Virginia Community College System [260]
Secretarial Area: Education
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $436,559,556 $1,303,934,757 $1,740,494,313
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $425,494,163 $781,184,757 $1,206,678,920
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $440,185,735 $742,618,449 $1,182,804,184
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $451,105,973 $754,118,449 $1,205,224,422
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $475,404,852 $777,562,583 $1,252,967,435
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $515,385,855 $795,912,583 $1,311,298,438
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $590,072,228 $812,064,972 $1,402,137,200
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget $515,385,855 $795,912,583 $1,311,298,438
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments $96,950,341 $16,152,389 $113,102,730
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments ($22,263,968) $0 ($22,263,968)
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $613,772,228 $812,064,972 $1,425,837,200
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget $515,385,855 $795,912,583 $1,311,298,438
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments $107,452,339 $16,152,389 $123,604,728
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments ($9,065,966) $0 ($9,065,966)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 5,559.57 5,794.58 11,354.15
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 5,559.57 5,794.58 11,354.15
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 5,557.57 5,796.58 11,354.15
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 5,558.57 5,796.58 11,355.15
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 5,558.57 5,296.58 10,855.15
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 5,588.57 5,296.58 10,885.15
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 5,634.57 5,296.58 10,931.15
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget 5,588.57 5,296.58 10,885.15
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments 46.00 0.00 46.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 5,635.57 5,296.58 10,932.15
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget 5,588.57 5,296.58 10,885.15
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments 47.00 0.00 47.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 X. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $14,144,458 $14,144,458
Nongeneral Fund $10,020,317 $10,020,317
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Move Affordable Access funding to base Base Budget Adjustment
  Moves funding in Item 262.80, paragraph A, to institutions, per language requirement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $15,000,000 $15,000,000
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for adjunct faculty Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for adjunct faculty budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 BB. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,690,508 $3,690,508
Nongeneral Fund $2,589,082 $2,589,082
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 H. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,778,669 $1,778,669
Nongeneral Fund $1,286,565 $1,286,565
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 G. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,703,785 $1,703,785
Nongeneral Fund $1,202,900 $1,202,900
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 G. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,532,068 $1,532,068
Nongeneral Fund $1,087,723 $1,087,723
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 C. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($283,070) ($283,070)
Nongeneral Fund ($181,453) ($181,453)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 F. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($18,592) ($18,592)
Nongeneral Fund ($74,919) ($74,919)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded internal service fund charges for the Personnel Management Information System Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for Personnel Management Information System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 I. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($50,766) ($50,766)
Nongeneral Fund ($32,191) ($32,191)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded general liability premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for general liability premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 J. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $24,427 $24,427
Nongeneral Fund $14,574 $14,574
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 K. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $11,954 $11,954
Nongeneral Fund $9,259 $9,259
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 R. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,067) ($6,067)
Nongeneral Fund ($8,566) ($8,566)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 H. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,818) ($2,818)
Nongeneral Fund ($11,009) ($11,009)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Line of Duty Act premiums and enrollment Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for Line of Duty Act premiums and enrollment changes budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 Q. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($8,299) ($8,299)
Nongeneral Fund ($4,893) ($4,893)
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Continue and increase funding for affordable access Decision Package
  Provides ongoing funding and increases affordable access amounts provided in paragraph D. of Item 262.80, Chapter 552, 2021 Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $20,196,400 $20,196,400
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Fund G3 Innovation Grants Decision Package
  Provides funding to increase the capacity, quality, and responsiveness of G3 programs at community colleges.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $24,000,000 $14,000,000
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Increase undergraduate student financial assistance Decision Package
  Increases funding for need-based financial aid for in-state undergraduate students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,000,000 $26,000,000
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Expand Network2Work Decision Package
  Provides funding to connect job seekers to training and career resources in the Richmond, Petersburg, and Hampton Roads regions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,038,968 $4,540,966
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Enhance cyber-security infrastructure Decision Package
  Provides funding to augment data infrastructure to better protect against on-going threats to student, employee, and financial data and information.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,000,000 $1,000,000
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Fund Hampton Roads Strong initiative Decision Package
  Provides funding to train workers in the construction, shipbuilding, and offshore wind industries.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,500,000 $2,500,000
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Provide funding for operations and maintenance of new facilities Decision Package
  Supports operation and maintenance costs for facilities coming online in fiscal year 2023.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $428,000 $428,000
Nongeneral Fund $255,000 $255,000
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Fund occupational therapy assistant program transferred from the Radford University Carilion merger to Virginia Western Community College Decision Package
  Provides state support for the academic program being moved from Carilion to VWCC.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded minimum wage increases Decision Package
  Adjusts appropriation to reflect the increases in the Virginia minimum wage effective May 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, and budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 T. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. The amounts provided support the annualized general fund cost of increasing the Virginia minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $11.00 per hour or the equivalent annual salary of $22,880.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $270,716 $270,716
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Align appropriation across programs Decision Package
  Adjusts nongeneral fund appropriations to match revenues.
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VCCS - Repurpose New Initiatives General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment designates $1.5 million the first year and $1.0 million the second year from the general fund for cybersecurity enhancements and repurposes funding toward other priorities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($26,500,000) ($14,000,000)
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VCCS - Repurpose New Initiative General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes proposed new funding in the budget as introduced. Additional workforce funding is provided under a companion amendment in Item 487.50.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,538,968) ($7,040,966)
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VCCS - Advising Capacity General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides additional funding and positions to hire more advisors and a system advising coordinator who will provide training, establish advising standards, measure outcomes and provide return-on investment feedback. The additional advisors over the biennium will reduce the ratio from about one advisor for every 1,600 students to about one advisor for every 1,200 students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,600,000 $4,600,000
Positions 45.00 45.00
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VCCS - Affordable Access General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding to maintain affordable access for in-state undergraduate students.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,900,000 $3,900,000
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VCCS - Danville Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding and positions for Danville Community College to establish an aviation maintenance technology program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $1,500,000
Positions 1.00 2.00
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VCCS - Coastal Virginia STEM Hub General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $500,000 from the general fund each year of the biennium to support a partnership between Virginia Peninsula Community College and the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub, a regional learning ecosystem for 17 municipalities in the Hampton Roads area.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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VCCS - GENEDGE / A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding for the GENEDGE / A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership to cover the cost of software, hardware, cyber, facilities, travel, third party procurement, payroll processing, human resource administration, One Virginia implementation and other indirect costs to enable the Strategic Growth of GENEDGE services to the manufacturing supply chain in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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VCCS - Great Expectations General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund in each year of the biennium to establish a grant program for community colleges to provide additional resources to the Great Expectations Program, which would fund the hiring of college coaches or mentors, housing stipends, child care, and transportation needs for participants.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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VCCS - Sonographer Education Pilot Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requests funding for a pilot program between Virginia Commonwealth University and Rappahannock Community College and VCU Health System to create a certified sonographer education and training program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $475,000 $475,000
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VCCS - G3 Missing Language (Technical) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores language related to program eligibility, student award eligibility, and reporting requirements regarding the G3 program that was inadvertently left out of the introduced budget.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 07-19-2025 06:21:02