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_ 527 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 377. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 teachers shared with either the local school division or other state operated programs; and (iv) determining and providing the feasibility and potential cost savings of each alternative delivery model, as well as specific actions to implement each model. D. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, with the cooperation and assistance of the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Sheriffs' Association, the Virginia Association of the Chiefs of Police, and other appropriate stakeholders, shall evaluate and submit to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024, a report to establish authority in the Code of Virginia for local civilian-led units designed to respond, investigate, and handle calls for services related to minor traffic accidents and other duties as assigned. The report shall include potential legislative language, any costs savings to local police and sheriff departments, research around best practices from other states, recommendations for implementation and tasks that could be assigned to local civilian-led units, and a list of potential challenges the units could face being set up by local jurisdictions. E. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall complete a review and assessment of the sufficiency of fire and emergency medical services funding in the Commonwealth. The review and assessment shall include, but not be limited to, (i) identification of local, state, and federal funding provided to support local fire and emergency medical services by locality or region, and to the extent possible, trends in funding by source; (ii) consideration of identifiable fire or emergency medical service funding needs by locality or region; (iii) identification of factors that influence or differentiate the ability of localities or regions to meet the funding needs of local and regional fire and emergency medical services; (iv) factors influencing the ability of localities or regions to meet fire and emergency medical services funding needs; and, (v) consideration of the costs and benefits of consolidation state-level administration of fire and emergency medical services funding and oversight, to include an assessment of administrative models used in other states. In completing the assessment, the Secretary shall convene at least three stakeholder group meetings whose membership shall include, but not be limited to, representatives from the Department of Fire Programs, the Office of Emergency Medical Services, the Virginia Fire Services Council, Virginia's Regional EMS Councils, the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, the Virginia Association of Counties, and the Virginia Municipal League. Included in the appropriation for this item is $150,000 the first year from the general fund for the Secretary to procure the services of technical experts to complete the review and assessment. The Secretary shall provide a summary report of the findings of the review and assessment, as well as any recommendations, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. 378. Disaster Planning and Operations (72200) $625,794 $625,794 Emergency Planning and Homeland Security (72210) $625,794 $625,794 Fund Sources: Federal Trust $625,794 $625,794 Total for Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security $1,557,886 $1,407,886 General Fund Positions 6.00 6.00 Nongeneral Fund Positions 3.00 3.00 Position Level 9.00 9.00 Fund Sources: General $932,092 $782,092 Federal Trust $625,794 $625,794 § 1-111. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS' SERVICES COUNCIL (957) 379. Adjudication Training, Education, and Standards (32600) $2,470,557 $2,463,222 Prosecutorial Training (32604) $2,470,557 $2,463,222 Fund Sources: General $835,028 $827,693 Special $1,418,662 $1,418,662