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_ 301 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 211. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 transfer. As part of interagency agreements, the department shall require the public entities to attest to compliance with applicable CMS criteria. 212. Higher Education Student Financial Assistance (10800) $51,005,454 $52,342,454 $51,729,334 $63,597,615 Scholarships (10810) $43,998,129 $45,335,129 $44,484,509 $56,352,790 Fellowships (10820) $7,007,325 $7,244,825 Fund Sources: General $37,576,596 $38,913,596 $38,300,476 Higher Education Operating $13,428,858 $13,428,858 $25,297,139 Authority: Soil Scientist Scholarships: Title 23.1, Chapter 26, and § 23.1-615, Code of Virginia., A. Out of the amount for Scholarships, the following sums shall be made available from the general fund for: 1. Soil Scientist Scholarships, $11,000 the first year and $11,000 the second year. 2. Scholarships, internships, and graduate assistantships administered by the Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program at the university, $86,500 the first year and $86,500 the second year. Eligible students must have financial need and participate in an academic support program. B. The appropriation for the fund source Higher Education Operating in this Item shall be considered a sum sufficient appropriation, which is an estimate of the revenue collected to meet student financial aid needs, under the terms of the management agreement between the university and the Commonwealth as set forth in Chapters 933 and 943 of the 2006 Acts of Assembly. C. Up to 15 percent of the funding in this item may be used to support Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program eligible students for (1) priority funding who are enrolled in Data Science and Technology, Science and Engineering, Healthcare and Education programs and (2) as a grant for students in innovative internship programs provided that the institutions has at least one private sector partner and the grant is matched equally by the partner with non-state funding and / or the institution from private funds. 213. Financial Assistance For Educational and General Services (11000) $426,237,963 $426,237,963 $494,528,874 Sponsored Programs (11004) $426,237,963 $426,237,963 $494,528,874 Fund Sources: General $10,388,544 $10,388,544 Higher Education Operating $415,849,419 $415,849,419 $484,140,330 Authority: Title 23.1, Chapter 26, Code of Virginia. A. Out of this appropriation, $2,388,544 the first year and $2,388,544 the second year from the general fund and $15,000,000 the first year and $15,000,000 the second year from nongeneral funds are designated to build research capacity in the areas of bioengineering, biomaterials and nanotechnology. B. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is authorized to establish a self- supporting "instructional enterprise" fund to account for the revenues and expenditures of the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL) classes offered to students at locations outside the Commonwealth of Virginia. Consistent with the self-supporting concept of an "enterprise fund," student tuition and fee revenues for IDDL students at locations outside Virginia shall exceed all direct and indirect costs of providing instruction to those students. The Board of Visitors shall set tuition and fee rates to meet this requirement and shall set other policies regarding the IDDL as may be appropriate.