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
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
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $9,143,956,725 $1,960,365,888 $11,104,322,613
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $8,928,053,096 $2,070,513,379 $10,998,566,475
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly $9,867,668,153 $2,870,205,077 $12,737,873,230
2024-2026 2025 Previous Legislative Appropriation $9,671,035,619 $2,302,639,586 $11,973,675,205
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments $45,988,596 $667,565,491 $713,554,087
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments $150,643,938 ($100,000,000) $50,643,938
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly $10,123,453,430 $2,798,366,366 $12,921,819,796
2024-2026 2026 Previous Legislative Appropriation $9,822,713,068 $2,340,289,780 $12,163,002,848
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments $118,269,417 $399,076,591 $517,346,008
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments $182,470,945 $58,999,995 $241,470,940
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Increase federal appropriation Decision Package
  Increases federal nongeneral fund appropriation based on estimated revenues and anticipated reimbursements to local school divisions.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $356,667,442 $356,667,442
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Increase support for school construction Decision Package
  Increases funding for the School Construction Assistance Program from expected revenues to the School Construction Fund and a one time deposit from the Literary Fund.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $270,000,000 $20,000,000
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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 2025 Lottery proceeds estimate increases from $903.0 million in Chapter 2 to $943.8 million and the 2026 estimate increases from $853.0 in Chapter 2 to $875.3 million.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($40,898,050) ($22,409,145)
Nongeneral Fund $40,898,049 $22,409,149
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Update English Language Learner data Decision Package
  Updates cost of the English Learner Teacher Standards of Quality program to reflect updated data for verified English learners, including updated proficiency level data.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $48,806,812 $61,878,962
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Provide Virginia Opportunity Scholarships Decision Package
  Provides funding for Virginia Opportunity Scholarships to award grants to eligible economically disadvantaged students to cover the costs of attending an accredited private school in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $50,000,000
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Update sales tax revenue for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the latest sales tax forecast.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $20,000,089 $18,408,591
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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 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $13,303,251 $20,545,855
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Establish new Lab Schools in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities Decision Package
  Provides funding to the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund to be used for planning, start-up, and operating grant awards to support new lab schools in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $25,000,000 $0
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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 ($13,252,266) ($8,921,946)
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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 ($4,548,253) ($362,914)
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Update program participation for Remedial Summer School Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of Remedial Summer School based on data submitted by divisions in fall 2024 reflecting actual summer 2024 participation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,914,657) $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 ($1,611,338)
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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 $291,956 $297,219
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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 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $259,714 $304,133
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Increase funding for vision screening grants Decision Package
  Increases appropriation provided for school divisions to pay for a portion of the vision screening of students in kindergarten, grade two or three, and grades seven and ten.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $200,000
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Capture savings from regional Career and Technical Education center consolidation Decision Package
  Captures savings from regional grants to career and technical education centers from the consolidation of two divisions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($60,000) ($60,000)
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Modify Teach for America requirements Decision Package
  Amends language to ensure funds provided to Teach for America are used as intended.
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Serve additional children through modified Early Childhood Care and Education program requirements Decision Package
  Makes several changes to requirements for the Child Care Subsidy Program, the Mixed Delivery Initiative, and the Virginia Preschool Initiative in order to increase the number of children served. Changes include updating family copay and work requirements for the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Initiative, removing the cap on the local composite index for the Virginia Preschool Initiative beginning in FY 2026, directing attendance requirements to be updated, and limiting new Child Care Subsidy Program enrollment to birth-to-five children and establishing a work group to study options for school age children.
