Governor Youngkin’s proposed budget released today includes changes to state support for public education, but once again fails to make the sustained, meaningful investments needed to meet the needs of Virginia’s students and educators. Despite strong revenue growth and hundreds…
Join us in Richmond on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 for a day of school funding advocacy! We’ll be gathering advocates from across Virginia to meet with legislators about the importance of fully and fairly funding our public schools. We want…
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…
