The 2022 Executive Budget Document
Governor Northam's Proposed Budget for the 2022-2024 Biennum
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Released on December 16, 2021 
 
Direct Aid to Public Education [197]
Secretarial Area: Education
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.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $5,675,304,086 $1,698,600,564 $7,373,904,650
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $5,962,959,274 $1,680,290,210 $7,643,249,484
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,258,717,882 $1,813,268,450 $8,071,986,332
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,556,846,161 $1,819,319,667 $8,376,165,828
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $7,180,933,220 $2,004,726,703 $9,185,659,923
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Proposed Budget $8,662,137,533 $1,890,255,888 $10,552,393,421
    Base Budget $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $1,350,584,480 ($29,037,679) $1,321,546,801
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Proposed Budget $8,369,328,577 $1,890,391,818 $10,259,720,395
    Base Budget $7,311,553,053 $1,919,293,567 $9,230,846,620
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $1,057,775,524 ($28,901,749) $1,028,873,775
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022-2024 2023 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 2024 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)
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Increase salaries for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions Decision Package
  Provides the state share of a 5.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2022, and the state share of an additional 5.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2023, for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions. The total state support for these compensation supplements is $248.9 million in FY 2023 and $512.8 million in FY 2024. A portion of the incremental state cost is included in the retirement and other post-employment benefits revision and the cost of competing adjustment for Accomack and Northampton.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $245,546,121 $505,476,568
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Fund school construction and modernization Decision Package
  Provides one-time grants to local school divisions for nonrecurring costs including school construction, additions, infrastructure, site acquisition, renovations, technology and other expenditures related to modernizing classroom equipment, school safety equipment or school safety renovations, and debt service payments on school projects completed during the last ten years.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000,000 $0
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Hold school divisions harmless for rebenchmarking data affected by COVID-19 Decision Package
  Provides hold harmless funding to local school divisions to support the state's share of Standards of Quality Basic Aid and Special Education payments to school divisions in the 2022-2024 biennium. These payments are in response to unanticipated reductions in the base year rebenchmarking data for special education, pupil transportation, and non-personal support costs, which was affected by the mandatory school closings and virtual school settings that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $177,079,892 $177,441,317
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Provide additional general fund support for school employee retirement Decision Package
  Increases general fund support for school employee retirement and reduces Literary Fund support for this purpose by the same amount. The Literary Fund savings allows the Board of Education to offer up to $200.0 million in FY 2023 and up to $200.0 million in FY 2024 from the Literary Fund for school construction loans or interest rate subsidy grants, subject to the availability of funds.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $83,000,000 $83,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($83,000,000) ($83,000,000)
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Rebenchmark the cost of Direct Aid to Public Education Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of Direct Aid to Public Education for the 2022-2024 biennium to reflect changes in enrollment, funded instructional salaries, school instructional and support expenditures, and other technical factors. These adjustments address the cost of continuing the current Direct Aid programs with the required data revisions and do not reflect changes in policy. Compared to the rebenchmarking cost presented to the Board of Education in October 2021, this amount reflects an additional update for the consolidation of Alleghany County and the City of Covington school divisions.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $154,096,013 $177,527,685
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Repurpose funding held in DOE's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking calculations from the prior biennium Decision Package
  Repurposes funding that was held in the Department of Education's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking calculations from the prior biennium's No Loss payments. In the 2022-2024 biennium, these funds partially support $177.1 million in FY 2023 and $177.4 million in FY 2024 that is provided to hold school divisions harmless for Rebenchmarking data affected by the mandatory school closings and virtual school settings that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($164,335,526) ($164,335,526)
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect an increase in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 Public Education from $690.9 million in the base budget to $764.7 million in FY 2023 and $764.7 million in FY 2024.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($73,768,381) ($73,768,375)
Nongeneral Fund $73,768,381 $73,768,381
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Update sales tax revenues for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the November 2021 sales tax forecast.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $124,479,686 $148,844,983
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Increase support for educationally at-risk students Decision Package
  Provides additional support for educationally at-risk students by increasing the At-Risk Add-On program maximum add-on percentages from 26.0 percent to 49.5 percent in FY 2023 and from 26.0 percent to 36.0 percent in FY 2024. Funding is provided as a percentage add-on to Basic Aid to support the additional costs of educating at-risk students.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $194,229,743 $74,243,665
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Remove one-time COVID-19 Relief Fund appropriation supporting Incentive Programs Decision Package
