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_ 215 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 125. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.) and the facilities potential threat to the health or safety of building occupants; (ii) the school division maintenance reserve tool established pursuant to Chapter 650 of the 2022 General Assembly; and (iii) the overall condition of other facilities within the school division. 4. If qualifying grant award requests exceed the amount of funds available, grants shall be awarded based on ranked project scores, and shall not be prorated. 5. The release of funds to grant awardees shall be reasonably aligned with the timing of incurred expenses. 6. A specific project shall only receive one grant award. The total project cost eligible to receive a grant shall be up to $100,000,000. Grant awards shall not be amended for any additional reasonable project costs after the Board awards a grant to a division. c. For the purpose of this program, "project costs" shall include reasonable project construction costs as defined by the Board, including planning, design, site acquisition and construction, and not to include financing costs, outdoor facilities predominantly used for extracurricular athletic activities, loose equipment, and furniture. d. The Board of Education shall submit an executive summary of the program, including details on projects funded each year and any necessary legislative or budget recommendations to improve the program, no later than December 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House Education Committee, Senate Education and Health Committee, House Appropriations Committee, and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee. 43. Supplemental General Fund Payment in Lieu of Sales Tax on Food and Personal Hygiene Products Out of this appropriation, $272,500,000 the first year and $273,600,000 the second year from the general fund shall be distributed to localities 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 for SOQ sales tax payments pursuant to § 58.1-611.1.C of the Code of Virginia. These funds represent the reduction of sales tax distributions to school divisions resulting from the exemption of the state sales and use tax on food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. These payments shall be applied in the same manner as sales tax payments to offset the state and local shares of basic aid and shall require no local match. 44. Bonus Payment a. Out of this appropriation, $134,399,957 the first year from the general fund is provided for a one-time bonus payment of $1,000 by no later than June 1, 2025, per funded SOQ instructional position and per Academic Year Governor's School and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support position. Funded SOQ instructional positions shall include all teacher, guidance counselor, librarian, instructional aide, principal, and assistant principal positions. b. Sufficient funding is provided for the entire cost of an average $1,000 bonus per funded SOQ instructional and support position in this act. Sufficient funding is provided for the entire cost of an average $1,000 bonus per Academic Year Governor's School and Regional Alternative Education Program instructional and support position based on the most-recently available full-time equivalent position counts, as reported to the Department of Education. School divisions shall have discretion to determine the amount of bonuses per employee to maximize the use of these funds to promote retention among instructional and support positions in this act. The funds a division is eligible to receive shall require no match by the local government. Localities are encouraged to use additional available funds to provide bonuses to other eligible instructional and support positions. 125.10 Early Childhood Care and Education Programs (17600) $560,180,474 $585,580,474 $593,210,086