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Budget Amendments - SB29 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Hashmi
APRA - Teacher Premium Pay Increase

Item 479.20 #1s

Item 479.20 #1s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $0 FY2022 $50,915,743 NGF

Language
Page 256, line 48, strike "$9,094,043,771" and insert "$9,144,959,514".

Page 260, after line 27, insert

"5) a) $50,915,743 to Direct Aid to Public Education (197) shall be disbursed to divisions based on the estimated number of federal Free Lunch Program participants, in support of premium pay increases to attract and retain public school employee positions or contracted positions to work at public school sites. The additional payment shall be based on the state share of an add-on, as a percent of the per pupil Basic Aid cost, for each child who qualifies for the federal Free Lunch Program. Each school division shall receive a total between 0.0 and 6.0 percent in additional Basic Aid per Free Lunch participant, based on the 2022-22 biennium composite index of local ability-to-pay. These funds shall require no local match.

b) School divisions are required to spend these payments on premium pay increases up to an additional $13.00 an hour for employees or contract workers, with a cap of $25,000 per position. School divisions must follow all Treasury reporting and eligibility requirements for using State Fiscal Local Recovery Funds for premium pay and the Virginia Department of Education shall offer guidance upon distribution of funds. Any unexpended funds may carry over to FY 2023; however, funds shall be expended by June 30, 2023"



Explanation

(This amendment provides $50.9 million NGF the second year from the federal State and Local Recovery Fund (SLRF) pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to attract and retain public school employee positions or contracted positions to work at public school sites. These payments are distributed to school divisions based on a Basic Aid add-on, using an add-on range of 0.0 to 6.0 percent based on the percentage of Free Lunch participants. No local match is required, and unexpected funds from the second year shall remain available in FY 2023.)