  Removes the one-time COVID-19 Relief Fund nongeneral fund appropriation that supported Incentive Programs in the 2020-2022 biennium and increases general fund appropriation by the same amount.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $40,000,000 $40,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($40,000,000) ($40,000,000)
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Hold school divisions harmless for elimination of the tax on sales of food for human consumption Decision Package
  Provides one-time hold harmless payments representing the projected net decrease in state payments to local school divisions from eliminating the tax on sales of food purchased for human consumption, after adjusting for the increase to the state’s share of Basic Aid resulting from decreased sales tax revenues. These payments are in lieu of the required increase in a locality’s share of Basic Aid that would result from the decreased sales tax revenues.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $45,546,744 $112,496,034
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Reduce sales tax to reflect elimination of the tax on sales of food for human consumption Decision Package
  Reflects the projected net decrease in state payments to local school divisions from eliminating the tax on sales of food purchased for human consumption, after adjusting for the increase to the state’s share of Basic Aid resulting from decreased sales tax revenues. A separate action provides one-time hold harmless payments to local school divisions in lieu of the required increase in a locality's share of Basic Aid that would result from the decreased sales tax revenues.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($45,546,727) ($112,496,024)
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Increase federal appropriation Decision Package
  Increases the federal trust appropriation to reflect anticipated revenues and expenditures for federal programs.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
Nongeneral Fund $56,804,640 $56,804,640
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Remove one-time Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund appropriation Decision Package
  Removes one-time Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund appropriaiton from the agency's base budget under Federal Education Assistance Programs.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
Nongeneral Fund ($36,500,000) ($36,500,000)
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Update student enrollment projections Decision Package
  Updates the state cost for Direct Aid using enrollment projections based on the latest fall membership counts, which are lower than projected.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($33,087,557) ($31,858,449)
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Expand the Early Reading Intervention program to support services in grades K-5 Decision Package
  Expands the Early Reading Intervention program to support additional instruction for students in grades four and five. Currently, this program supports services for students in grades kindergarten through three.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $31,525,298 $31,564,591
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Update Incentive programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain educational programs that exceed 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 membership, participation rates, and test scores.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($26,464,811) ($26,407,020)
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Rebenchmark the Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amount Decision Package
  Applies Virginia Preschool Initiative per pupil amounts based on the rebenchmarking methodology determined by the Department of Education pursuant to Item 145.C.14.i. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. This methodology is similar to the current formula supporting public K-12 education in Virginia and includes a cost of competing adjustment, as applicable.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $13,656,835 $13,700,926
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Update English as a Second Language enrollment projections Decision Package
  Updates the cost of the English as a Second Language Standards of Quality program to reflect the number of students with limited English proficiency reported by local school divisions.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $10,317,445 $15,829,672
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Update Lottery supported programs Decision Package
  Adjusts state support for Lottery-funded programs based on actual participation and updated projections.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $8,488,170 $15,837,521
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Support additional instructional positions for English language learners Decision Package
  Supports additional instructional positions for English language learners under the English as a Second Language program based on 22 instructional positions per 1,000 students for whom English is a second language. Current funding is based on a staffing ratio of 20 positions per 1,000 students.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $9,705,007 $10,533,648
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Expand access to Virginia Preschool Initiative for three-year-old children Decision Package
  Provides additional support for localties to serve three-year-old children through the Virginia Preschool Initiative program on a competitive basis and subject to available appropriation.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $6,049,681 $13,350,181
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Update non-personal inflation factors Decision Package
  Updates non-personal support cost inflation factors based on October 2021 data from the Department of Taxation. The Department of Education's 2022-2024 Rebenchmarking cost included an initial update to these factors based on May 2021 data.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $7,300,957 $7,277,133
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Reflect the cost of a retirement and benefits revision attributed to other actions Decision Package
  Reflects the state cost of a retirement and other post-employment benefits revision. This cost is attributed to other actions under Direct Aid to Public Education.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $3,470,379 $7,377,930
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Expand Early Childhood Educator Incentive grant program Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the Early Childhood Educator Incentive program to increase the number of recipients and the individual award amounts.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $5,000,000 $5,000,000
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Establish one-time Community Schools Fund Decision Package
