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_ 77 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 67. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 in The Fund for each fiscal year. If the balance of The Fund falls below the amounts required to fully reimburse constitutional offices, the Compensation Board should request additional general fund appropriation to be deposited into The Fund. V.1. The Compensation Board shall work with the Virginia Circuit Court Clerks' Association to examine the staffing standards used to determine and distribute funding and positions allocated to circuit court clerks' offices. The examination shall identify funding needs to support staffing for statutorily prescribed duties, as well as any discretionary duties and current local supplemental funds allocated. To assist in this goal, the Compensation Board shall contract with the National Center for State Courts (the Center) to perform a time study as to the comprehensive duties and responsibilities of circuit court clerks including, but not limited to, expungement/rights restoration and sealing volume as well as other obligations reflected in the Code of Virginia (e.g. duties prescribed under Title 17.1 et seq). The Compensation Board shall develop a revised staffing standard for circuit court clerks' offices based on the results of the study. Included within this appropriation is $400,000 the first year from the general fund for the purpose of contracting with the Center to perform the study. All circuit court clerks shall participate in the study as needed and as identified by the Compensation Board and the Center. 2. The Compensation Board shall provide a status report on the progress of the study and participants to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by November 1, 2024. The Compensation Board shall submit a report containing the results of the study, anticipated costs, and staffing standards methodology revisions under review or approved by the Compensation Board to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by November 1, 2025. W. The Compensation Board, in consultation with staff representatives from the Department of Human Resources Management, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Department of Planning and Budget, shall assess potential options for additional information to be provided to the General Assembly to include: (i) any state roles whose duties are similar to duties performed by employees in each constitutional office and the state salaries for any similar roles; and (ii) any information available on local salary supplements provided in addition to state salaries that may provide a more comprehensive understanding of local constitutional officer salaries, including geographic differences. The Compensation Board shall report its recommendations to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by October 1, 2026, and shall provide an interim report to the Chairs by November 1, 2025, on the plan for assessing such information. Total for Compensation Board $939,042,028 $939,169,014 $929,603,505 $942,174,305 General Fund Positions 21.00 21.00 22.00 Nongeneral Fund Positions 1.00 1.00 Position Level 22.00 22.00 23.00 Fund Sources: General $922,446,150 $922,573,136 $913,007,627 $925,578,427 Trust and Agency $8,003,370 $8,003,370 Dedicated Special Revenue $8,592,508 $8,592,508 § 1-31. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES (194) 68. Laboratory Services (72600) $50,306,598 $50,306,598 $50,594,998 Statewide Laboratory Services (72604) $32,738,585 $32,738,585 $33,026,985 Newborn Screening Laboratory Services (72607) $14,434,732 $14,434,732 Laboratory Accreditation Services (72608) $727,848 $727,848 Drinking Water Testing Services (72609) $2,405,433 $2,405,433