Education
Investing in Student Safety and Success: The Growing Importance of Effective Staffing in Virginia Schools
School counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses play essential roles in meeting the mental health needs of students, keeping all students safe, reducing the use of exclusionary discipline, and helping students achieve academic and career success.
Capital Spending on Virginia’s K-12 Schools Way Down
Virginia’s school buildings seem worse for wear with examples mounting across the state from Southwest Virginia to Richmond to Norfolk of leaking roofs, broken faucets, mold, infestation, insufficient space, and faltering heating and cooling systems.
State K-12 Funding in Virginia: Incremental Progress and Opportunity for Long-Term Solutions
The budget deal struck by state lawmakers on May 30, 2018 was rightly celebrated for extending health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Virginians, investing in mental health services and K-12 education, and boosting reserves that had been depleted during the recession.
Ensuring Every Child Has a Meal at the Lunch Table
More than 700 schools across Virginia are eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a program where high-poverty schools provide a nutritious free breakfast and lunch to every student. CEP is federally funded, reimbursing schools for most or all of the cost of providing meals.
Session 2018: Key Budget Policy Choices
Special Session: Comparing the governor’s, House, and General Assembly budgets to the FY 2018 budget With no agreement on...
Where Money Matters Most in K-12
The state legislature has returned to Richmond to approve a new two-year state budget, and they’ll be making important decisions on more than Medicaid expansion. They will also be deciding on state investment in other vital programs and services across the budget, including where the state invests in K-12 education. One proposal they will be considering is whether they will strengthen Virginia’s targeted aid to high poverty school divisions. Recent studies make the case for why that’s a wise investment.
Decision to Be Made on Teacher Pay in Pending Budget Deal
West Virginia lawmakers reached a deal on Tuesday to give teachers in the state a much needed pay increase of five percent. This comes at a time when Virginia legislators are negotiating a budget deal that may or may not include the state’s share of a two percent pay increase for teachers and school staff.
Comparing House and Senate K-12, Higher Education Investments: Division by Division and College by College Breakdown
There is a chasm between the House and Senate versions of...
In-State Tuition Is a Common Sense, Low-Cost Investment for Virginia
The availability of in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities for Virginians provides a pathway to better jobs and opportunities that benefits students and the state economy.