Source: https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/item/2018/1/HB29/introduced/1/139/
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b. Except as otherwise provided herein, by statute, or by precedent, all appropriations to the Department of Education shall be calculated using March 31 ADM unadjusted for half-day kindergarten programs, estimated at 1,243,100.49 the first year and 1,248,935.53 1,247,836.85 the second year. March 31 ADM for half-day kindergarten shall be adjusted at 85 percent.
4.a. "Composite Index of Local Ability-to-Pay" - An index figure computed for each locality. The composite index is the sum of 2/3 of the index of wealth per pupil in unadjusted March 31 ADM reported for the first seven (7) months of the 2013-2014 school year and 1/3 of the index of wealth per capita (population estimates for 2013 as determined by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia) multiplied by the local nominal share of the costs of the Standards of Quality of 0.45 in each year. The indices of wealth are determined by combining the following constituent index elements with the indicated weighting: (1) true values of real estate and public service corporations as reported by the State Department of Taxation for the calendar year 2013 - 50 percent; (2) adjusted gross income for the calendar year 2013 as reported by the State Department of Taxation - 40 percent; (3) the sales for the calendar year 2013 which are subject to the state general sales and use tax, as reported by the State Department of Taxation - 10 percent. Each constituent index element for a locality is its sum per March 31 ADM, or per capita, expressed as a percentage of the state average per March 31 ADM, or per capita, for the same element. A locality whose composite index exceeds 0.8000 shall be considered as having an index of 0.8000 for purposes of distributing all payments based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay. Each constituent index element for a locality used to determine the composite index of local ability-to-pay for the current biennium shall be the latest available data for the specified official base year provided to the Department of Education by the responsible source agencies no later than November 15, 2015.
b. For any locality whose total calendar year 2013 Virginia Adjusted Gross Income is comprised of at least 3 percent or more by nonresidents of Virginia, such nonresident income shall be excluded in computing the composite index of ability-to-pay. The Department of Education shall compute the composite index for such localities by using adjusted gross income data which exclude nonresident income, but shall not adjust the composite index of any other localities. The Department of Taxation shall furnish to the Department of Education such data as are necessary to implement this provision.
d. When it is determined that a substantial error exists in a constituent index element, the Department of Education will make adjustments in funding for the current school year only in the division where the error occurred, except in the case of Roanoke County for the 2017-2018 school year. The composite index of any other locality shall not be changed as a result of the adjustment. No adjustment during the biennium will be made as a result of updating of data used in a constituent index element.
9. Entitlements under this Item that use school-level or division-level Free Lunch eligibility percentages to determine the entitlement amounts are based on the most recent data available as of the biennial rebenchmarking calculations made for the current biennium. However, October 2013 Free Lunch eligibility data is used in the case of schools that participate in the Community Eligibility Provision program.
18. To provide additional flexibility, notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1-79.1, Code of Virginia, any school division that was granted a waiver regarding the opening date of the school year for the 2011-12 school year under the good cause requirements shall continue to be granted a waiver for the 2016-17 school year and the 2017-2018 school year.
20. Notwithstanding § 58.1-638 D., Code of Virginia, and other language in this Item, the Department of Education shall, for purposes of calculating the state and local shares of the Standards of Quality, apportion state sales and use tax dedicated to public education and those sales tax revenues transferred to the general fund from the Public Education Standards of Quality/ Local Real Estate Property Tax Relief Fund in the first year based on the July 1, 2014, estimate of school age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and, in the second year, based on the July 1, 2015, estimate of school age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Notwithstanding § 58.1-638 D., Code of Virginia, and other language in this Item, the State Comptroller shall distribute the state sales and use tax revenues dedicated to public education and those sales tax revenues transferred to the general fund from the Public Education Standards of Quality/ Local Real Estate Property Tax Relief Fund in the first year based on the July 1, 2014, estimate of school age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and, in the second year, based on the July 1, 2015, estimate of school age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
22. This Item includes appropriations totaling an estimated $608,581,144 the first year and $546,495,789 $598,478,743 the second year from the revenues deposited to the Lottery Proceeds Fund. These amounts are appropriated for distribution to counties, cities, and towns to support public education programs pursuant to Article X, Section 7-A Constitution of Virginia. Any county, city, or town which accepts a distribution from this fund shall provide its portion of the cost of maintaining an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality pursuant to Section 2 of Article VIII of the Constitution without the use of distributions from the fund.