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Direct Aid - Raise Support Cap to Prevailing Ratio of 27.89 per 1,000 Students (125 #11c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $222.9 million from the general fund the second year to raise the support cap to the prevailing ratio of 27.89 positions per 1,000 students in fiscal year 2026 based on the recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education Funding.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $222,915,021
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School Construction Assistance Program (125 #9c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment (i) increases the amount available for school construction assistance grants by $10.0 million the second year, recognizing additional available fiscal year 2025 casino gaming revenues; and (ii) eliminates the proposed transfer of $150.0 million from the Literary Fund to the School Construction Fund for construction assistance grants in the first year, ensuring sufficient Fund balances will be available for school construction loans or other allowable uses in the upcoming biennium. These actions provide $310.0 million for School Construction Assistance Grants over the biennium, an increase of $150.0 million from the adopted budget.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($150,000,000) $10,000,000
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Direct Aid - Teacher Bonus (125 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $134.4 million from the general fund the first year to fund the cost of up to a $1,000 bonus per funded SOQ instructional and support position. There is no required local match.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $134,399,957 $0
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Special Education Add-On (125 #6c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $52.8 million in fiscal year 2026 for an add on to basic aid of 4.75 percent for special education students receiving Level I services and 5.25 percent for special education students receiving Level II services. Level I (resource) services are less intense than Level II (self-contained) services. This is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education Funding.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $52,782,732
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Executive Amendment - Increase support for school construction (Amendment 55) General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases support for the School Construction Assistance Program in FY 2025 with a one-time deposit of $50.0 million from the Literary Fund to the School Construction Fund.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $50,000,000 $0
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Literary Fund Support for Teacher Retirement (125 #10c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases the Literary Fund amount designated for teacher retirement costs in the second year from $150.0 million to $175.0 million. This action results in general fund savings of $175.0 million which are redirected to other education initiatives.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($25,000,000)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $25,000,000
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Redirect Proposed Virginia Opportunity Scholarship Program Funds (125 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment redirects $50.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2026 by removing the proposed Virginia Opportunity Scholarship Program. These redirected funds allow the support cap to be eliminated.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($50,000,000)
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Direct Aid - Lottery Proceeds (125 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment supplants $24.0 million from the general fund the second year with $24.0 million from the nongeneral fund from the Lottery Proceeds Fund from the cash balances in the Fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($23,999,995)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $23,999,995
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Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (125.10 #7c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $25.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2025 to establish and operate the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Through this program the state and participating employers and employees share in the cost of child care services. Eligibility to receive a state contribution through the program is limited to households with income below 85 percent of the state median income. Family copayments are limited to 5-10 percent of income, with the state contributing 40 percent of the remaining cost, with employers or others contributing the remainder of the cost.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $25,000,000 $0
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Redirect Additional Lab School Funding (125 #5c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment redirects $25.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2025 proposed in the introduced budget to expand College Partnership Laboratory Schools to public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities. These redirected funds enable elimination of the support cap.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($25,000,000) $0
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Technical - Fairfax County Early Reading Intervention (125 #7c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment includes $2.7 million each year from the general fund, reflecting updated literacy screening data for Fairfax County.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,664,007 $2,669,076
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Technical - School Breakfast (125 #8c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment includes $2.5 million in fiscal year 2025 and $2.7 million in fiscal year 2026 from the general fund, reflecting the increase in school breakfast reimbursements that was provided in Chapter 2, 2024 Special Session I. The introduced bill did not include funds for this action.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,454,974 $2,704,111
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Additional Support for Community Schools (124 #14c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases support for Community Schools Development and Implementation Planning Grants by $2.5 million the first year, for a total of $5.0 million in fiscal year 2025. This amendment also expands eligible grant recipients to include Communities in Schools and its affiliates.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,500,000 $0
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Mathews - Asbestos Removal (124 #13c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.0 million from the general fund the first year to support the removal of asbestos from a middle school as part of a capital improvement project.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $0
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Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs (124 #5c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.0 million from the general fund the first year for the Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs for programming beyond the traditional school day.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $0
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Blue Ridge PBS (124 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $750,000 the first year from the general fund for Blue Ridge PBS, for a total of $1.6 million the first year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $750,000 $0
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Children's Museum of Richmond (124 #17c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $750,000 from the general fund the first year to support educational programming at the Children's Museum of Richmond.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $750,000 $0
