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Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Obenshain
VT - Ext. - Positions for Virginia Cooperative Extension & Agricultural Experiment Station

Item 226 #2s

Item 226 #2s

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Education
Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station FY2019 $0 FY2020 $2,500,000 GF
FY2019 0.00 FY2020 15.00 FTE

Language
Page 244, line 17, strike "$90,506,372" and insert "$93,006,372".


Explanation

(This amendment provides $2.5 million GF and 15.0 FTE at Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station for high priority positions that provide significant economic benefits to localities and industry. Over the last several years, county Farm Bureaus have worked to identify critical areas in which focused state investment of additional extension specialists and agricultural agents could provide much needed industry support. Extension agents and research specialists provide localized expertise to the diverse communities and industry partners they serve, and play a vital role in facilitating partnerships, training, and developing new technologies to help the agriculture and natural resources economy grow.)