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_ 317 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 237. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 § 1-79. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER (948) 238. Administrative and Support Services (19900) $5,599,447 $5,599,447 General Management and Direction (19901) $46,831 $46,831 Operation of Higher Education Centers (19931) $5,552,616 $5,552,616 Fund Sources: General $4,316,600 $4,316,600 Special $1,282,847 $1,282,847 Authority: Title 23.1, Chapter 31, Article 7, Code of Virginia. A. The board of trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center may establish and administer agreements with out-of-state institutions certified to operate in Virginia pursuant to § 23.1-219 Code of Virginia for such institutions to provide undergraduate- level and graduate-level instructional programs at the Center. B. Out of the appropriation for this item, $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund, as established in § 23.1-3129.1 Code of Virginia, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis from the Fund to small, rural information technology businesses in qualifying localities to establish apprenticeship programs. Total for Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center $5,599,447 $5,599,447 General Fund Positions 29.00 29.00 Nongeneral Fund Positions 3.00 3.00 Position Level 32.00 32.00 Fund Sources: General $4,316,600 $4,316,600 Special $1,282,847 $1,282,847 § 1-80. SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS FOR JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (936) 239. Financial Assistance For Educational and General Services (11000) $1,547,651 $1,547,651 Sponsored Programs (11004) $1,547,651 $1,547,651 Fund Sources: General $1,547,651 $1,547,651 Authority: Discretionary Inclusion. A. This appropriation represents the Commonwealth of Virginia's contribution to the Southeastern Universities Research Association Doing Business for Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, for the support of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) located at Newport News, Virginia. This contribution includes funds to support faculty positions and industry-led research that will promote economic development opportunities in the Commonwealth. B. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to provide funding to expand a center for nuclear femtography and to support high performance data facility related programs in partnership with the Commonwealth's research universities. C. This nonstate agency is exempt from the match requirement of § 2.2-1505, Code of Virginia and § 4-5.05 of this act. Total for Southeastern Universities Research Association Doing Business for Jefferson Science Associates, LLC $1,547,651 $1,547,651 Fund Sources: General $1,547,651 $1,547,651 240. Not set out.