and fiscal stress score.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $400,000,000 $0
Nongeneral Fund $50,000,000 $0
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Direct Aid - Increase Funding for Support Positions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $109.4 million from the general fund the first year and $162.3 million from the general fund the second year to increase the number of funded support positions. Since fiscal year 2010, funded support positions have been calculated as a linear weighted average of support positions to funded SOQ instructional positions as reported by divisions. This would increase the funded ratio from 17.75 support positions per 1,000 students to funded SOQ instructional positions to 20 support positions per 1,000 ADM to funded SOQ instructional positions in the first year, and 21 support positions per 1,000 ADM to funded SOQ instructional positions in the second year. This increases state support for support positions and partially removes the funding cap placed on support positions beginning in fiscal year 2010.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $109,349,542 $162,261,733
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Direct Aid - At-Risk Add-On General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $123.2 million in general fund savings the first year by increasing the At-Risk Add-On maximum add-on percentages from 26.0% to 36.0% beginning in fiscal year 2023. The introduced budget proposed establishing the maximum add-on at 49.5% in fiscal year 2023 and 36.0% in fiscal year 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($123,150,802) $0
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Direct Aid - College Partnership Laboratory Schools General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment deposits $100.0 million the first year into the College Partnership Laboratory Schools (CPLS) Fund, and authorizes the Board of Education to award $5.0 million for planning grants to CPLS applicants, $20.0 million for startup grants to approved CPLS, and to distribute per pupil funds to approved CPLS. This amendment further requires the Board of Education to establish CPLS Fund guidelines before the release of funds, and reverts any unobligated funds at the end of the 2022-24 biennium to the general fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000,000 $0
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Direct Aid - School Construction Grant Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $400.0 million from the general fund for the School Construction Grant Program. Language allows local school divisions to use the School Construction Grants Program funds, as introduced, for debt service payments on school projects that have been completed or initiated during the last ten years, and clarifies that funds shall not be used for repair or replacement of parking lot or for facilities that are predominantly used for extracurricular athletic activities. Additionally, language clarifies that any unexpended funds shall be carried on the books of the locality in local escrow accounts pursuant to § 22.1-175.5.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($100,000,000) $0
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Direct Aid - Adjust Lottery Proceeds Forecast General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases the Lottery Proceeds forecast by $20.0 million to $784.7 million the first year, reflecting anticipated profits in fiscal year 2023. This amendment also reflects a general fund offset by a like amount.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($19,999,995) $0
Nongeneral Fund $20,000,000 $0
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Direct Aid - English Learner Teachers General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment maintains the current English learner (EL) teacher ratio of 20 such teachers per 1,000 identified EL students. The introduced budget proposed increasing the staffing standard to 22 EL teachers per 1,000 EL students, for an additional $10.3 million the first year and $11.7 million the second year from the general fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($10,297,573) ($11,694,409)
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Direct Aid - 5% Compensation Supplement General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides that the 5% salary increase in the first year is effective on August 1, 2022 and reduces the compensation supplement funding to reflect this action. It additionally clarifies that local school divisions must use revenues derived from local sources to match the state share of funding for the compensation supplement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($21,418,330) $0
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Direct Aid - Full-time Principal in Every School General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $10.0 million the first year from the general fund and $10.2 million the second year from the general fund for the state share of one full-time school principal position for each elementary school. Current law provides that elementary schools with fewer than 300 students are provided a half-time principal position.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,996,041 $10,282,145
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Direct Aid - Vocational Education Data (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $6.7 million from the general fund the first year and $6.9 million from the general fund the second year to update data for the vocational education program based on end-of-year data from 2020-2021.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,715,866 $6,946,459
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Direct Aid - Remove Accomack and Northampton from COCA General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment saves $3.7 million each year from the general fund by removing Accomack and Northampton counties from the full cost of competing adjustment as included in the introduced budget. A companion amendment provides supplemental support to Accomack and Northampton counties. Further, an amendment directs JLARC to evaluate and review the cost of competing adjustment in their forthcoming study of the Standards of Quality and funding.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,719,338) ($3,726,775)
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Expand Early Reading Specialists Initiative (Executive Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment expands the Early Reading Specialists Initiative to provide funding to additional schools that rank lowest statewide on the third grade reading Standards of Learning Assessment. Funds support the state share of an additional reading specialist, reading coach, or tuition for collegiate programs and instruction for currently employed instructional school personnel to earn the credentials necessary to meet licensure requirements to be endorsed as a reading specialist. These reading specialists are in addition to those required for all school divisions and funded through Basic Aid.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $2,000,000
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Computer Science Teacher Recruitment General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers $1.5 million each year for the establishment of programs to increase the number of computer science teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,500,000) ($1,500,000)
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Direct Aid - VPI & Head Start Counts (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment updates Head Start enrollment counts for certain divisions, reducing Virginia Preschool Initiative costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,211,812) ($1,207,874)
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Grow-Your-Own Licensed Early Childhood Educator General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers $1.1 million each year from the general fund that was proposed in the introduced budget to implement a new grow-your-own licensed early childhood educator program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,050,000) ($1,050,000)
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Project Ready General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers $2.0 million the first year from the general fund that was proposed to support Project Ready.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,000,000) $0