24.a. Any locality that has met its required local effort for the Standards of Quality accounts for FY 2017 and that has met its required local match for incentive or Lottery-funded programs in which the locality elected to participate in FY 2017 may carry over into FY 2018 any remaining state Direct Aid to Public Education fund balances available to help minimize any FY 2018 revenue adjustments that may occur in state funding to that locality. Localities electing to carry forward such unspent state funds must appropriate the funds to the school division for expenditure in FY 2018.
b. Any locality that has met its required local effort for the Standards of Quality accounts for FY 2018 and that has met its required local match for incentive or Lottery-funded programs in which the locality elected to participate in FY 2018 may carry over into FY 2019 any remaining state Direct Aid to Public Education fund balances available to help minimize any FY 2019 revenue adjustments that may occur in state funding to that locality. Localities electing to carry forward such unspent state funds must appropriate the funds to the school division for expenditure in FY 2019.
b. Appropriations for contributions in paragraphs 2 and 3 above include payments from funds derived from the principal of the Literary Fund in accordance with Article VIII, Section 8, of the Constitution of Virginia. The amounts set aside from the Literary Fund for these purposes shall not exceed $199,347,523 the first year and $181,349,570 the second year.
1) The appropriation in this Item includes $12,159,059 the first year and $76,599,186 $76,553,533 the second year from the general fund and $64,250,653 the first year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund as the state's share of the cost of textbooks based on a per pupil amount of $109.78 the first year and $109.78 the second year. A school division shall appropriate these funds for textbooks or any other public education instructional expenditure by the school division. The state's distributions for textbooks shall be based on adjusted March 31 ADM. These funds shall be matched by the local government, based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.
4) Any funds provided to school divisions for textbook costs that are unexpended as of June 30, 2017, or June 30, 2018, shall be carried on the books of the locality to be appropriated to the school division the following year to be used for same purpose. School divisions are permitted to carry forward any remaining balance of textbook funds until the funds are expensed for a qualifying purpose.
h. The appropriation for the Standards of Quality for Public Education (SOQ) includes amounts estimated at $365,400,000 the first year and $374,280,780 $379,100,000 the second year from the amounts transferred to the general fund from the Public Education Standards of Quality/Local Real Estate Property Tax Relief Fund pursuant to Part 3 of this act which are derived from the 0.375 cent increase in the state sales and use tax levied pursuant to § 58.1-638, Code of Virginia. These additional funds are provided to local school divisions and local governments in order to relieve the financial pressure education programs place on local real estate taxes.
i. From the total amounts in paragraph h. above, an amount estimated at $243,600,000 the first year and $249,487,190 $252,700,000 the second year (approximately 1/4 cent of sales and use tax) is appropriated to support a portion of the cost of the state's share of the following revisions to the Standards of Quality pursuant to Chapters 939 & 955 of the Acts of Assembly of 2004: five elementary resource teachers per 1,000 students; one support and one instructional technology position per 1,000 students; a full daily planning period for teachers at the middle and high school levels in order to relieve the pressure on local real estate taxes and shall be taken into account by the governing body of the county, city, or town in setting real estate tax rates.
j. From the total amounts in paragraph h. above, an amount estimated at $121,800,000 the first year and $124,793,590 $126,400,000 the second year (approximately 1/8 cent of sales and use tax) is appropriated in this Item to distribute the remainder of the revenues collected and deposited into the Public Education Standards of Quality/Local Real Estate Property Tax Relief Fund on the basis of the latest yearly estimate of school age population provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service as specified in this Item.
b. An amount estimated at $110,555,414 the first year and $110,801,754 $110,798,639 the second year from the general fund included in Basic Aid Payments relates to vocational education programs in support of the Standards of Quality.
a. An additional payment estimated at $113,782,747 the first year and $113,821,446 $113,569,762 the second year from the general fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to support the Board of Education's Standards of Quality Prevention, Intervention, and Remediation program adopted in June 2003.
