This amendment provides $1.0 million the second year from the general fund to support the costs associated with the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP) which will be administered by the University of Virginia. The program will focus on assessing kindergarteners in the fall to determine their social skills and self-regulation as well as math and literacy skills which are currently assessed using the existing Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) test. The annual costs of the program will total $1.7 million until fiscal year 2019, when the expected annual state costs will equal $1.3 million.