Authority: Title 23, Chapter 11, Code of Virginia.
A. This Item includes general and nongeneral fund appropriations to support institutional initiatives that help meet statewide goals described in the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act of 2005 (Chapters 933 and 945, 2005 Acts of Assembly).
B. Out of this appropriation shall be expended an amount estimated at $869,882 from the general fund and $436,357 from nongeneral funds the first year and $869,882 from the general fund and $436,357 from nongeneral funds the second year for the educational telecommunications project to provide graduate engineering education, subject to a plan approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
C. Out of this appropriation, $161,761 from the general fund and $250,813 from nongeneral funds the first year and $161,761 from the general fund and $250,813 from nongeneral funds the second year is designated to support the Educational and General portion of the debt service for the coal-fired facility, as approved in Item D-6.1, Chapter 459, Acts of Assembly of 1991.
D. Out of this appropriation, $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the Marion duPont Scott Equine Center of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
E. Out of this appropriation, $141,750 and one position the first year and $141,750 and one position the second year from the general fund is designated for the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research.
F. Out of this appropriation, $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support continuing education activities at the Reynolds Homestead.
G. Out of this appropriation, $84,375 the first year and $84,375 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the research activities of the Virginia Water Resources Center.
H. Out of this appropriation, $337,013 the first year and $337,013 the second year from the general fund is designated to support tobacco research for medicinal purposes and field tests at sites in Blackstone and Abingdon.