2) An addition to the add-on, based on the concentration of children qualifying for the federal Free Lunch Program. Based on its percentage of Free Lunch participants, each school division will receive between 1.0 and 13.0 percent in additional basic aid per Free Lunch participant. These funds shall be matched by the local government, based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.
b) To receive these funds, each school division shall certify to the Department of Education that the state and local share of the at-risk payment will be used to support approved programs for students who are educationally at risk. These programs may include: Dropout Prevention, community and school-based truancy officer programs, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), Project Discovery, Reading Recovery, programs for students who speak English as a second language, or programs related to increasing the success of disadvantaged students in completing a high school degree and providing opportunities to encourage further education and training. Further, each school division shall report to the Department, in the manner prescribed and date set by the Department, the uses of (i) increased funds in fiscal year 2017 above the levels in fiscal year 2016, as well as (ii) the uses of the base level of these funds. The Department shall compile the responses and provide them to the Chairmen of Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees no later than the first day of the 2017 Session.
1) An additional state payment of $8,528,727 the first year and $8,639,782 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed for Regional Alternative Education programs. Such programs shall be for the purpose of educating certain expelled students and, as appropriate, students who have received suspensions from public schools and students returned to the community from the Department of Juvenile Justice.
1) This appropriation includes $24,687,389 the first year and $25,785,842 $23,836,129 the second year from the general fund for the state's share of Remedial Summer School Programs. These funds are available to school divisions for the operation of programs designed to remediate students who are required to attend such programs during a summer school session or during an intersession in the case of year-round schools. These funds may be used in conjunction with other sources of state funding for remediation or intervention. School divisions shall have maximum flexibility with respect to the use of these funds and the types of remediation programs offered; however, in exercising this flexibility, students attending these programs shall not be charged tuition and no high school credit may be awarded to students who participate in this program.
3) From the amounts provided for Remedial Summer School, there is hereby appropriated $300,000 the second year from the general fund to support pilot public-private partnerships between local school divisions and the Greater Richmond and Central Virginia affiliates of the Virginia Alliance of YMCAs to expand student participation opportunities in existing summer Power Scholars Academies in such partnered school divisions. The Virginia Alliance of YMCAs shall prepare and submit an evaluation report for such pilot partnerships between the school divisions and the Greater Richmond and Central Virginia YMCA affiliates to the Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than October 31, 2018.
a. An additional payment estimated at $123,321,155 the first year and $128,583,847 $121,269,427 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education as an incentive for reducing class sizes in the primary grades.
b. The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $11,618,250 the first year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2012.
c. The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $12,127,750 the first year and $12,132,750 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2013.
d. 1) The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $13,248,500 the first year and $13,246,250 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2014.
2) It is the intent of the General Assembly to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to pay debt service on the Virginia Public School Authority bonds or notes authorized for this program. In developing the proposed 2018-2020 biennial budget for public education, the Department of Education shall include a recommendation to the Governor to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to make debt service payments for this program in fiscal year 2019.
e. 1) The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $13,808,000 the first year and $13,805,000 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2015.
2) It is the intent of the General Assembly to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to pay debt service on the Virginia Public School Authority bonds or notes authorized for this program. In developing the proposed 2018-2020 biennial budget for public education, the Department of Education shall include a recommendation to the Governor to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to make debt service payments for this program in fiscal years 2019 and 2020.
f. 1) The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $13,753,517 the first year and $13,753,750 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2016.
2) It is the intent of the General Assembly to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to pay debt service on the Virginia Public School Authority bonds or notes authorized for this program. In developing the proposed 2018-2020 and 2020-2022 biennial budget for public education, the Department of Education shall include a recommendation to the Governor to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to make debt service payments for this program in fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021.
g. 1) An education technology grant program shall be conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority, through the issuance of equipment notes in an amount estimated at $67,138,400 in fiscal year 2017 and $69,169,200 $58,735,300 in fiscal year 2018. Proceeds of the notes will be used to establish a computer-based instructional and testing system for the Standards of Learning (SOL) and to develop the capability for high speed Internet connectivity at high schools followed by middle schools followed by elementary schools. School divisions shall use these funds first to develop and maintain the capability to support the administration of online SOL testing for all students with the exception of students with a documented need for a paper SOL test.
