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_ 494 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 354. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.2, Code of Virginia. A. Out of the amounts in this Item, $1,501,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to support the establishment of the Department. B.1. Out of the amounts in this Item, $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the second year from the general fund is designated for economic development programming under the Hampton Roads Skilled Trades Rapid On-ramp Network for Growth (STRONG) initiative. The Department shall collaborate with the Hampton Roads Workforce Council to support career access and training opportunities in the naval shipbuilding, offshore wind, and road and tunnel construction industries. 2. The Virginia Board of Workforce Development in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement and the Virginia Community College System shall review instructor salaries for noncredit workforce training programs offered as a part of the Hampton Roads Skilled Trades Rapid On-ramp Network for Growth (STRONG) initiative funded in this paragraph. This review shall include examining current instructor salaries for noncredit workforce training compared to current market rates for aligned professor positions; current approaches to funding instructor positions for noncredit and for credit courses offered as a part of the STRONG initiative; and options for increasing instructor salaries in noncredit course offerings, including appropriate funding model reforms. The Virginia Board of Workforce Development shall submit its preliminary review and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health on or before November 1, 2024, and a final report of its review and recommendations on or before by June 30, 2025. C. Included in this appropriation is $376,935 the second year from the general fund for five positions to continue a re-entry job placement collaboration between the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement and the Department of Corrections. D. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for workforce development programming under the Hampton Roads Partnership for Health Sciences initiative to support talent development for the Hampton Roads healthcare industry. The Hampton Roads Workforce Council will utilize the funding to launch the Regional Healthcare Talent Pipeline focused on identifying and addressing regional talent shortages. The program will work to mitigate ongoing chronic healthcare labor challenges, including the attraction and retention of skilled workers, that are continuously impacting the healthcare industry by increasing the flow of trained healthcare professionals who enter the field. Any funding remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year and reappropriated for the purposes described in this paragraph. 355. Economic Development Services (53400) $59,490,208 $59,490,208 $80,306,806 Economic Information Services (53402) $57,474,150 $57,474,150 $3,552,997 Apprenticeship Program (53409) $2,016,058 $2,016,058 $9,954,082 Management of Workforce Development Program Services (53427) $0 $66,799,727 Fund Sources: General $2,016,058 $2,016,058 Special $0 $537,638 Trust and Agency $57,474,150 $57,474,150 $77,753,110 Title 2.2, Chapter 20.2, Code of Virginia. A. The Office of Registered Apprenticeship within the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement shall provide detailed registered apprenticeship data to the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment in the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority quarterly. To the extent possible, all data fields requested by the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment shall be furnished by the Division of Registered Apprenticeship. Data fields shall include the start date of the apprenticeship, the end date of