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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Committee Approved)

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STEAM Feasibility Study

Item 137 #1h

Item 137 #1h

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Education, Central Office Operations, Department of FY2013 $200,000 FY2014 $0 GF

Language
Page 93, line 41, strike "$17,565,986" and insert "$17,765,986".
Page 94, after line 38, insert:
"G. This appropriation includes $200,000 the first year from the general fund to support the feasibility of establishing the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, Applied Mathematics (STEAM) Academy."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $200,000 the first year from the general fund to fund a feasibility plan to consider establishing the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, Applied Mathematics (STEAM) Academy. The Virginia STEAM Academy would be a residential facility designed to foster the educational development of high school students who are academically talented in the areas of science, technology, engineering and applied mathematics. Furthermore, the academy would serve all schools in the Commonwealth through research and outreach activities.)