2) The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $14,351,594 $13,950,086 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the education technology grant program conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in 2017.
3) It is the intent of the General Assembly to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to pay debt service on the Virginia Public School Authority bonds or notes authorized for education technology grant programs in fiscal year 2017 and in fiscal year 2018. In developing the proposed 2018-2020, 2020-2022, and 2022-2024 biennial budgets for public education, the Department of Education shall include a recommendation to the Governor to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to make debt service payments for these programs in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
4) Grant funds from the issuance of $67,138,400 in fiscal year 2017 and $69,169,200 $58,735,300 in fiscal year 2018 in equipment notes are based on a grant of $26,000 per school and $50,000 per school division. For purposes of this grant program, eligible schools shall include schools that are subject to state accreditation and reporting membership in grades K through 12 as of September 30, 2016, for the fiscal year 2017 issuance, and September 30, 2017, for the fiscal year 2018 issuance, as well as regional vocational centers, special education centers, alternative education centers, regular school year Governor's Schools, and the School for the Deaf and the Blind. Schools that serve only pre-kindergarten students shall not be eligible for this grant.
5. a.) Supplemental grants shall be allocated to eligible divisions to support schools that are not fully accredited in accordance with this paragraph. Schools that include a ninth grade that administer SOL tests in Spring 2016 and that are not fully accredited for the second consecutive year, based on school accreditation ratings in effect for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 will qualify to participate in the Virginia e-Learning Backpack Initiative in fiscal year 2017 and receive: (1) a supplemental grant of $400 per student reported in ninth grade fall membership in a qualifying school for the purchase of a laptop or tablet for that student and (2) a supplemental grant of $2,400 per qualifying school to purchase two content creation packages for teachers. Schools eligible to receive this supplemental grant in fiscal year 2017 shall continue to receive the grant for the number of subsequent years equaling the number of grades 9 through 12 in the qualifying school up to a maximum of four years. Schools that administer SOL tests in Spring 2017 and that are not fully accredited for the second consecutive year based on school accreditation ratings in effect for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 will qualify to participate in the initiative in fiscal year 2018. Schools eligible for the supplemental grants in previous fiscal years shall continue to be eligible for the remaining years of their grant award. Schools eligible to receive this supplemental grant in fiscal year 2018 shall continue to receive the grant for the number of subsequent years equaling the number of grades 9 through 12 in the qualifying school up to a maximum of four years. Grants awarded to qualifying schools that do not have grades 10, 11, or 12 may transition with the students to the primary receiving school for all years subsequent to grade 9. Schools are eligible to receive these grants for a period of up to four years beginning in fiscal year 2014 and shall not be eligible to receive a separate award in the future once the original award period has concluded. Schools that are fully accredited or that are new schools with conditional accreditation in their first year shall not be eligible to receive this supplemental grant.
i. 1) In the event that, on any scheduled payment date of bonds or notes of the Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) issued for the purpose described in § 22.1-166.2, Code of Virginia, and not benefiting from the provisions of either § 22.1-168 (iii), (iv) and (v), Code of Virginia, or § 22.1-168.1, Code of Virginia, the available moneys in the Literary Fund are less than the amounts authorized for debt service due on such bonds or notes of the VPSA on such date, there is hereby appropriated to the VPSA from the general fund a sum equal to such deficiency.
j. Unobligated proceeds of the notes, including investment income derived from the proceeds of the notes may be used to pay interest on, or to decrease principal of the notes or to fund a portion of such other educational technology grants as authorized by the General Assembly.
k. 1) For the purposes of § 56-232, Code of Virginia, "Contracts of Telephone Companies with State Government" and for the purposes of § 56-234 "Contracts for Service Rendered by a Telephone Company for the State Government" shall be deemed to include communications lines into public schools which are used for educational technology. The rate structure for such lines shall be negotiated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Further, the Superintendent and Director are authorized to encourage the development of "by-pass" infrastructure in localities where it fails to obtain competitive prices or prices consistent with the best rates obtained in other parts of the state.