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Direct Aid - Supplemental Support for Accomack and Northampton General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1,750,000 from the Lottery Proceeds Fund the first year to provide one-time support to Accomack and Northampton school divisions for recruitment and retention efforts.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,749,997 $0
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding for 50% of the costs associated with providing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for Kids to eligible Virginia children from birth until they turn five years of age. This established book gifting program mails an age-appropriate book to the home of children each month at no cost to the family.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $481,180 $1,157,065
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Educator Workforce Initiatives General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.5 million the first year from the general fund to increase the supply of qualified educators and support educator recruitment and retention efforts. These funds can support provisionally licensed staff to receive a full teacher licensure, professional development, and mentoring for early career teachers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,500,000 $0
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Chesterfield Recovery High School General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $864,000 from the general fund the first year and $500,000 from the general fund the second year to Chesterfield Public Schools 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.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $864,000 $500,000
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Advancing Computer Science General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers the second year allocation for the Advancing Computer Science grants.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($1,350,000)
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Direct Aid - Update Sales Tax for SB 517 Exemption General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reflects the $1.4 million reduction of K-12 dedicated sales tax in fiscal year 2023 and $1.5 million in fiscal year 2024 from the exemption in Senate Bill 517. After the Basic Aid offset, this results in a reduction to divisions of $619,078 in fiscal year 2023 and $663,307 in fiscal year 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($619,078) ($663,307)
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Achievable Dream - Virginia Beach General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 each year from the general fund to support Achievable Dream Virginia Beach's efforts to prioritize college access for its seniors.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Computer Science AP Enrollment General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers funding to support divisions with enrollment in AP computer science courses.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($500,000) ($500,000)
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YMCA Power Scholar Academies General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year by maintaining the existing $1.0 million annual allocation for the YMCA Power Scholar Academies program and adjusts language to reflect the entire service area of these programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($500,000) ($500,000)
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Direct Aid - Reading Specialists in Grades K-3 General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $30.8 million the first year and $31.6 million the second year from the general fund to provide one reading specialist for every 550 students in kindergarten through third grade, and provides flexibility for school divisions to employ other instructional staff working toward obtaining the training and licensure requirements prescribed in House Bill 319 that will become effective in the 2024-2025 school year. This amendment also eliminates $31.5 million the first year and $31.6 million the second year that was included in the introduced budget to expand Early Reading Intervention from kindergarten through third grade to kindergarten through fifth grade. This amendment is net of both actions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($699,339) $83,236
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American Civil War Museum General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to the American Civil War Museum to support the advancement of experiential learning opportunities for K-12 students, including high-quality, off-site learning experiences.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Blue Ridge PBS General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers the second year allocation to Blue Ridge PBS.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($500,000)
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eMediaVa General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers the second year allocation to eMediaVA and directs the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, in partnership with Blue Ridge PBS, VPM Media Corporation, and PBS Appalachia, to develop a plan on how to share educational resources and content among these organizations in an effort to reduce duplicative efforts in content and curriculum development.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($500,000)
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K-8 STEM Pipeline General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment defers $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the second year from the general fund for a proposed K-8 STEM Pipeline program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($250,000) ($250,000)
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Milk and Cookies (MAC) Children's Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund each year to support the Milk and Cookies (MAC) Children's Program, which provides school-based support for children of parents who are incarcerated. This will allow for expansion of the program to other localities and assist in efforts to bring the program online and in a mobile application format.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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PBS Appalachia General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to support PBS Appalachia with the development of curriculum and learning assets.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Teacher Residency Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the second year to the teacher residency program at VCU. The introduced budget provided $500,000 from the general fund the first year for the program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $500,000
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Virginia Public Media General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment changes the name of Virginia Public Media to VPM Media Corporation and defers the second year allocation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($500,000)
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Vision Screening Grants General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $350,000 the first year from the general fund for Vision Screening Grants. This is in addition to the $391,000 appropriated each year from the general fund in House Bill 30, as introduced.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $350,000 $0
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Denbigh Aviation Academy General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $275,000 the first year from the general fund to support the Denbigh Aviation Academy, an innovative STEM program in which 60% of students are on free and reduced lunch. This program provides students access to a nationally recognized STEM site with a focus on piloting, aircraft maintenance, engineering, computers, and electronics.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $275,000 $0
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RISE Foundation of Waynesboro General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the first year to the RISE Foundation of Waynesboro for preventive services for at-risk youth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Virginia Museum of History and Culture General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 for the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and Virginia public higher education institutions to collaborate on a permanent exhibit and traveling exhibition opportunities for K-12 students, related to the history of free Blacks in Virginia prior to the Civil War.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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EduTutorVA General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $100,000 from the general fund each year to EduTutorVA to support targeted tutoring to help K-12 students recover from COVID-19 learning gaps.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $100,000