  Establishes a competitive grant program for school divisions to implement community schools initiatives that provide a framework for integrated student supports, expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, active family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership and practices.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $10,000,000 $0
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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 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $3,878,081 $4,225,855
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Provide Cost of Competing Adjustment support to Accomack and Northampton counties Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to adjust Standards of Quality salary costs for instructional and support positions in Accomack County and Northampton County school divisions to account for Maryland labor costs.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $3,548,950 $3,686,299
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Expand the Mixed Delivery grant program Decision Package
  Increases state support for the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed Delivery pre-kindergarten program to serve additional at-risk three- and four-year-old children, and to establish a pilot for up to 200 infant and toddler slots each year.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,971,900 $4,736,015
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Increase support for mixed-delivery preschool community provider add-on grants Decision Package
  Requires the Department of Education to make recommendations on mixed-delivery preschool community provider add-on grant amounts based on the Department's cost estimation model, and provides additional support for these grants in the second year.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $0 $3,448,384
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Increase diversity in the computer science teaching workforce Decision Package
  Provides funding to support programs that will increase the number of qualified minority computer science teachers and to support resources for microcredentials, professional development, dual major certification pathways, and Praxis support.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,500,000 $1,500,000
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Increase support for Advancing Computer Science Education grants Decision Package
  Increases funding for the Advancing Computer Science Education grants to support actual demand.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,350,000 $1,350,000
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Transfer Advancing Computer Science Education grant appropriation to Direct Aid Decision Package
  Transfers the appropriation supporting Advancing Computer Science Education grants from Central Appropriations to Direct Aid.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,350,000 $1,350,000
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Update Remedial Summer School projections Decision Package
  Updates the cost of the Remedial Summer School Standards of Quality program to reflect projected participation in the 2022-2024 biennium.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,274,452 $1,368,168
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Support new state-operated program at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk Decision Package
  Provides support for the new state-operated educational program at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA, which will be operational in FY 2023.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,125,000 $1,115,000
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Establish a grow-your-own licensed early childhood educator grant program Decision Package
  Establishes a grant program for partnerships between school divisions and institutions of higher education to create a pipeline of well-prepared early childhood educators.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,050,000 $1,050,000
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Provide funding for Project Ready Decision Package
  Provides funding to the Urban League of Hampton Roads to support the Project Ready-Career Beginnings program to increase high school retention and college access.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $2,000,000 $0
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Increase support for Communities in Schools Decision Package
  Provides additional support for Communities in Schools to allow for immediate expansion of integrated student supports to at least 10 additional Title I schools serving approximately 9,000 more students in Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, the Richmond region, Petersburg, and Southwest Virginia.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $760,000 $760,000
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Provide funding for Youth Entrepreneurship Pilot Program Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish a Small Buisness Assistance and Youth Entrepreneurship Pilot Program with Portsmouth Public Schools' Minority Business Enterprise Advisory Comittee in collaboration with other community partners.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $1,500,000 $0
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Update sales tax distribution for school age population Decision Package
  Updates the sales tax distribution to local school divisions based on the latest yearly estimate of school age population from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($644,358) ($644,368)
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Update Alleghany and Covington incentive payments Decision Package
  Updates Alleghany County - Covington City School Division Consolidation Incentive payments per Item 145. B.42., Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($600,000) ($600,000)
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Support curriculum and learning asset development at Virginia Public Media Decision Package
  Provides funding to Virginia Public Media to support curriculum and learning asset development.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for eMediaVA Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to WHRO for eMediaVA to support additional resource development for statewide digital content development, online learning, and professional development.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Support increased enrollment and student success in Advanced Placement computer science courses Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish programs to support increased enrollment and success in Advanced Placement computer science courses.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Support STEM education through the Virginia Air & Space Center Decision Package
  Increases funding provided to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton to support a STEM education engagement program and other educational programs.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Power Scholars Academy - YMCA BELL Decision Package
