The 2014 Executive Budget Document
Governor McDonnell's Proposed Budget for the 2014-2016 Biennum
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Released on December 16, 2013 
 
Direct Aid to Public Education [197]
Secretarial Area: Education
Mission:
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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $18,283,509 $18,529,229
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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.


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