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2008 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

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Pre-K to 3rd Grade Assessments (PALS) - Level Funding

Item 132 #2h

Item 132 #2h

First Year - FY2009 Second Year - FY2010
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Education, Central Office Operations, Department of FY2009 ($379,550) FY2010 ($379,550) GF

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Page 107, line 50, strike "$31,857,204" and insert "$31,477,654".
Page 107, line 50, strike "$31,857,204" and insert "$31,477,654".
Page 109, strike lines 25 through 29.


Explanation
(This amendment saves $379,550 each year from the general fund by providing level funding for the PALS assessment tests for pre-kindergarten to third grade. Three companion amendments 1) remove the $340,100 of new funding each year for three positions that would have administered the expansion of the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) program; 2) save $9.1 million the first year and $8.1 million the second year from the general fund by removing the programmatic changes that were included in the introduced budget; and 3) remove the $10.6 million in new funding related to VPI in the Department of Social Services.)