1) A security equipment grant program shall be conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority, through the issuance of equipment notes in an amount estimated at up to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 in conjunction with the Virginia Public School Authority technology notes program authorized in C.12. of this Item. Proceeds of the notes will be used to help offset the related costs associated with the purchase of appropriate security equipment that will improve and help ensure the safety of students attending public schools in Virginia.
2) The Department of Education shall authorize amounts estimated at $4,924,392 the first year and $6,203,522 $6,163,368 the second year from the Literary Fund to provide debt service payments for the security equipment grant programs conducted through the Virginia Public School Authority in fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
3) It is the intent of the General Assembly to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to pay debt service on the Virginia Public School Authority bonds or notes authorized for this program. In developing the proposed 2018-2020, and 2020-2022, and 2022-2024 biennial budgets for public education, the Department of Education shall include a recommendation to the Governor to authorize sufficient Literary Fund revenues to make debt service payments for these programs in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
6) Grant award funds from the issuance of up to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 in equipment notes shall be distributed to eligible school divisions. The grant awards will be based on a competitive grant basis of up to $100,000 per school division. School divisions will be permitted to apply annually for grant funding. For purposes of this program, eligible schools shall include schools that are subject to state accreditation and reporting membership in grades K through 12 as of September 30, 2016, for the fiscal year 2017 issuance, and September 30, 2017, for the fiscal year 2018 issuance, as well as regional vocational centers, special education centers, alternative education centers, regular school year Governor's Schools, and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.
a.1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that a payment estimated at $69,351,713 the first year and $70,950,500 $69,097,338 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to schools and community-based organizations to provide quality preschool programs for at-risk four-year-olds who are residents of Virginia and unserved by Head Start program funding. In no event shall distributions from the Lottery Proceeds Fund be made directly to community-based or private providers.
3) A local match, based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay, shall be required. For purposes of meeting the local match, localities may use local expenditures for existing qualifying programs, however, at least seventy-five percent of the local match will be cash and no more than twenty-five percent will be in-kind. In-kind contributions are defined as cash outlays that are made by the locality that benefit the program but are not directly charged to the program. The value of fixed assets cannot be considered as an in-kind contribution. Localities shall also continue to pursue and coordinate other funding sources, including child care subsidies. Funds received through this program must be used to supplement, not supplant, any funds currently provided for programs within the locality. However, in the event a locality is prohibited from continuing the previous level of support to programs for at-risk four-year-olds from Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the state and local funds provided in this grants program may be used to continue services to these Title I students. Such prohibition may occur due to amendments to the allocation formula in the reauthorization of ESEA as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 or due to a percentage reduction in a locality's Title I allocation in 2016-2017 or 2017-2018. Any locality so affected shall provide written evidence to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and request his approval to continue the services to Title I students.
d.1) Local plans must indicate the number of at-risk four-year-old children to be served, and the eligibility criteria for participation in this program shall be consistent with the economic and educational risk factors stated in the 2015-2016 programs guidelines that are specific to: (i) family income at or below 200 percent of poverty, (ii) homelessness, (iii) student's parents or guardians are school dropouts, or (iv) family income is less than 350 percent of federal poverty guidelines in the case of students with special needs or disabilities. Up to 15 percent of a division's slots may be filled based on locally established eligibility criteria so as to meet the unique needs of at-risk children in the community.