  Increases support for the Power Scholars Academy math and summer enrichment program for children attending Title I schools.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Blue Ridge PBS Decision Package
  Provides additional support to Blue Ridge PBS to increase educational outreach programming.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Increase support for Wolf Trap STEM program Decision Package
  Provides additional support to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts to administer STEM Arts and early literacy programs for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students in currently served divisions and to establsh new services in unserved divisions.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $275,000 $575,000
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Build the K-8 STEM pipeline through support of STEM programs, including robotics and coding Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish programs to increase exposure to computer science, robotics, and coding for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Increase support for the Teacher Residency Program Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for Virginia Commonwealth University, in collaboration with the Richmond Teacher Residency Program, to pilot a program to support 20 special education residents and 20 elementary school residents.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Increase support for the state-operated program at the Children's Hospital of Richmond Decision Package
  Increases funding for the state-operated educational program at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU to account for expanded capacity beginning fall 2022.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $245,742 $245,742
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Update non-professional retirement and health insurance credit rates Decision Package
  Updates the non-professional retirement and health insurance credit for applicable local school division employees based on the Virginia Retirement System Board-certified November 2021 rates for political subdivisions.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($169,438) ($302,412)
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Reflect updated projections for driver's license revenues supporting Basic Aid Decision Package
  Adjusts general and nongeneral fund support for Basic Aid based on updated projections for revenue from driver's license renewal fees. A portion of the fee for driver's licenses supports the cost of driver education programs in local school divisions.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $110,700 ($25,230)
Nongeneral Fund ($110,700) $25,230
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Update supplemental education programs Decision Package
  Updates state support for National Board Certified Teacher bonuses based on the projected number of teachers eligible for this bonus in the 2022-2024 biennium.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $59,476 $59,476
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Capture savings from College Laboratory School Grant Decision Package
  Captures savings from a completed planning and pilot program for which state funding is no longer needed.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($50,000) ($50,000)
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Increase support for Project Discovery Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to support Project Discovery's Skyline Community Action Program serving Madision and Orange counties.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $25,000 $25,000
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Update Categorical programs Decision Package
  Adjusts funding for certain 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 2023 FY 2024
General Fund $6 $31,135
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Discontinue support for unutilized incentive grants Decision Package
  Discontinues support for the Teacher Improvement Funding Initiative based on the lack of school division participation since FY 2017.
 
  FY 2023 FY 2024
General Fund ($15,000) ($15,000)
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Align eligibility requirements for Mixed Delivery preschool programs Decision Package
  Aligns student eligibility for Mixed Delivery preschool programs to Virginia Preschool Initiative program eligibility. These language changes allow Mixed Delivery programs to seek a waiver to increase the use of local eligibility requirements where a local need is demonstrated and support expanded eligibility for children with disabilities or delays.
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Expand Virginia Preschool Initiative eligibility for five-year-old children Decision Package
  Authorizes placement of five-year-old children in Virginia Preschool Initiative classrooms for children who did not have access to a sufficient preschool experience, with final placement based on family and program leader input.
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Clarify existing Path to Industry Certification appropriation Decision Package
  Establishes budget language to identify the existing appropriation designated for the Path to Industry Certification program.
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Increase school construction loans from the Literary Fund Decision Package
  Implements recommendations of the Department of Education and the Department of the Treasury to make Literary Fund construction loans more competitive and attractive to school divisions as a viable source for funding school construction projects. Authorizes the Board of Education to offer up to $200.0 million in FY 2023 and up to $200.0 million in FY 2024 from the Literary Fund in school construction loans or interest rate subsidy grants, subject to the availability of funds.
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Provide prorated state support for Virginia Preschool Initiative late enrollment Decision Package
  Authorizes prorated state support for Virginia Preschool Initiative slots filled between October 1 and December 31 each year based on the portion of the school year each child is served.
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Expand access to Virginia Preschool Initiative for children with diagnosed disabilities Decision Package
  Expands eligibility criteria for the Virginia Preschool Initiative to include all children with disabilities or delays who are eligible for special education services.
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Remove language authorizing Virginia Preschool Initiative start-up or expansion grants Decision Package
  Removes language that authorized start-up or expansion grants from unobligated balances of the Virginia Preschool Initiative program budget due to lack of local participation.


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