Since Youngkin took office in January 2022 after building his campaign on attacking the state’s public education system, he’s made a multitude of questionable decisions involving schools in Virginia.
The legislature’s stopgap budget provided just $16.8 million toward fixing the $201 million problem.
On Feb. 25, over two months after the VDOE found its error, Virginia lawmakers agreed to appropriate nearly $133 million for the current school year and more than $125 million for the next year. The agreement patched the hole in the education budget but fell short of fully funding Virginia’s public schools.
Republican lawmakers in Virginia blocked an opportunity for paid family and medical leave, which would’ve benefited workers across the commonwealth.
The newest draft of Virginia’s History and Social Science Standards of Learning continues to generate controversy, omits Indigenous Peoples Day while including Columbus Day, and is considerably smaller in size and less comprehensive than the August draft. A 5-3 vote moved the highly contested Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning forward during the...
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Community leaders, members of Virginia’s federal congressional delegation, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin gathered this week to lay out multiple reasons why the commonwealth would be well suited for the new FBI headquarters location.
“I am still just shining from the power that we had,” said 17-year-old Abby Garber. She and other youth activists helped bring down a bill aiming to pay teens under 18 less than minimum wage.