2) The Department of Education is directed to compile from each school division the aggregated information as to the number of enrolled students whose families are (i) at or below 130 percent of poverty, and (ii) above 130 percent but below 200 percent of poverty. The Department shall report this information annually, after the application and fall participation reports are submitted to the Department from the school divisions, to the Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees. In addition, the Department will post and maintain the summary information by division on the Department's website in keeping with current student privacy policies.
e.1) The Department of Education and the Council on Child Day Care and Early Childhood Programs shall provide technical assistance for the administration of this grant program to provide assistance to localities in developing a comprehensive, coordinated, quality preschool program for serving at-risk four-year-old children.
a. An additional payment of $20,057,840 the first year and $20,098,089 $22,635,044 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to local school divisions for the purposes of providing early reading intervention services to students in grades kindergarten through 3 who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on diagnostic tests which have been approved by the Department of Education. The Department of Education shall review the tests of any local school board which requests authority to use a test other than the state-provided test to ensure that such local test uses criteria for the early diagnosis of reading deficiencies which are similar to those criteria used in the state-provided test. The Department of Education shall make the state-provided diagnostic test used in this program available to local school divisions. School divisions shall report the results of the diagnostic tests to the Department of Education on an annual basis at a time to be determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
a. An additional payment of $12,968,589 the first year and $12,775,341 $12,828,757 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to local school divisions for the purposes of providing math intervention services to students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 who are at-risk of failing the Algebra I end-of-course test, as demonstrated by their individual performance on diagnostic tests which have been approved by the Department of Education. In the second year, this reflects $199,992 apportioned to each school division to account for the cost of the diagnostic test. The Department of Education shall review the tests to ensure that such local test uses state-provided criteria for diagnosis of math deficiencies which are similar to those criteria used in the state-provided test. The Department of Education shall make the state-provided diagnostic test used in this program available to local school divisions. School divisions shall report the results of the diagnostic tests to the Department of Education on an annual basis at a time to be determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
A payment of $53,267,521 the first year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund and $55,594,856 $57,167,836 the second year from the general fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to local school divisions to support the state share of 17 professional instructional positions per 1,000 students for whom English is a second language. Local school divisions shall provide a local match based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.
b. Out of the appropriations in this Item, the Department of Education shall make available, subject to implementation by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, an amount estimated at $84,678,643 the first year and $32,680,039 from the general fund and $54,898,940 $92,162,325 from the Lottery Proceeds Fund the second year for the purpose of the state's share of the tuition rates for approved public school regional programs. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the state's share of the tuition rates shall be based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.
c. Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Categorical Programs, $34,904,851 the first year and $35,588,024 $34,706,297 the second year from the general fund is appropriated to permit the Department of Education to enter into agreements with selected local school boards for the provision of educational services to children residing in certain hospitals, clinics, and detention homes by employees of the local school boards. The portion of these funds provided for educational services to children residing in local or regional detention homes shall only be determined on the basis of children detained in such facilities through a court order issued by a court of the Commonwealth. The selection and employment of instructional and administrative personnel under such agreements will be the responsibility of the local school board in accordance with procedures as prescribed by the local school board. State payments for the first year to the local school boards operating these programs will be based on certified expenditures from the fourth quarter of FY 2016 and the first three quarters of FY 2017. State payments for the second year to the local school boards operating these programs will be based on certified expenditures from the fourth quarter of FY 2017 and the first three quarters of FY 2018.
b. This appropriation includes $2,774,478 the first year and $1,387,240 $1,387,387 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund to support Project Graduation and any associated administrative and contractual service expenditures related to this initiative.
b. This appropriation includes $498,000 the first year and $498,000 the second year from the general fund to expand the Virtual Virginia full-time pilot program to 200 students in grades nine through 12.
c. This appropriation includes $260,000 the first year and $330,000 the second year from the general fund to expand the virtual mathematics outreach pilot program to offer additional mathematics courses.
b. This appropriation provides $9,198,359 the first year and $9,595,565 $10,228,314 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund to support children attending public school who have been placed in foster care or other such custodial care across jurisdictional lines, as provided by subsections A and B of § 22.1-101.1, Code of Virginia. To the extent these funds are not adequate to cover the full costs specified therein, the Department is authorized to expend unobligated balances in this Item for this support.
