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February 11, 2014 • Individuals seeking a National Board Certification Incentive Award must hold a National Board Certification issued by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and be employed as a teacher in a public school in Virginia on September 30 of the current school year with at least 50 percent of the regular school day engaged in direct instruction with students. In addition, the individual must be a teacher holding an active five-year renewable license issued by the Virginia Board of Education. • The incentive for this award cannot exceed $5,000 for the initial award, and continuing awards cannot exceed $2,500. Discussion: • The Portsmouth School Board passed a resolution on 19 December 2013 requesting the City Council to appropriate $2,500 for use in its Grant Fund for Fiscal Year 2013 -2014. • The funds are to recognize and award Mrs. Deanna Michelle Hayes, a teacher in the Portsmouth Public School Division, who meets the qualifications for this award. Financial Impact: • The appropriation of $2,500 will increase expenditures in the Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 Education Fund (Other Funds -Grant Fund). The source of the appropriation is grant revenue from the State. Recommended Action: • Adoption of the ordinance. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: • Finance will complete the necessary budget adjustments. Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING IN THE OTHER FUNDS: GRANTS FUND CLASSIFICATION OF THE FY 2013-14 EDUCATION FUND THE SUM OF $2,500 AWARDED TO THE SCHOOLS BY THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE AWARD GRANT PROGRAM OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA." Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None 14 - 53 -Adoption of an ordinance appropriating the sum of $844,019 in unspent FY 2012-13 State Textbook Funds in the Other Funds: Textbook Fund Classification of the FY 2013-14 Education Fund. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Background: • Section 22.1-100, Code of Virginia, requires school divisions to return unexpended state funds to the Commonwealth at the close of each fiscal year. However, Chapter 806, 2013 Acts of Assembly (2013 Appropriation Act), permits school divisions that have met required local effort and required local match for fiscal year 2013 to carry forward to fiscal year 2014 any remaining state fund balances that are unexpended as of June 30, 2013. • Section 15.2-2506, Code of Virginia, states that no money shall be paid out or become available to be paid out for any contemplated expenditure unless and until there has first been made an annual, semiannual, quarterly or monthly appropriation for such contemplated expenditure by the governing body, Discussion: • The Portsmouth School Board has identified the sum of $844,019 in its Textbook Fund as cumulative unspent State funds from State Direct Aid to Public Education Fund.