Sarah Roderick-Fitch | May 16, 2023 (The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced a grant program to improve student safety by beefing up security infrastructures in schools of higher needs. The Stronger Connections program is a $16.4 million competitive grant program aimed at improving school security to curb assaults on schools, which […]
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Madison Hirneisen | February 18, 2022 A panel of Virginia state Senate lawmakers defeated a torrent of Republican-backed education bills Thursday, including measures to require schools to maintain a catalog and identify library books with “graphic sexual content,” and prevent transgender students from participating in sports aligned with their gender identity. The Democrat-majority Senate Committee
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Madison Hirneisen | February 12, 2023 (The Center Square) – The Virginia Department of Education could soon form a work group to consider competitive teacher pay in the commonwealth under a bill receiving bipartisan support in the General Assembly. A substitute version of Senate Bill 1215 directs the Department of Education to convene a work
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Madison Hirneisen | January 27, 2023 (The Center Square) –The Senate Committee on Education and Health voted to “pass by indefinitely” on three school choice bills by Republican lawmakers Thursday – a signal other school choice bills in the Virginia House of Delegates could face obstacles moving forward. One of the measures defeated Thursday sought to
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Madison Hirneisen | January 22, 2023 (The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is backing a legislative proposal requiring schools to promptly inform students and parents of awards, including from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation – a practice several Virginia school systems told The Center Square they already follow. Youngkin’s proposed legislation, which he
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Madison Hirneisen | January 17, 2023 (The Center Square) – A bill backed by Virginia Republican lawmakers to create “Education Success Accounts” to help parents pay for education expenses – including private school tuition – sparked debate among lawmakers Tuesday before clearing its first hurdle in a House of Delegates subcommittee. House Bill 1508 proposes the
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Madison Hirneisen | January 6, 2023 (The Center Square) – Proposed education bills having to do with “parental choice” and “parental rights” could spark debate among lawmakers after the Virginia General Assembly convenes the 2023 legislative session next week. Several education bills have been pre-filed ahead of Wednesday’s session start in Richmond. HB 1508, introduced
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Madison Hirneisen | December 13, 2022 (The Center Square) – A special grand jury has indicted a former Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent and the district’s public information officer on four counts total in the aftermath of the grand jury’s investigation into the school system’s handling of sexual assault. A Loudoun County judge ordered the
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Kevin Bessler | December 9, 2022 (The Center Square) – Dozens of Illinois schools have gone to a year-round calendar, but a study suggests there are drawbacks. Year-round school is not a new idea. The idea was first adopted around 1970 in suburban districts like Valley View, Illinois, and Hayward, California, where enrollments were surging
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Tyler Arnold | December 7, 2022 (The Center Square) – Fairfax County Public schools failed to provide appropriate education for students with disabilities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. An investigation from the department’s Office for Civil Rights found thousands of students with disabilities did
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