2) Out of the amounts for Governor's School Payments, $93,000 the first year and $41,000 the second year is provided to support the Hanover Regional Summer Governor's School for Career and Technical Advancement, which was established pursuant to Chapter 425, 2014 Acts of Assembly, and Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
4) This appropriation includes an additional $1,223,796 the first year and $1,250,538 $1,243,911 the second year from the general fund to provide the state's share of a 2.5 percent increase in the tuition amount, and the state's share of $50.00 per course per student adjustment added after the 2.5 percent increase. The 2.5 percent increase and the $50.00 per course adjustment shall only be effective for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018. The local funding contribution of each school division participating in an Academic Year Governor's Schools program in either year of the biennium shall not be reduced on a per pupil basis below the amount in fiscal year 2016.
5) The Department of Education shall review the distribution methodology used to determine the Governor's School tuition payments by November 4, 2016, and submit the findings of the review to the Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees. The review shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the length of the academic program day with the intent to determine and provide an equitable distribution of tuition payments based on the actual length of academic program day, the appropriate state and local shares, and the academic model used by Governor's Schools in the configuration of the funding formula.
i. Out of this appropriation, $100,000 the first year from the general fund is available for the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the school divisions and community colleges in the Roanoke Valley region, a model proposal that establishes a Regional Career and Technical Governor's School Center.
j. Out of the appropriation included in paragraph 40 of this item, $135,366 $134,841 the second year from the general fund is included in the Academic Year Governor's School funding allocation to increase the per pupil amount the second year as an add-on for a compensation supplement payment equal to 2.0 percent of base pay on February 15, 2018, for Academic Year Governor's School instructional and support positions.
a. Out of this appropriation, $4,887,179 the first year and $5,492,229 $5,722,214 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund is included to continue a state funded incentive program to maximize federal school nutrition revenues and increase student participation in the school breakfast program. These funds are available to any school division as a reimbursement for breakfast meals served that are in excess of the baseline established by the Department of Education. The per meal reimbursement shall be $0.22; however, the department is authorized, but not required to reduce this amount proportionately in the event that the actual number of meals to be reimbursed exceeds the number on which this appropriation is based so that this appropriation is not exceeded.
c.1) Out of this appropriation, $1,074,000 the first year and $1,074,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to fund an elementary school After-the-Bell Model breakfast pilot program available on a voluntary basis only to elementary schools where student eligibility for free or reduced lunch exceeds 45.0 percent for the participating eligible elementary school, and to provide additional reimbursement for eligible meals served in the current traditional school breakfast program at all grade levels in any participating school. The Department of Education is directed to ensure that only eligible elementary schools receive reimbursement funding for participating in the After-the-Bell school breakfast model. The elementary schools participating in the pilot program shall evaluate the educational impact of the models implemented that provide school breakfasts to students after the first bell of the school day, based on the guidelines developed by the Department of Education and submit the required report to the Department of Education no later June 30, 2017 for the 2016-2017 school year and no later than June 30, 2018 for the 2017-2018 school year.
2) The Department of Education shall communicate, through Superintendent's Memo, to school divisions the types of breakfast serving models and the criteria that will meet the requirements for this State reimbursement, which may include, but are not limited to, breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast, or a breakfast after first period. School divisions may determine the breakfast serving model that best applies to its students, so long as it occurs after the instructional day has begun. For the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, the Department of Education shall monthly transfer to each school division a reimbursement rate of $0.05 per breakfast meal that meets either of the established criteria.
3) No later than July 1, 2016 for the 2016-2017 school year and no later than July 1, 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year, the Department of Education shall provide for a pilot breakfast program application process for school divisions with eligible elementary schools, including guidelines regarding specified required data to be compiled from the prior school year or years and during the one-year pilot. The number of approved applications shall be based on the estimated number of pilot sites that can be accommodated within the approved funding level. The reporting requirements must include: student attendance and tardy arrivals, office discipline referrals, student achievement measures, teachers' responses to the impact of the pilot program before and after implementation, and the financial impact on the division's school food program. The Department of Education shall collect and compile the results of the pilot breakfast program and shall submit the report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than August 1 following each school year.
a. An additional payment of $1,476,790 the first year and $1,476,790 the second year from the general fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to qualifying local school divisions for the purpose of providing a reading specialist for any school with a third grade that has a school-wide pass rate of less than 75 percent on the reading Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments.
