The 2025 Executive Budget Document
Governor Youngkin's Proposed Amendments to the 2024-2026 Biennial Budget
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Released on December 18, 2025 
 
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
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $6,857,617,198 $1,992,351,356 $8,849,968,554
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $9,143,956,725 $1,960,365,888 $11,104,322,613
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $7,180,933,220 $2,004,726,703 $9,185,659,923
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $8,928,053,096 $2,070,513,379 $10,998,566,475
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Proposed Budget $9,717,024,215 $2,970,205,077 $12,687,229,292
    2024 Appropriation $9,671,035,619 $2,302,639,586 $11,973,675,205
    Governor's Amendments $45,988,596 $667,565,491 $713,554,087
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Proposed Budget $9,940,982,485 $2,739,366,371 $12,680,348,856
    2024 Appropriation $9,822,713,068 $2,340,289,780 $12,163,002,848
    Governor's Amendments $118,269,417 $399,076,591 $517,346,008
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 Proposed Positions 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2024 Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Proposed Positions 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2024 Appropriation 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Increase federal appropriation Decision Package
  Increases federal nongeneral fund appropriation based on estimated revenues and anticipated reimbursements to local school divisions.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
Nongeneral Fund $356,667,442 $356,667,442
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Increase support for school construction Decision Package
  Increases funding for the School Construction Assistance Program from expected revenues to the School Construction Fund and a one time deposit from the Literary Fund.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
Nongeneral Fund $270,000,000 $20,000,000
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Update Lottery proceeds for public education Decision Package
  Adjusts funding to reflect changes in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 public education. The 2025 Lottery proceeds estimate increases from $903.0 million in Chapter 2 to $943.8 million and the 2026 estimate increases from $853.0 in Chapter 2 to $875.3 million.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund ($40,898,050) ($22,409,145)
Nongeneral Fund $40,898,049 $22,409,149
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Update English Language Learner data Decision Package
  Updates cost of the English Learner Teacher Standards of Quality program to reflect updated data for verified English learners, including updated proficiency level data.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $48,806,812 $61,878,962
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Provide Virginia Opportunity Scholarships Decision Package
  Provides funding for Virginia Opportunity Scholarships to award grants to eligible economically disadvantaged students to cover the costs of attending an accredited private school in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $0 $50,000,000
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Update sales tax revenue for public education Decision Package
  Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the latest sales tax forecast.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $20,000,089 $18,408,591
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Update Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership Decision Package
  Updates Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership data submitted by local school divisions in fall 2024.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $13,303,251 $20,545,855
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Establish new Lab Schools in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities Decision Package
  Provides funding to the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund to be used for planning, start-up, and operating grant awards to support new lab schools in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Virginia.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $25,000,000 $0
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Update the cost of Lottery-funded programs Decision Package
  Adjusts state support for Lottery-funded programs based on actual participation and updated projections.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund ($13,252,266) ($8,921,946)
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Update costs of 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 2025 FY 2026
General Fund ($4,548,253) ($362,914)
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Update program participation for Remedial Summer School Decision Package
  Updates the state cost of Remedial Summer School based on data submitted by divisions in fall 2024 reflecting actual summer 2024 participation.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund ($2,914,657) $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 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $0 ($1,611,338)
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Update costs of 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 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $291,956 $297,219
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Update Fall membership data in Direct Aid program formulas Decision Package
  Updates the Fall Membership data used in certain Direct Aid to Public Education program funding formulas based on actual data submitted by school divisions in fall 2024.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $259,714 $304,133
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Increase funding for vision screening grants Decision Package
  Increases appropriation provided for school divisions to pay for a portion of the vision screening of students in kindergarten, grade two or three, and grades seven and ten.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund $0 $200,000
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Capture savings from regional Career and Technical Education center consolidation Decision Package
  Captures savings from regional grants to career and technical education centers from the consolidation of two divisions.
 
  FY 2025 FY 2026
General Fund ($60,000) ($60,000)
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Serve additional children through modified Early Childhood Care and Education program requirements Decision Package
  Makes several changes to requirements for the Child Care Subsidy Program, the Mixed Delivery Initiative, and the Virginia Preschool Initiative in order to increase the number of children served. Changes include updating family copay and work requirements for the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Initiative, removing the cap on the local composite index for the Virginia Preschool Initiative beginning in FY 2026, directing attendance requirements to be updated, and limiting new Child Care Subsidy Program enrollment to birth-to-five children and establishing a work group to study options for school age children.
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Modify Teach for America requirements Decision Package
  Amends language to ensure funds provided to Teach for America are used as intended.


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