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_ 213 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 125. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 provided to a school division in support of this compensation supplement shall be prorated for school divisions that provide less than an average 3.0 percent salary increase the first year; however, to access these funds, a school division must provide at least an average 1.5 percent salary increase the first year. 2) For the second year, an additional 3.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2025, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions. Sufficient funds are appropriated in this act to finance, on a statewide basis, the state share of up to an additional 3.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 2025, to school divisions that certify to the Department of Education that an equivalent increase will be provided to instructional and support personnel the second year. The state share of funding provided to a school division in support of this compensation supplement shall be prorated for school divisions that provide less than an additional average 3.0 percent salary increase the second year; however, to access these funds, a school division must provide at least an additional average 1.5 percent salary increase the second year. School divisions that provided an average increase in excess of 3.0 percent in the first year may credit the excess portion of the increase toward the second year for the purpose of accessing these funds in the second year. 3) Payments in the second year to any school division shall be based on providing the funds needed to continue the first year increase actually provided by the division plus the increase provided by the division in the second year. b. Out of this appropriation, $818,874$811,727 the first year and $1,699,942$1,722,016 the second year from the general fund is provided for the state share of the salary increases stated in paragraph a. above for Academic Year Governor's Schools, and $549,105$549,281 the first year and $1,113,010$1,115,929 the second year from the Lottery Proceeds fund is provided for the state share of these salary increases for Regional Alternative Education Programs. c. It is the intent that the average instructional and support position salaries are increased in local school divisions throughout the state by at least 3.0 percent the first year, at least an additional 3.0 percent the second year, resulting in a combined increase of at least 6.09 percent during the biennium. d. The state funds that the school division is eligible to receive shall be matched by the local government based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay. This local match shall be calculated for funded SOQ instructional and support positions using an effective date of July 1, 2024, the first year and July 1, 2025, the second year. Local school divisions shall certify to the Department of Education that funds used as the local match are derived solely from local revenue sources. e. This funding is not intended as a mandate to increase salaries. 39. School Meals Expansion Out of this appropriation, $4,100,000 the first year and $4,100,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for local school divisions to reduce or eliminate the cost of school breakfast and school lunch for students who are eligible for reduced price meals under the federal National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The Department of Education is authorized to reduce this amount proportionately so as not to exceed this appropriation. 40. Alleghany County - Covington City School Division Consolidation Incentive Out of this appropriation, $600,000 the first year from the general fund is provided as an incentive for the consolidation of the Alleghany County and Covington City school divisions. This incentive payment represent the fifth installment of five $600,000 payments as recommended for this consolidation incentive through the methodology contained in the Study on School Division Joint Contracting Incentives (Report Document 548, 2016). 41. Supplemental Support for Accomack and Northampton Out of this appropriation, $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 the second year from