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_ 354 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 269. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Education's Office of Special Education, shall report to the General Assembly by October 1 of each year: (i) recommendations made to each LEA and progress made in improving the LEA's ability to serve students; (ii) an assessment of barriers to students returning to a LEA from a private day placement including instances when the LEA refuses or is unable to provide a less restrictive environment due to a lack of available transition services and recommendations for returning students to public school who are deemed eligible; and (iii) trends in behavioral and emotional diagnoses including students on home-based instruction that may require private day placements. C. The Office of Children's Services shall collect annually from each local Children's Services Act program the number of program staff by full- and part-time status and the administrative budget broken out by state and local funding to understand local program resources and target technical assistance to the most under-sourced local programs. Total for Children's Services Act $438,280,688 $475,323,411 $438,280,688 $501,648,236 General Fund Positions 16.00 16.00 Position Level 16.00 16.00 Fund Sources: General $380,648,359 $417,691,082 $380,648,359 $444,015,907 Federal Trust $57,632,329 $57,632,329 Grand Total for Secretary of Health and Human Resources $439,245,447 $476,288,170 $439,245,447 $502,612,995 General Fund Positions 21.00 21.00 Position Level 21.00 21.00 Fund Sources: General $381,613,118 $418,655,841 $381,613,118 $444,980,666 Federal Trust $57,632,329 $57,632,329 § 1-90. DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING (751) 270. Social Services Research, Planning, and Coordination (45000) $3,651,778 $3,701,778 $3,651,778 $3,726,322 Technology Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (45004) $2,062,834 $2,112,834 $2,062,834 Consumer, Interpreter, and Community Support Services (45005) $1,112,541 $1,112,541 Administrative Services (45006) $476,403 $476,403 $550,947 Fund Sources: General $1,394,496 $1,444,496 $1,394,496 $1,469,040 Special $2,081,782 $2,081,782 Federal Trust $175,500 $175,500 Authority: Title 51.5, Chapter 13, Code of Virginia. A. Up to $48,529 the first year and up to $48,529123,073 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Department offor the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DDHH) to contract with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) for the provision of shared administrative services. The scope of the services and specific costs shall be outlined in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between DDHH and DARS subject to the approval of the respective agency heads. Any revision to the MOU shall be reported by DARS to the Director, Department of Planning and Budget within 30 days. B. Out of this appropriation, an amount estimated at $1,581,782 the first year and $1,581,782 the second year from special funds shall be used to cover the cost of providing telecommunications relay service as defined in §51.5-115, Code of Virginia.