Morgan Sweeney | July 21, 2023 (The Center Square) — Virginia entered the fiscal year on July 1 without a revised budget for the first time in over 20 years due to a lack of consensus in the General Assembly – to the tune of roughly $1 billion. Virginia operates on a two-year budget that […]
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EdNews Virginia | July 20, 2023 The Virginia Catholic Conference (VCC) issued a joint statement from the Commonwealth’s two bishops today, lauding new Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) model policies as “a considerable improvement and much needed remediation of the policies put in place by the prior Administration.” We commend Governor Youngkin and his Administration
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Jillian Schneider | July 19, 2023 (The Lion) — Many education officials are concerned with the rise of chronic absenteeism among students. After all, schools can’t teach if students don’t attend. But an equally pressing, though less publicized, issue is that of teacher absenteeism. New data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals teacher absenteeism
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EdNews Virginia | July 19, 2023 The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued new model policies for school divisions on Tuesday. A 16-page document, titled Model Policies to Ensure Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools, aims to reverse 2021 Model Policies that diminished the role of parents in
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