Lucy Parks

Virginia’s dilapidated and outdated school infrastructure hampers student achievement and health, teacher retention, school overhead costs, and local property values. In order to provide a high-quality public education to every student, regardless of their zip code, we need to increase state funding for school construction so that all of our children are learning in buildings that are safe and modern.

As-of the 2023-2024 school year, almost 10% of Virginia students were English Language Learners. Despite this being a large portion of our students, EL students still don’t receive the support that they need.

A primer on Virginia’s funding formula overhaul and the Joint Subcommittee that’s studying it.

As federal attacks on public education continue, it’s important to understand what’s at stake when it comes to federal funding for our public schools. These are fact sheets on the federal funding that schools in each congressional district rely on.