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_ 170 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 124. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Economics to determine regionally in-demand industry credentials. b. For teachers pursuing credentialing requirements to teach dual enrollment courses, the Department of Education shall make payments on behalf of the scholarship recipients directly to the regionally accredited Virginia institution of higher education where the scholarship recipient is enrolled in courses for credit applicable to dual enrollment course curriculum available for public high school students. The lifetime maximum dual enrollment tuition scholarship award for each approved eligible teacher is $12,000. Eligibility for access to these dual enrollment tuition scholarship awards shall be determined through an application process whereby school divisions shall apply to the Department of Education. In the application process, the applying school division shall include: i) an explanation of why such dual enrollment tuition scholarship is warranted, ii) the dual enrollment course or courses that shall be offered by the scholarship recipient's high school and taught by the recipient upon the recipient's successful completion of required coursework for appropriate credentialing to teach such dual enrollment courses, and iii) the projected student enrollment in the recipient taught public high school dual enrollment courses. c. For teachers pursuing additional training or coursework to teach an industry credential, the Department of Education shall make payments on behalf of the awardees directly to the employing school division for reimbursement of training, coursework, or assessment costs. The lifetime maximum credentialing award for each approved eligible teacher is $12,000. Eligibility for access to these reimbursement awards shall be determined through an application process whereby school divisions shall apply to the Department of Education. In the application process, the applying school division shall include: i) an explanation of why such reimbursement is warranted, ii) the career and technical course or courses that shall be offered by the awardee's high school and taught by the awardee upon successful acquirement of the industry credential, and iii) the projected student enrollment in the awardee's employing public high school career and technical courses. d. The Department of Education shall compile and report the application information for each applying school division, and shall also report the number of recipients and amount of tuition or reimbursement awarded to each school division, the institution of higher education receiving tuition, the credentialing area pursued by recipients, and dual enrollment or career and technical courses offered after the recipient's successful completion of the pursued credentialing. The Department shall submit the report by June 30 annually to the Secretary of Education, the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health. H. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be distributed to the Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) to provide students and families in need access to financial aid, scholarships, and counseling to maximize educational opportunities for students. I. Out of this appropriation, the Department of Education shall provide $2,004,400 the first year and $2,004,400 the second year from the general fund to Communities in Schools. These funds shall be used to strengthen and sustain existing programming in Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, Petersburg, Richmond City, and Southwest Virginia and to expand programming to new schools. Further, Communities in Schools is directed to assist the Community School organization with developing opportunities to establish a Community School program in interested school divisions. J. 1. Out of this appropriation, the Department of Education shall provide $987,500 the first year and $987,500 the second year from the general fund for Project Discovery. These funds are towards the cost of the program in Abingdon, Accomack/Northampton, Alexandria, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Charlottesville, Cumberland, Danville/Pittsylvania, Fairfax, Franklin/Patrick, Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania, Goochland/Powhatan, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond City, Roanoke City, Smyth, Surry/Sussex, Tazewell, Williamsburg/James City, Wythe, and Madison/Orange and the salary of a fiscal officer for Project Discovery. The Department of Education shall administer the Project Discovery funding distributions to each community action agency. Distributions to each community action agency shall be based on performance measures established by the Board of Directors of Project Discovery. The contract with Project Discovery should specify the allocations to each local program and require the submission of