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_ 162 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 120. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 support schools based on their specific needs; and (iv) a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the Office, including feedback from school divisions and stakeholders to determine both the impact and quality of the assistance received. 3. The Superintendent shall submit the initial report by July 1, 2024, to the Chairs of the Senate Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations Committees, and the Chairs of the House Education and Appropriations Committees. The Superintendent shall submit a report on the progress of implementing the goals of the Office by June 1, 2025. Funding for the first year and second year shall be unallotted and the Department of Planning and Budget shall transfer funds allocated to the Office in the corresponding year upon submission of the reports. D. The Department of Education shall maintain at least 30 full-time employees in the Office of School Quality to support schools and school divisions not meeting state benchmarks. At least six of these positions shall be deployed as regional support specialists focused on academic improvement in math, literacy, and science. 121. Technology Assistance Services (18600) $18,962,424 $18,962,424 Instructional Technology (18601) $707,600 $707,600 Distance Learning and Electronic Classroom (18602) $18,254,824 $18,254,824 Fund Sources: General $6,073,882 $6,073,882 Special $105,000 $105,000 Trust and Agency $12,719,402 $12,719,402 Federal Trust $64,140 $64,140 Authority: Instructional Technology: §§ 22.1-20.1, 22.1-70.2, 22.1-199.1, 22.1-253.13:1 through 22.1-253.13:8, Code of Virginia; P.L. 107-110, Federal Code. Distance Learning and Electronic Classroom: § 22.1-212.2, Code of Virginia. Virtual Virginia Payments 1. From appropriations in this Item, the Department of Education shall provide assistance for the Virtual Virginia program. 2. This appropriation includes $498,000 the first year and $498,000 the second year from the general fund to support the Virtual Virginia full-time program for 200 students in grades nine through 12. 3. This appropriation includes $330,000 the first year and $330,000 the second year from the general fund to support the virtual mathematics outreach program. 4. The local share of costs associated with the operation of the Virtual Virginia program shall be computed using the composite index of local ability-to-pay. 5. The Department of Education shall maintain a plan to support the per-student, per-course fee schedule for local school divisions to participate in Virtual Virginia (VVA) coursework for elementary, middle, and high school students. Such fee schedule plan shall provide (i) an allotment of slots, determined by the Department, per course to a school division free of charge, and (ii) for any slots a school division wishes to use beyond the free slots, a per- course, per-student fee that may include discounts for school divisions based upon the composite index of local ability to pay. The department shall also include in its plan the current student participation enrollment by grade level in each VVA course, the number of students enrolled in VVA courses that a fee of any kind is charged and how such fee is currently paid for in each participating school division. 122. Teacher Licensure and Education (56600) $3,687,518 $3,687,518 Teacher Licensure and Certification (56601) $2,908,581 $2,908,581 Teacher Education and Assistance (56602) $778,937 $778,937 Fund Sources: General $1,413,218 $1,413,218 Special $2,274,300 $2,274,300 I VETO ITEM 120. ON PAGES 161-162 /s/ Glenn Youngkin 5-2-25