• Add $280 million as a partial restoration of current austerity reductions to allow districts the flexibility to eliminate furlough days, increase instructional days, and increase teacher salaries. (Note: This allocation is a 38% restoration of the Austerity Reduction applied in FY15.)  
• Add $152.43 million as full funding for enrollment growth and T&E.
• Add $74.44 million to offset costs to local districts for an increase in the employer’s share for the Teachers’ Retirement System from 13.1% to 14.27%.  (NOTE: Local Districts will be responsible for the additional costs of funding this increase in the TRS employer portion for any locally paid employees covered under TRS.)
• Add $18.84 million in increased funding for Equalization Grants, specifying that the grants be calculated using the Department of Education's formula.
• Add $6.5 million in funds to expand the Reading Mentor program.
• Add $9 million for the State Commission Charter School Supplement.
• Add $3 million in Lottery funds to restore 2 Pre-k teacher planning days (from 8 to 10). 
• Add $3 million to increase charter systems grants.
• Add $1.465 million for the Georgia Innovation Fund to award grants for innovative programs in public education.
• Add $2.4 million for 17 teacher and leader effectiveness support positions, one teacher induction position, and 2 district effectiveness positions and associated operating expenses.
• Add $1.6 million for the E-Rate program to increase bandwidth from 3Mbps to 100 Mbps for school systems.
• Add $1.4 million in lottery funds in the Pre-k program for 60 additional classes in the Summer Transition Program to offer additional instruction and transition services to low income eligible rising Pre-Kindergarteners and risingKindergarteners. 
• Add $1.4 million in the Preschool Handicapped program to offset TRS rate changes, provide funds for merit-based pay adjustments, employee recruitment and retention initiatives, as well as fund enrollment growth and T&E.
• Add $1.23 million for differentiated pay for newly certified math and science teachers.
• Add $1 million for Georgia Milestones assessments.
• Add $752,546 for vocational industry certification.
• Add $605,569 for contracts to review and analyze student growth models statewide.
• Add $150,000 for professional development and support for corps members in Teach for America.
• Add $332,354 for school nurses.
• Add $300,000 for the Young Farmers' Program in Turner, Union, Johnson, and Burke Counties.
• Add $275,000 for PBIS Trainers.
• Add $217,100 for Georgia’s Academic and Workforce Analysis and Research Data System (GA AWARDS) --- statewide longitudinal data system.
• Add $150,000 for erasure analysis of student assessments.
• Add $109,863 for an academic audit specialist position.
• Add $94,383 for Extended Day/Year Programs in Agricultural Education. 
• Cut $989,550 from the allocation for the special needs scholarship.
• Cut $413,201 from allocation for Sparsity Grants.  NOTE: The FY 15 Sparsity Grant Allocation is $5,824,424.
• Cut $984,815 from Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) based on enrollment.
• Cut $636,960 from Information Technology Services to reflect Reduced projected expenditures.
• Cut $146,130 for Residential Treatment Facilites based on attendance.
• Cut $234,555 in funds from Move on When Ready and provide funding based on new funding mechanism recommended by the Dual Enrollment Taskforce in the FY16 Amended Budget. 
• Reduce the required Local Five Mill Share by $9.36 million.

Bond Funding:

• $188.89 Million to fund the Capital Outlay Program: Regular for local school construction statewide.
• $31.5 Million to fund the Capital Outlay Program: Low-Wealth for local school construction statewide.
• $5.945 Million to fund the Capital Outlay Program: Additional Project Specific Low-Wealth for local school construction.
• $20 Million to purchase 259 school buses.
• $3 Million to fund vocational equipment statewide.