This agency serves as a holding account for pass-through funds to local school divisions for public education. It is administered by the Department of Education. The mission of the Department of Education is to lead and facilitate the development and implementation of a quality public education system that meets the needs of students and assists them in becoming educated, productive, and responsible citizens.
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. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$5,607,593,113
$1,496,381,028
$7,103,974,141
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$4,769,832,540
$1,691,260,353
$6,461,092,893
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$4,713,346,558
$1,535,005,514
$6,248,352,072
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$4,891,155,762
$1,440,475,628
$6,331,631,390
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$5,172,176,944
$1,513,919,428
$6,686,096,372
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$5,240,274,596
$1,551,511,573
$6,791,786,169
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$5,569,826,931
$1,482,228,378
$7,052,055,309
Base Budget
$5,342,473,570
$1,472,363,713
$6,814,837,283
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$227,353,361
$9,864,665
$237,218,026
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$5,615,430,693
$1,485,614,825
$7,101,045,518
Base Budget
$5,342,473,570
$1,472,363,713
$6,814,837,283
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$272,957,123
$13,251,112
$286,208,235
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
0.00
0.00
0.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
0.00
0.00
0.00
Base Budget
0.00
0.00
0.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
0.00
0.00
0.00
Base Budget
0.00
0.00
0.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Update costs of the Standards of Quality (SOQ)
Decision Package
Provides for the biennial update of the Standards of Quality (SOQ). The SOQ programs are updated biennially to reflect changes in enrollment, funded instructional salaries, school instructional and support expenditures, and other technical factors. These adjustments address the cost of continuing current programs with the required data revisions and do not reflect changes in policy.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$277,335,931
$297,937,474
•
Update retirement contribution rates for Standards of Quality related positions
Decision Package
Adjusts the funds needed to support the employer rate change from 11.66 percent to 14.50 percent for the state share of contributions paid on behalf of public school teachers for retirement. This adjustment also includes a reduction from the employer rate change from 10.23 percent to 9.40 percent for the state share of contributions paid on behalf of non-professional support positions for retirement.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$80,645,463
$80,964,613
•
Update Lottery proceeds for public education
Decision Package
Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($38,000,000)
($37,999,990)
Nongeneral Fund
$38,000,000
$38,000,000
•
Update costs of incentive programs
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for certain educational programs exceeding 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 fall membership, participation rates, and test scores.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($78,586,613)
($70,422,230)
•
Elminate nonpersonal services inflation factor in Standards of Quality rebenchmarking
Decision Package
Eliminates the use of nonpersonal inflation factors used to calculate costs during the rebenchmarking of the Standards of Quality program each biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($38,085,562)
($38,340,071)
•
Reduce teacher retirement contribution from the Literary Fund
Decision Package
Reduces the teacher retirement contribution from the Literary Fund to match available resources.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$18,135,335
$14,748,888
Nongeneral Fund
($18,135,335)
($14,748,888)
•
Capture savings from nonparticipation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative
Decision Package
Reduces funding appropriated to the Virginia Preschool Initiative to recover unclaimed funds from nonparticipating school divisions. This adjustment maintains the existing non-participation rate assumption of 25.43 percent.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($24,198,595)
($24,301,740)
•
Provide Literary Fund loans for school construction
Decision Package
Provides funding from the Literary Fund for direct loans for school construction by reducing the Literary Fund's contribution to teacher retirement.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$10,000,000
$10,000,000
Nongeneral Fund
($10,000,000)
($10,000,000)
•
Update composite index of local ability-to-pay
Decision Package
Updates accounts in Direct Aid for Public Education based on a biennial recalculation of the composite index, a measure of local ability-to-pay used to distribute funding to local school divisions.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$18,283,509
$18,529,229
•
Adjust sales tax revenues for public education
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for local school divisions based on the latest sales tax projections provided by the Department of Taxation. The amounts represent the net change in state funding, as required by the Basic Aid formula.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$4,670,146
$24,231,902
•
Eliminate Cost of Competing Adjustment (COCA) for support positions
Decision Package
Eliminates funding that supports the cost of competing adjustment of 24.61 percent for support salaries in Virginia school divisions located within the common labor market of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($10,232,631)
($10,453,621)
•
Adjust funding for group life and retiree health care credit rate changes
Decision Package
Adjusts funding to support employer rate changes related to the Retiree Health Care Credit from 1.11 percent to 1.18 percent and the Group Life employer rate 0.48 percent to 0.53 percent.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$3,523,209
$3,543,785
•
Provide instructional specialists at underperforming schools
Decision Package
Provides the state share of a reading or math specialist for schools that have been denied accreditation or have been accredited with warning for three consecutive years. The amount also includes funding for 20 schools accredited with warning for two consecutive years that have shown little or no improvement.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,834,538
$1,834,538
•
Update sales tax distribution for school-age population estimate for the new biennium
Decision Package
Updates the sales tax distribution for the school-age population estimate for the new biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,405,944
$1,405,958
•
Update costs of categorical programs
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for 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 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($1,385,110)
($729,409)
•
Update costs for National Board Certification grants
Decision Package
Updates the funding needed for National Board Certification grants based on the actual number of eligible teachers.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$575,000
$575,000
•
Provide grants for Teach for America teachers
Decision Package
Provides funding for grants to localities who have signed contracts with Teach for America, a nationwide nonprofit organization focused on placing teachers in low-income areas. The grant funding will offset the fees charged to school divisions by Teach for America for each new hire.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$500,000
$500,000
•
Expand Communities in Schools to Petersburg
Decision Package
Provides funding to establish a Communities in Schools affiliate in the Petersburg school division.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$269,400
$269,400
•
Expand positive behavioral interventions and supports initiative
Decision Package
Expands the number of schools participating in training for public school teachers and administrators on implementation of a positive behavioral interventions and supports program that reduces disruptive behavior in the classroom.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$256,960
$256,960
•
Expand PluggedInVA Program
Decision Package
Provides funding for 20 additional PluggedInVA grants to increase adult education opportunities.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$235,125
$235,125
•
Update costs for supplemental education initiatives
Decision Package
Updates the cost of financial assistance for supplemental education.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($217,000)
($217,000)
•
Consolidate grant programs
Decision Package
Combines grant programs to provide a single source for grants for extended learning time models as well as alternative instructional delivery or school governance models. A companion action is included in the Central Office Operations budget.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$200,812
$200,812
•
Expand the GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP)
Decision Package
Provides additional funding to the GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) to provide additional financial aid, scholarships and counseling to students and families in need.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$187,500
$187,500
•
Amend Project Discovery language
Decision Package
Provides flexibility to distribute funding to community action agencies based on performance measures established by the Board of Directors of Project Discovery.
