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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bell Richard P.
Virginia Virtual School

Item 137 #1h

Item 137 #1h

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Education
Department of Education, Central Office Operations FY2017 $275,000 FY2018 $0 GF
FY2017 $0 FY2018 $550,000 NGF

Language
Page 104, line 45, strike "$18,953,680" and insert "$19,228,680".
Page 104, line 45, strike "$19,005,311" and insert "$19,555,311".

Page 105, after line 46, insert:

"J. Out of this appropriation, $275,000 the first year from the general fund for a one-time start-up payment and $550,000 from the non-general fund is provided to the Virginia Virtual School for personnel costs pursuant to the passage of House Bill 8."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $275,000 the first year from the general fund for a one-time start-up payment and $550,000 the second year from non-general funds, which would be generated from payments from the multidivision on-line providers to DOE, for the Virginia Virtual School. The $275,000 would cover the cost of the 4 full-time employees employed by the Virginia Virtual School and Virginia Virtual Board members costs during the first year start-up. Staff should be hired by January 1, 2017, in order to be ready for the opening of the School for the 2017-18 school year. Once students have enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School in the fall of 2017, the costs of the administration of the School will be provided for by the multidivision online providers that contract to provide full-time virtual school programs with the School. There is a companion amendment in Item 139. This funding is contingent on the passage of House Bill 8.)