| • |
| Move reductions to agency budget |
Decision Package |
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Moves the reductions included in Item 482.20 of the 2020 Special Session Appropriation Act from Central Appropriations to the agency budget. |
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| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
($921,514) |
($8,052,514) |
|
| • |
| Support repayment of Treasury loan |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Supports repayment of a Treasury loan related to federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant reimbursements. |
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| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
$1,868,562 |
$0 |
|
| • |
| Increase nongeneral fund appropriation in support of Virtual Virginia |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Increases the agency's nongeneral fund appropriation in support of the Virtual Virginia program to reflect increased revenues and expenditures resulting from increased program participation. |
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| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$0 |
$1,218,842 |
|
| • |
| Support Cultural Proficiency Coordinator position and professional development |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Supports a Cultural Proficiency Coordinator position at the Department of Education to help school divisions develop processes and procedures that advance equity outcomes that are aligned with the EdEquityVA framework. Additionally, this amendment supports professional development aimed at addressing implicit bias, cultural competency, and culturally responsive instruction and curriculum. |
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| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$365,300 |
| Positions |
0.00 |
1.00 |
|
| • |
| Assess kindergarten readiness for pre-kindergarten students |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides funding to support implementation of a pre-kindergarten version of the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program for four-year-old children enrolled in publicly-funded pre-kindergarten programs. |
| |
| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$300,000 |
|
| • |
| Transfer appropriation from first year to second year for licensure system automation |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Transfers appropriation from fiscal year 2021 to fiscal year 2022 to support the teacher licensure system automation project based on the projected timing of expenditures. |
| |
| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
($100,000) |
$100,000 |
|
| • |
| Provide support for a Deputy Superintendent of Early Childhood position |
Decision Package |
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| |
Provides general fund support for a Deputy Superintendent of Early Childhood position to continue oversight of the early childhood care and education transition and consolidation and ongoing early childhood programming. This position will be partially supported by the existing Child Care Development Fund nongeneral fund appropriation. |
| |
| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$161,174 |
| Positions |
0.00 |
1.00 |
|
| • |
| Provide state match for the Head Start Collaboration grant |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides the required state match for the federal Head Start Collaboration Grant, which transitioned from the Virginia Department of Social Services to the Virginia Department of Education effective July 1, 2020. |
| |
| |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
| General Fund |
$43,750 |
$43,750 |
|
| • |
| Provide authority to make emergency program changes related to COVID-19 response |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Adds language giving the Department of Education temporary authority to make certain changes to the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan in response to COVID-19. |
| • |
| Expand the scope of early childhood program classroom observations and professional development |
Decision Package |
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| |
Expands the scope of the University of Virginia's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning classroom observations and professional development to include publicly-funded early childcare programs to support the Department of Education's development of the uniform quality rating and improvement system. |
| • |
| Clarify responsibility for Virginia Initiative for Employment and Work (VIEW) mandated child care forecast |
Decision Package |
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| |
Clarifies that the Department of Social Services will continue to have fiscal and operational responsibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Virginia Initiative for Employment and Work (VIEW) mandated child care forecast, and that the Department of Education will transfer Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) appropriation to the Department of Social Services to support this responsibility. |
| • |
| Review Family Life Education in the Commonwealth |
Decision Package |
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| |
Directs the Department of Education to conduct a review of Family Life Education in the Commonwealth through school division reporting of local practices. Requires the Department of Education to utilize the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to examine and report on any correlation that may exist between student behavior and the type of Family LIfe Education offered in a school division, along with best practices for teacher training and parent and community involvement. |
