Funds one full-time principal in every elementary school based on the Virginia Board of Education's recommendations to amend the Standards of Quality. Standard Two currently requires school divisions to employ a full-time principal in all schools, except for elementary schools with 299 or fewer students, which are only required to employ a half-time principal. The role of the principal has grown increasingly complex, and the principal is essential to ensure that schools are safe and secure. The principal serves as the instructional leader and building manager, in addition to implementing school improvement practices. For small schools, accomplishing this between two geographically distant schools is logistically difficult, as has been recognized by the staffing practices utilized in most of Virginia's small elementary schools.