Authority: Title 22.1, Chapters 1, 2, and 3, Code of Virginia. Chapter 1 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title 1, Chapter 1, Part E, Section 1404 and Part F, Subpart 2; Chapter 2 P.L. 100-297; Special Education - P.L. 91-230, 93-380, 94-142, 98-199, 99-457, 100-630 and 101-476; Vocational Education, P.L. 101-392, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, Title II; Emergency Immigrant, P.L. 100-297; and, Drug Free Schools - P.L. 102-170, Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A. All fees collected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

B. This appropriation includes annual membership dues to the Education Commission of the States, $58,420 the first year and $58,420 the second year.

C. This appropriation includes annual membership dues to the Southern Regional Education Board, $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the second year.

D. Administrative costs funded by the Federal Block Grant for Education (Chapters 1 and 2) are appropriated in subprogram 1992800 (Grant and Loan Administration), in each year of the biennium.

E. The Department of Education shall collect an appropriate fee from any school division that files a Medicaid reimbursement claim with the Department of Medical Assistance Services. This fee shall be deposited to the general fund in order to offset a portion of the state's cost for processing the claim. The Department of Education is directed to work with the Department of Medical Assistance Services to determine the affected local school divisions and the fee that should be charged.