Authority: PL 107-110, PL 108-446, PL 105-332, PL 105-220, PL 105-220, Federal Code.
a. The appropriation to support payments to school divisions from federal program grant funds is contained in this Item. Such federal program grant funds are based on the latest estimates available to the Department of Education and are provided here for informational purposes and are subject to change within each state fiscal year by the awarding federal agency. The Department of Education is directed to update the estimated federal program grant fund amounts contained in the table in this item on a periodic basis throughout the biennium.
b. The Department of Education will encourage localities to apply for Medicaid reimbursements for eligible special education expenditures which will help to increase available state and local funding for other educational activities and expenditures.
c. It is the intent of the General Assembly that in any fiscal year when revenues received or budgeted by the Commonwealth, applicable to any public education program, which were derived from a federally funded grant or program and subsequently realize a decrease in such funding levels, that the Commonwealth will not supplant any of the decreased federal funding received or budgeted with any general fund revenues from the Commonwealth.
d. Temporary Extension of Special Education Eligibility
1. Out of this appropriation, $6,500,000 the second year from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds are provided to support the state's share of costs for school divisions to provide one additional year of high school attendance for students with disabilities as provided in paragraph 2 below.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1-213 of the Code of Virginia or 8VAC20-81-10 of the Virginia Administrative Code or any other provision of law to the contrary, any student with a disability who receives special education and related services, reaches age 22 after September 30, 2020, and is scheduled to complete high school in the spring of 2021 shall be given the option for an extension to attend high school for the duration of the 2021–22 school year.
3. Payments to school divisions shall provide (i) an amount equal to the state's share of basic aid funding for any such student based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay, and (ii) an amount equal to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding that the school division would have received if such student were eligible to receive a free appropriate public education under federal law.
4. Localities are required to provide a match for these funds based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.
e. Out of this appropriation, $30,000,000 the second year is provided from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds for grants to school divisions and other appropriate entities to address learning loss, remediation and recovery, and other student support needs related to the impact of COVID-19 on the public education system. Grants shall be awarded by the Department of Education, in consultation with a stakeholder workgroup convened to focus on remediation and recovery needs.
Item Details of Federal Education Assistance Program Awards (17900) | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
School Nutrition - Breakfast, Lunch, Special Milk | $369,078,569 | $369,078,569 |
School Nutrition - Summer Food Service Program and After School At-risk Program | $14,250,000 | $14,250,000 |
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables | $4,714,061 | $4,714,061 |
Child Nutrition Programs Team Nutrition | $498,010 | $498,010 |
Special Education - Program Improvement | $1,524,000 | $1,524,000 |
Special Education - IDEA - Part B Section 611 | $291,082,767 | $291,082,767 |
Special Education - IDEA - Part B Section 619 - Preschool | $8,863,495 | $8,863,495 |
Migration Education - Basic Grant | $945,262 | $945,262 |
Migrant Education - Consortium Incentive Grants | $133,333 | $133,333 |
Title I - Neglected & Delinquent Children | $1,263,459 | $1,263,459 |
Title I Part A - Improving Basic Programs | $254,532,699 | $254,532,699 |
Title II Part A - Improving Teacher Quality | $36,500,579 | $36,500,579 |
Title III Part A - Language Acquisition State Grant | $12,743,264 | $12,743,264 |
Title IV Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant | $6,969,326 | $6,969,326 |
Title IV Part B - 21st Century Community Learning Centers | $20,507,430 | $20,507,430 |
Title VI - Rural and Low-Income Schools | $2,242,591 | $2,242,591 |
Adult Literacy | $12,880,748 | $12,880,748 |
Vocational Education - Basic Grant | $24,254,182 | $24,254,182 |
School Climate Transformation | $707,941 | $707,941 |
Education for Homeless Children and Youth | $1,309,517 | $1,309,517 |
Empowering Educators through a Systems Approach | $1,524,000 | $1,524,000 |
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief | $0 | $36,500,000 |
Total | $1,066,525,233 | $1,066,525,233
$1,103,025,233 |