We are excited to announce our 2025 Education Champions! These six legislators went above and beyond this legislative session in fighting for funding for our public schools, resulting in victories such as fully lifting the Great Recession-era cap on state…
This week the US Education Department announced that they are delaying over $50 million in federal funding for Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington, and Alexandria school divisions and beginning the administrative process for suspending or terminating that funding. Federal funding…
This year’s legislative session brought some big wins for public school funding, but also some big obstacles. Through the state budget we were able to accomplish some of our goals, including fully lifting the arbitrary cap on state funding for…
Federal funding flows through the Department of Education and into our public schools. A lot of that funding is through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which protects and supports students with disabilities. It is unclear how IDEA funding…
Governor Youngkin proposes cutting support staff to pay for private school vouchers and vetoes culturally responsive mental health support bill Yesterday Governor Youngkin released a set of budget amendments and vetoes, many of which would be harmful for our students,…
We applaud the conference budget for fully lifting the support cap, expanding special education funding, and prioritizing public schools. We are happy to see the passage of a historic state budget that includes long-overdue investments in Virginia’s public schools. Thanks…
