134#1h (DOE/DAPE) Jobs for Virginia Graduates. HB1650 - Member Request

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2007 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1650 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Callahan
Jobs for Virginia Graduates

Item 134 #1h

Item 134 #1h	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Direct Aid To Public Education	FY2007 $0	FY2008 $600,000	GF

Language
Page 129, line 39, strike "$2,447,750" and insert "$3,047,750".
Page 129, line 46, strike "$400,000" and insert "$1,000,000".

Explanation
(This amendment provides $600,000 the second year from the general fund to Jobs for Virginia Graduates (JVG). JVG assists Virginia high school seniors to remain in school, graduate, and successfully transition from school to career based employment. In the last ten years, JVG has had a graduation rate of over 94% and a job placement rate of over 86%. These funds will allow JVG to add up to 25 additional school divisions and up to an additional one thousand students. Local school divisions apply for matching funds form JVG. These funds will be used to place Career Specialists in schools to introduce 81 different 'job competencies' in a classroom setting. One of the more important duties of the Career Specialists is to personally contact each graduate monthly for one year after graduation to ensure continued employment and success.)

Item 134

Item 134	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Financial Assistance for Educational, Cultural, Community, and Artistic Affairs (14300)	$2,747,750	$2,447,750
Financial Assistance for Supplemental Education (14304)	FY2007 $2,747,750	FY2008 $2,447,750
Fund Sources:
General	FY2007 $2,747,750	FY2008 $2,447,750

Authority: Discretionary Inclusion.

A. Out of this appropriation, the Department of Education shall provide $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the second year from the general fund for the Jobs for Virginia Graduates initiative.

B.1. Out of this appropriation, the Department of Education shall provide $800,000 the first year and $800,000 the second year from the general fund for Project Discovery. These funds are to fund approximately one-half of the cost of the program in Abingdon, Accomack/Northampton, Alexandria, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Charlottesville, Cumberland, Danville/Pittsylvania, Fairfax, Franklin/Patrick, Goochland/Powhatan, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond City, Roanoke City, Smyth, Surry/Sussex, Tazewell, Williamsburg/James City, and Wythe and the salary of a fiscal officer for Project Discovery.

2. The Board of Education shall determine the Project Discovery funding distributions to each community action agency. The contract with Project Discovery, Inc. should specify the allocations to each local Project Discovery program. Allocations shall be on a per pupil basis for students enrolled in the program.

C. Out of this appropriation, the Board of Education shall provide $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the second year from the general fund for the Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. An additional $97,750 the first year and $97,750 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Consortium to continue the Van Gogh Outreach program with Lee and Wise County Public Schools and expand the program to the twelve school divisions in Southwest Virginia.

D. This appropriation includes $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the second year from the general fund for the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium to expand the research and development phase of a technology linkage.

E. This appropriation includes $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second year from the general fund for the Virginia Career Education Foundation.

F. An additional state payment of $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the second year from the general fund is provided as a Small School Division Assistance grant for the City of Norton. To receive these funds, the local school board shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that its division has entered into one or more educational, administrative or support service cost-sharing arrangements with another local school division.

G. This appropriation includes $500,000 the first year from the general fund for the Communities in Schools program, contingent upon securing the matching funds from private sources.

H. Out of this appropriation, $400,000 in the first year and $400,000 in the second year from the general fund shall be allocated for the Career and Technical Education Resource Center to provide vocational curriculum and resource instructional materials free of charge to all school divisions.

I. Out of this appropriation, the Board of Education shall provide $200,000 the second year from the general fund for the planning of a new Regional Career and Vocational Education Center located within the Middle Peninsula area. The funding will be allocated provided that a complete and comprehensive plan has been submitted to the Department of Education by July 1, 2007. The comprehensive plan shall include, but not be limited to, written commitments from participating school divisions, businesses and other community partners that will be involved in the regional center's development and sustained operation or student enrollments; an annual operating budget that should include financial commitments from participating school divisions, businesses and other community groups; potential course offerings and curriculum guidelines that will complement the surrounding school divisions' and community colleges' curriculums; short and long range goals; and objectives and mission statement of the Regional Center.