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| • | Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Summer Residential Governor's World Language Academies Increases the nongeneral fund appropriation for Summer Residential Governor's World Language Academies to account for actual tuition collected. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | |
| Nongeneral Fund | $110,000 | $125,000 | |
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| • | Update sales tax revenue for public education Updates funding provided to local school divisions based on the December 2022 sales tax forecast. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $90,474,422 | $77,507,889 | |
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| • | Update Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership Updates Average Daily Membership projections based on actual Fall Membership data submitted by local school divisions in fall 2022. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $28,389,627 | $42,826,514 | |
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| • | Support performance pay for top performing teachers Funds an initiative to provide meaningful rewards to effective teachers as demonstrated through student academic growth and achievement. This program provides a bonus payment of $5,000 per individual to top performing teachers identified by the Department of Education in conjunction with local school divisions. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $50,000,000 | |
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| • | Increase funding for college partnership laboratory schools Increases funding to be deposited into the College Partnership Laboratory Schools Fund to be distributed by the Board of Education to support per-pupil costs for approved college partnership laboratory schools. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $50,000,000 | $0 | |
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| • | Provide retention bonus for instructional and support positions Provides the state share of a one-time retention bonus payment on September 1, 2023, for instructional and support positions Funding is based on the state share of a 1.0 percent bonus per funded SOQ instructional and support position, Academic Year Governor’s School instructional and support position, and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support position. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $45,152,262 | |
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| • | Update Lottery proceeds for public education Adjusts funding to reflect changes in the estimate of Lottery proceeds to support K-12 public education. The fiscal year 2023 Lotttery proceeds estimate decreases from $784.7 million to $775.2 million, and the fiscal year 2024 estimate increases from $764.7 million to $769.0 million. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $9,499,460 | ($4,337,838) | | Nongeneral Fund | ($9,499,462) | $4,337,830 | |
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| • | Update costs of Incentive programs 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 | ($16,271,483) | ($6,450,403) | |
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| • | Provide targeted support for early childhood education through Mixed Delivery programming Supports a pilot program for full-day, full-year services for at-risk childen in the Lenowisco and Crater planning districts through the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Mixed Delivery preschool program. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $20,000,000 | |
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| • | Use Lottery fund balances to support existing appropriation Appropriates cash balances from the Lottery Proceeds Fund to support the difference between the Lottery Proceeds Fund appropriation in Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, and the Lottery Board's October 2022 revised forecast. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | ($9,499,465) | $0 | | Nongeneral Fund | $9,499,462 | $0 | |
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| • | Update program participation for Remedial Summer School Updates the state cost of Remedial Summer School based on actual program participation in summer 2022. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $9,139,785 | $9,139,785 | |
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| • | Expand reading specialist staffing standard to 4th and 5th grades Provides the state share of funding for one reading specialist instructional position for each 550 students in grades four and five, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $16,868,870 | |
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| • | Support teacher recruitment incentives for hard-to-fill positions and hard-to-staff schools Provides a one-time teacher recruitment incentive payment for teachers hired to fill instructional positions in hard-to-fill positions or hard-to-staff schools between July and September 2023. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $10,000,000 | |
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| • | Support math specialists for grades kindergarten through eight Provides funding for the state share of a math specialist instructional position in schools that serve students in grades kindergarten through eight and rank in the lowest 10 percent statewide on math Standards of Learning assessments. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $0 | $7,200,991 | |
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| • | Update the state cost for English as a Second Language Updates cost of the English as a Second Language Standards of Quality program to reflect updated data for verified English learners. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $2,147,022 | $4,647,991 | |
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| • | Update costs of Categorical programs 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 | $1,233,501 | $1,241,783 | |
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| • | Update Academic Year Governor’s School per pupil amounts Updates the per pupil amounts for Academic Year Governor's Schools to account for the ongoing cost of the 2020-2022 biennium compensation supplement. This update was not accounted for in the 2022-2024 biennium rebenchmarking process. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $1,104,051 | $1,120,184 | |
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| • | Increase support for Communities in Schools Provides additional one-time support for Communities in Schools to expand programs in Petersburg and rural communities, including Southside and Southwest Virginia. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $1,000,000 | $0 | |
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| • | Update Supplemental Education accounts 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 | ($335,000) | $0 | |
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| • | Update Fall Membership data in Direct Aid program formulas 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 2022. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | $97,384 | $214,336 | |
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| • | Update the cost of Lottery-funded programs Adjusts state support for Lottery-funded programs based on actual participation and updated projections. | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | | General Fund | ($104,903) | $0 | |
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| • | Update sales tax distribution for school age population 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 | $0 | ($93,912) | |
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| • | Increase flexibility for teacher scholarship funds supporting dual enrollment credentialing Adds language to provide flexibility for underutilized teacher scholarship funds by increasing the lifetime maximum award and expanding eligibility to teachers pursuing additional training or coursework to teach an industry credential. |
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| • | Revise teacher requirements for Virginia Preschool Initiative community provider programs Revises teacher requirements for community-based providers that are recipients of Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) grants. This change aligns teacher licensure requirements for community-based providers under VPI and Mixed Delivery to increase the number of children served in high quality preschool settings. |
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| • | Update total ARPA bonus amount for school division instructional and support staff Updates budget language for the bonus payments to school division instructional and support staff from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds based on a revised calculation. The appropriation for these bonus payments is provided in Item 486. |
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