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2022 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Study Use of VA529 Operating Revenue

Item 497 #2h

Item 497 #2h

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Independent Agencies
Virginia College Savings Plan FY2023 ($8,000,000) FY2024 ($8,000,000) NGF

Language
Page 517, line 42, strike "$50,585,338" and insert "$42,585,338".
Page 517, line 42, strike "$52,270,249" and insert "$44,270,249".

Page 518, line 17, after "SOAR Virginia scholarships." insert:

"As part of its ongoing review of access and affordability of higher education in Virginia, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) is hereby directed to review (i) evidence of the effectiveness of the SOAR Virginia program and other Virginia College Savings Plan access and affordability efforts involving financial aid-related grants and scholarships, (ii) whether the net operating revenue of Virginia College Savings Plan can best support higher education access and affordability through SOAR or other state access and affordability programs, and (iii) alternative processes for determining how best to allocate the net operating revenue received by the Virginia College Savings Plan for higher education access and affordability."



Explanation

(This amendment removes $8,000,000 each year of nongeneral fund appropriation designated for a new and expanded access and affordability program at the Virginia College Savings Plan (Virginia529) and provides language directing the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission (JLARC) to incorporate the existing program into its ongoing statewide review of access and affordability of higher education in Virginia. Additionally, this amendment also directs JLARC to consider all potential uses for net operating revenue available at Virginia 529.)