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Provides funding for the Department of Education to implement a new statewide assessment contract, including funds for one-time transition costs and new ongoing costs. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$61,000,000 |
$5,000,000 |
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Provides funding to establish the School Performance and Support Framework Resource Hub, including ongoing funding for regional support specialists in math, literacy, and science, and one time funding to support infrastructure, technical training, and evidence-based supports needed for schools identified as Off Track or Needs Intensive Support. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$50,250,000 |
$1,000,000 |
| Positions |
2.00 |
6.00 |
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Increases federal, nongeneral fund appropriation based on estimated revenues. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$0 |
$14,756,138 |
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Provides state funding to support Virginia's Visualization and Analytics Solution, a data tool used by local school divisions that was originally implemented with pandemic relief funds. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$1,900,000 |
$3,100,000 |
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Provides funding to implement the Life Changing Experiences Program, a 3-dimensional and interactive multimedia education program that focuses on activities that negatively impact teenagers, including alcohol and drugs, dangerous driving, and bullying, at up to 50 public schools in the Commonwealth. The program will collect real time feedback from students through hand-held devices to be shared with administrators. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$0 |
$500,000 |
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| • |
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Increases maximum employment level for positions that are funded by existing appropriation. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| Positions |
0.00 |
32.00 |
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Transfers seven positions supported by federal Child Care funds from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Education. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| Positions |
0.00 |
7.00 |
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| • |
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Transfers nongeneral fund appropriation between service areas to reflect planned expenditures. |
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This amendment redirects $60.5 million from the general fund the first year and $5.0 million from the general fund the second year that was proposed for a new state assessment contract in the introduced budget. It provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year for the Secretary of Education and Department of Education to contract with a vendor to support the development of an RFP for new state assessment system. Language also authorizes the extension of the current assessment contract through December 31, 2027 to provide time to procure a new contract. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($60,500,000) |
($5,000,000) |
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| • |
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This amendment redirects $50.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2025 proposed in the introduced budget to establish a Board of Education-directed fund. These redirected funds enable the elimination of the support cap. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($50,000,000) |
$0 |
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| • |
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Provides additional funding to support the increased cost of the directed assessment extensions through December 31, 2027. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$6,226,381 |
$19,541,151 |
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| • |
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This amendment provides $11.0 million from the general fund the first year and $1.0 million from the general fund the second year and five positions to support the improvement of mathematics education and instruction in public schools in the Commonwealth, including one-time grant funds and the establishment of Mathematics Advisory Task Forces. |
| |
| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$11,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
| Positions |
0.00 |
5.00 |
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| • |
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| |
This amendment provides $5.1 million from the general fund the first year to support the provision of a statewide Learning Management System, which has previously been supported with federal funds. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$5,138,000 |
$0 |
|
| • |
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This amendment saves $1.9 million the first year and $3.1 million the second year from the general fund by redirecting proposed general fund support for Virginia's Visualization and Analytics Solution, or VVAAS. These funds are repurposed for other public education purposes. VVAAS was implemented by the administration using pandemic relief funds. |
| |
| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($1,900,000) |
($3,100,000) |
|
| • |
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This amendment provides $5.0 million the first year from the general fund to support system enhancements to the Virginia Individualized Education Plan (IEP) System. These enhancements include modules to support student progress tracking, document translation, family engagement, IEP and 504 processes, and a dashboard to support performance monitoring. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$5,000,000 |
$0 |
|
| • |
|
| |
This amendment removes $250,000 the first year and $1.0 million the second year from the general fund and six proposed positions to provide regional support positions. Chapter 2, 2022 Special Session I, provided an additional 18 positions for the Office of School Quality to support school improvement activities. This amendment ensures that those additional positions are used for their intended purpose and for the regional support positions as proposed in the introduced bill. |
| |
| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($250,000) |
($1,000,000) |
| Positions |
(2.00) |
(6.00) |
|
| • |
|
| |
This amendment removes $500,000 from the nongeneral fund the second year from Commonwealth Opioid Abatement And Remediation Funds that were proposed in the introduced budget to support a contract with the Children and Parent Resources Group to provide the Life Changing Experience Program in public schools. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$0 |
($500,000) |
|
| • |
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Adds language directing that any funds not expended shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year to allow the statewide LMS to be supported in FY26. |
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Makes several changes to the administration of the new Math Initiative and Grant Program to support the improvement of mathematics education and instruction in public schools in the Commonwealth. |
