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_ 297 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 206. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 students to the extent possible. C. Resources determined by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to be uniquely military shall be excluded from the base adequacy funding guidelines. D. 1. Out of this appropriation, $395,740 the first year and $395,740 the second year from the general fund is designated to address increased degree production in Data Science and Technology, Science and Engineering, Healthcare, and Education. 2. Degree production shall be measured for Bachelors, Masters, Doctorates and First Professional awards as follows: a. Data Science and Technology awards shall be based on completion data contained in the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, C-16 completion report; b. Science and Engineering awards shall be based on completion data contained in the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), C-1 A1 completion report for the following programs Biological and Biomedical Science (26), Engineering (14) less those already counted in paragraph 2 a., Engineering Technologies (15), and Physical Sciences (40); c. Healthcare awards shall be based on completion data contained in the SCHEV C-1 A1 completion report for the Health Professions and Related Programs (51); and d. Education awards shall be based on completion data contained in the SCHEV C-1 A1 completion report for the Education Programs (13). 3. Virginia Military Institute is expected to maintain increases in: a. Data Science and Technology awards of 5 annually over the base year. b. Science and Engineering awards of 5 annually over the base year. c. The 2016-17 year will serve as the base year for these purposes. 4. SCHEV shall report on the progress toward these goals to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees annually. E. The 4-VA, a public-private partnership among George Mason University, James Madison University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, the College of William and Mary, and CISCO Systems, Inc., utilizes emerging technologies to promote collaboration and resource sharing to increase access, reduce time to graduation and reduce unit cost while maintaining and enhancing quality. Instructional talent across the eight institutions is leveraged in the delivery of programs in foreign languages, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The 4-VA Management Board can expand this partnership to additional institutions as appropriate to meet the goals of the 4-VA initiative. It is expected that funding will be pooled by the management board as required to support continuing efforts of the 4-VA priorities and projects. F. Out of this appropriation, $3,120,387 the first year and $3,120,387 the second year from the general fund is designated to address the One Corps initiatives related to Title IX Coordination, the Commandant Staff, the Legal Affairs Office, Academic and Student Programs, Compliance and Reporting and Commemorations and Memorials as well as targeted staff salary compression issues. 207. Higher Education Student Financial Assistance (10800) $6,226,568 $6,291,568 $6,230,388 Scholarships (10810) $6,226,568 $6,291,568 $6,230,388 Fund Sources: General $1,626,568 $1,691,568 $1,630,388 Higher Education Operating $4,600,000 $4,600,000 Authority: Title 23.1, Chapter 25, § 23.1-2506, Code of Virginia.