b. These payments shall be based on the state's share of the cost of providing one reading specialist per qualifying school. School divisions with schools participating in this program in fiscal year 2016 shall be eligible to receive funding at 100 percent of the state share the first year and 50 percent of the state share the second year for the same schools and such schools are granted a one-year extension of the two-year waiver referenced in subsection c. for a third year in fiscal year 2018. The Department of Education is authorized to disburse additional payments to divisions from any remaining funds each year to support additional qualifying schools and shall give priority to such schools with the lowest SOL pass rates for reading or the greatest number of years accredited with warning in English. Payments to school divisions in support of such additional qualifying schools each year shall be based on 100 percent of the state share of cost.
a. Included in this appropriation is $1,834,538 the first year and $1,834,538 the second year from the general fund in additional payments for reading or math instructional specialists at underperforming schools. From this amount, the state share of one reading or math specialist shall be provided to local school divisions with schools which have been denied accreditation or were accredited with warning for the third consecutive year based on school accreditation ratings for the 2015-2016 school year. Such schools shall be eligible to receive the state share of funding for both years of the biennium. In addition, following the academic review required by § 22.1-253.13:3, Code of Virginia, the Department of Education shall identify up to 20 additional schools to also receive the state share of a reading or math instructional specialist. The schools eligible for such personnel are those which were accredited with warning for the second consecutive year based on school accreditation ratings for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years and that have shown no or limited improvement in student achievement in the past year. Such schools shall also be eligible to receive the state share of funding for both years of the biennium. If, following certification from a school division that it will not participate in the program, the Department is authorized to identify additional eligible schools.
a. Out of this appropriation, an amount estimated at $36,581,531 the first year and $191,267,718 $191,272,274 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to local school divisions to support the state share of an estimated $52.56 per pupil the first year and $274.12 $274.29 per pupil the second year in adjusted March 31 average daily membership. These per pupil amounts are subject to change for the purpose of payment to school divisions based on the actual March 31 ADM collected each year. No locality shall be required to maintain a per pupil expenditure each year from local funds which is greater than the per pupil amount expended by the locality for such purposes in the year upon which the 2016-18 biennial Standards of Quality expenditure data were based.
c. Any lottery funds provided to school divisions from this item that are unexpended as of June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2018, shall be carried on the books of the locality to be appropriated to the school division in the following year.
a. Notwithstanding § 22.1-290.02, Code of Virginia, out of this appropriation, $550,000 the first year and $437,186 the second year from the general fund is provided for traineeships and program operation grants that shall be awarded to public Virginia institutions of higher education to prepare persons who are employed in the public schools of Virginia, state operated programs, or regional special education centers as special educators with a provisional license and enrolled either part-time or full-time in programs for the education of children with disabilities. Applicants shall be graduates of a regionally accredited college or university.
a.1) The appropriation in this item includes $31,981,550 $31,728,026 the second year from the general fund for the state share of a payment equivalent to a 2.0 percent salary incentive increase, effective February 15, 2018, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions. Funded SOQ instructional positions shall include the teacher, guidance counselor, librarian, instructional aide, principal, and assistant principal positions funded through the SOQ staffing standards for each school division in the biennium. This amount includes $135,366 the second year referenced in paragraph 28. h., for the Academic Year Governor's Schools for a 2.0 percent salary incentive increase, effective February 15, 2018, for instructional and support positions.
2) It is the intent that the instructional and support position salaries be increased in school divisions throughout the state by at least an average of 2.0 percent during the 2016-18 biennium. Sufficient funds are appropriated in this act to finance, on a statewide basis, the state share of a 2.0 percent salary increase for funded SOQ instructional and support positions, effective February 15, 2018, to school divisions which certify to the Department of Education, by June 1, 2017, that salary increases of a minimum average of 2.0 percent have been or will have been provided during the 2016-18 biennium, either in the first year or in the second year or through a combination of the two years, to instructional and support personnel. In certifying that the salary increases have been provided, school divisions may not include any salary increases that were provided in the first year solely to offset the cost of required member contributions to the Virginia Retirement System under § 51.1-144, Code of Virginia.

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