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Get Schooled - Center in the Square Roanoke General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $150,000 from the general fund the first year to Get Schooled Center in the Square program in Roanoke for science, math, and agriculture programming for public school students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $150,000 $0
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Direct Aid - Update K-3 Class Size Reduction (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment updates per-pupil amounts for the K-3 Class Size Reduction program and corrects school-level data impacted by the consolidation of Alleghany County and Covington school divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $64,340 $74,700
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Virginia Boys State of The American Legion General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $50,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Virginia Boys State of The American Legion civic education programming.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Virginia Girls State of The American Legion Auxiliary General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $50,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Virginia Girls State of The American Legion Auxiliary civic education programming.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Virginia Holocaust Museum General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $50,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Virginia Holocaust Museum in providing high-quality, off-site learning experiences, educational content, and exhibitions for students to engage in educational content, aligned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, related to the history of the Holocaust and other genocides.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Western Virginia Public Education Consortium General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $50,000 from the general fund the first year for the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium to collaborate with Radford University, Virginia Tech, and New River Community College to address teacher vacancies.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Direct Aid - Supplemental GF Payment in Lieu of One Percent Sales Tax on Food and Personal Hygiene Products General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $104.1 million from the general fund the first year and $257.2 million from the general fund the second for the equivalent distribution of the 1% sales tax revenue from food and essential personal hygiene products. These payments are distributed to localities based on the estimate of school age population consistent with sales tax. The funding for this amendment is fully contained within the introduced budget since the introduced budget contained a hold harmless payment for the loss in dedicated K-12 sales tax from exempting food after the Basic Aid offset and contained the entire distribution of sales tax from essential personal hygiene products. The reductions reflected in this amendment are related to rounding variances when distributing these payments based on school age population and then calculating the Basic Aid state and local shares of cost based on the local composite index.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($7,599) ($18,767)
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Direct Aid - Update FY 2023 SOL Algebra Readiness (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment updates enrollment data in the Algebra Readiness Program for fiscal year 2023.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,579) $0
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Direct Aid - Accelerated Sales Tax General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes language related to accelerated sales tax payments. A companion amendment in Part 3 eliminates the collection of accelerated sales tax payments.
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Direct Aid - ARPA Instructional and Support Positions Pandemic Bonus General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides for the distribution of a $1,000 bonus per position from the federal State and Local Recovery Fund (SLRF) pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The funds provided cover the full cost of the bonus for the funded SOQ instructional and support positions. Localities are not required to provide a local match for these funds and are encouraged to use additional available funds to provide pandemic bonuses to eligible school instructional and support positions.
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Direct Aid - Eliminate Reading Recovery as Eligible Use of At-Risk Funds General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates the Reading Recovery intervention program as a permissible use of At-Risk Add-On Funds to align with Chapter 61, 2022 Acts of Assembly.
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Direct Aid - Infrastructure and Operations Funds - Clarify Eligible Uses and Local Match Requirement 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; clarifies that these funds may be used to pay for debt service on projects that have been initiated but not yet completed; and requires unexpended funds to be deposited into a local capital school projects escrow fund.
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Direct Aid - Literary Fund Closing Cost Subsidy and Interest Subsidy General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes the $25,000 Literary Fund loan closing cost grants. This amendment also provides that the Board of Education may issue $200 million each year in Literary Fund school construction loans. The introduced budget would have authorized $200 million annually in both school construction loans or subsidies.
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Direct Aid - Regional Alternative Education General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Education, in the second year, to conduct a biennial application process to determine slot allocation of the regional alternative education program for the subsequent 2024-2026 biennium.
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Direct Aid - Report Intended Uses of Federal ESSER Funds General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requires school divisions to report their intended uses of federal COVID-19 ESSER funds. Currently, information about the use of these funds is only collected at the time of reimbursement, and their is limited data available on how school divisions plan to spend their remaining ESSER funds.
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Direct Aid - SOQ Preliminary Forecast General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment shifts the due date for the preliminary forecast of Standards of Quality costs from November 15 to November 1 each year.
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K-12 ARPA Pandemic Bonus Payment (Direct Aid) (Executive Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reflects the Department of Education’s recalculated cost to provide a $1,000 bonus for funded SOQ instructional and support positions from the federal State and Local Recovery Fund pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which includes funded SOQ instructional and support positions inadvertently omitted from the original calculation. Additionally, this amendment authorizes the ARPA pandemic bonus for Academic Year Governor’s School and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support positions.
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Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program Requirements General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment clarifies that Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan recipients may teach in a Virginia public school program where 50 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch to meet the teaching requirements to forgive such loans. Current language does not address teachers teaching in programs as opposed to those teaching in traditional public schools.


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