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eMediaVA (124 #9c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $750,000 from the general fund the first year for eMediaVA and adjusts language to clarify the timeline for determining digital content each year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $750,000 $0
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PBS Appalachia (124 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $750,000 the first year from the general fund for PBS Appalachia, for a total of $1,000,000 the first year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $750,000 $0
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Dolly Parton Imagination Library (124 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases support for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program by $500,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2025, for a total appropriation of $1.7 million in fiscal year 2025.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Excel Center - Goodwill Industries of the Valleys (124 #11c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Diplomas for All program at Goodwill Industries of the Valley's Excel Center.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Greater Peninsula C.A.R.E.S. (124 #8c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to the Greater Peninsula C.A.R.E.S. Learning Recovery Program to address learning loss among students in Hampton and Newport News. The program seeks to prioritize serving students experiencing significant learning loss, including those from low-income families, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Opportunity Scholars Program Expansion (124 #7c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to support Opportunity Scholars in expanding programming to Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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YMCA of South Hampton Roads (124 #12c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads to support youth programming.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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HB 1833 - Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program (125.10 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a one-time appropriation of $400,000 from the general fund the first year to support a pilot program with Ready Region Chesapeake Bay to support small day home providers with training, achieving voluntary registration or licensure or participation in VQB5. Language provides that unexpended funds shall be carried forward until the program's scheduled sunset at the end of fiscal year 2029.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $400,000 $0
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Support for UBU 100/My Life Coach Academy (124 #6c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the first year to support the My Life Coach Academy and UBU 100 Program in the City of Richmond. The program provides advanced educational opportunities and career readiness by focusing on at-risk youth and providing comprehensive support and resources.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Teach for America (124 #16c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $250,000 the first year from the general fund for Teach for America, for a total of $750,000 in fiscal year 2025. These additional funds will be used to address teacher shortages in the Northern Virginia area and to plan for expansion of the program into the Hampton Roads area.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Virginia Leads Innovation Network (124 #10c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the second year for the Virginia Leads Innovation Network (VaLIN) to enable the network's support of Virginia's education system via a regional center model.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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AP, IB, and Cambridge Assessment Exam Fee Reduction (124 #18c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a $150,000 increase the second year from the general fund, for the AP, IB, and Cambridge Assessment Exam Fee Reduction program, for a total of $900,000 in fiscal year 2026. The program covers all except the last $20 of these exam fees for eligible lower-income students. Current demand for the program has outpaced existing funding.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $150,000
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Virginia Holocaust Museum (124 #19c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $125,000 in the first year from the general fund for the Virginia Holocaust Museum, for a total of $400,000 in the first year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $125,000 $0
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New Chesapeake Men for Progress Education Foundation (124 #4c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $100,000 from the general fund the first year to support the New Chesapeake Men for Progress Education Foundation to provide mentoring for young men in the community and enhanced services for underserved youth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $0
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Adjust Attendance Requirement Revisions (125.10 #5c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language making revisions to early childhood education program attendance requirements subject to review by the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission and requiring the Department of Education to report proposed changes to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, for all three early childhood programs.
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Child Care Subsidy and Mixed Delivery Program Adjustments (125.10 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment (i) reduces the copayment proposed in the introduced budget for fiscal year 2026 Child Care Subsidy and Mixed Delivery Early Childhood slots from 7.0 percent of household income to 5.0 percent and (ii) continues allowing new school age enrollees in the Child Care Subsidy Program.
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Early Childhood Care and Education Commission (125.10 #6c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission to recommend cost-effective approaches to providing child care services for school age children through CCSP or out-of-school time learning programs, and to recommend approaches to adjust income eligibility requirements to recognize statewide variations in costs of living.
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Early Childhood Reporting Requirements (125.10 #4c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment consolidates several currently required reports about early childhood programs into a single report, due December 15 each year. Additionally, this new consolidated report will include waitlist information across the Child Care Subsidy, Mixed Delivery, and Virginia Preschool Initiative programs. This amendment also eliminates an obsolete reporting requirement relating to developing a system to provide public information about early childhood care and education providers.
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Technical - VPSA Technology Grants (125 #4c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the amount of equipment technology notes issued each year, reflecting an update to the number of eligible schools.
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Virginia Alliance of YMCAs (124 #15c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment allows the existing appropriation for YMCA Power Scholars Academy to be used for after school learning loss programs. Currently, funds are limited to the summer program.
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VPI - Maintain Local Composite Index Cap (125.10 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment maintains the .5000 cap on the local composite index (LCI) applicable to Virginia Preschool Initiative Funding. The introduced budget proposed capturing $7.8 million by eliminating the LCI cap to create additional Child Care Subsidy Program slots.


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