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The Science Museum of Virginia [146]

Secretarial Area: Education

Mission:
The Science Museum of Virginia inspires Virginians to enrich their lives through science. The Code of Virginia defines the purposes of the Science Museum: The purposes (§ 23-240) of The Science Museum of Virginia are: • to deepen our understanding of man and his environment; • to promote a knowledge of the scientific method and thus encourage objectivity in the everyday affairs of man; • to engage in instruction and research in the sciences in order to educate citizens of all ages in the concepts and principles of science and how these concepts and principles form the foundation upon which rests our technological society and its economy; • to use, subject to approval of the accredited educational affiliates concerned, Museum personnel in educational programs; • to motivate and stimulate young people to seek careers in science;• to encourage an understanding of the history of scientific endeavor; • to provide special facilities and collections for the study of Virginia's natural resources; and • to foster a love of nature and concern for its preservation. These purposes are hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination. (Code 1950, § 9-65.2; 1970, c. 466; 1977, c. 597.)

Mission:

The Science Museum of Virginia inspires Virginians to enrich their lives through science. The Code of Virginia defines the purposes of the Science Museum: The purposes (§ 23-240) of The Science Museum of Virginia are: • to deepen our understanding of man and his environment; • to promote a knowledge of the scientific method and thus encourage objectivity in the everyday affairs of man; • to engage in instruction and research in the sciences in order to educate citizens of all ages in the concepts and principles of science and how these concepts and principles form the foundation upon which rests our technological society and its economy; • to use, subject to approval of the accredited educational affiliates concerned, Museum personnel in educational programs; • to motivate and stimulate young people to seek careers in science;• to encourage an understanding of the history of scientific endeavor; • to provide special facilities and collections for the study of Virginia's natural resources; and • to foster a love of nature and concern for its preservation. These purposes are hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination. (Code 1950, § 9-65.2; 1970, c. 466; 1977, c. 597.)

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. Check it out here

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
2008-2010	2009	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	$5,275,000	$5,251,366	$10,526,366
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	$4,771,778	$5,251,366	$10,023,144
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$4,633,555	$6,251,366	$10,884,921
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$4,540,884	$6,251,366	$10,792,250
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$4,555,367	$6,300,378	$10,855,745
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$5,061,847	$6,300,378	$11,362,225
2014-2016	2015	Governor's Proposed Budget	$5,460,756	$6,356,830	$11,817,586
		Base Budget	$5,056,291	$6,300,378	$11,356,669
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	$404,465	$56,452	$460,917
2014-2016	2016	Governor's Proposed Budget	$5,463,512	$6,359,755	$11,823,267
		Base Budget	$5,056,291	$6,300,378	$11,356,669
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	$407,221	$59,377	$466,598

Positions Budget Summary

Biennium	Fiscal Year	Source	GF	NGF	Total
2008-2010	2009	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	45.50	52.50	98.00
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	39.50	52.50	92.00
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	39.50	52.50	92.00
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	39.50	52.50	92.00
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	57.19	34.81	92.00
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	57.19	34.81	92.00
2014-2016	2015	Proposed Positions	59.19	34.81	94.00
		Base Budget	57.19	34.81	92.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	2.00	0.00	2.00
2012-2014	2016	Proposed Positions	59.19	34.81	94.00
		Base Budget	57.19	34.81	92.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	2.00	0.00	2.00

Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)

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Fund Virginia STEM Program

Decision Package

Continues funding to the Science Museum to support positions for statewide STEM-related activities.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$222,397	$222,397
Positions	2.00	2.00

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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets

Base Budget Adjustment

Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$156,430	$156,430

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Provide operational support for digital dome systems

Decision Package

Funds operation and content development for the digital domes in Richmond and Danville ($50,000 each per fiscal year).

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$50,000	$50,000
Nongeneral Fund	$50,000	$50,000

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Reduce general fund appropriation for human resource services provided by the Department of Human Resource Management

Decision Package

Reduces general fund appropriation each year based on 50 percent of the agency's Shared Services Center cost. This amendment will allow the agency to retain 50 percent of the general fund appropriation that would have been used to support the Shared Services Center.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	($29,931)	($29,931)

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Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system

Decision Package

Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$4,363	$5,934
Nongeneral Fund	$5,437	$7,394

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Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums

Decision Package

Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$829	$1,013
Nongeneral Fund	$608	$742

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Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges

Decision Package

Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$500	$500
Nongeneral Fund	$624	$624

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Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges

Decision Package

Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	($465)	$536
Nongeneral Fund	($387)	$447

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Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program

Decision Package

Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$342	$342
Nongeneral Fund	$170	$170

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Accept donation of Rice House property

Decision Package

Authorizes the Science Museum of Virginia to accept the donation of Rice House property.

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