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New Law Cures “Curriculum Description” Headache

Sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better. Virginia’s vague requirement that homeschoolers annually submit a “description of the curriculum to be followed” has caused headaches for years. But in virtually every case, a school system that made an unreasonable demand for information would back down when HSLDA got involved. Read More…

School vouchers get tax credit from Va. Senate

The Virginia Senate voted narrowly Friday to give tax credits to those who donate private- and parochial-school tuition to poor, middle-class and disabled students, a move that Republicans said would change lives for the better but that Democrats warned would undermine public education. Read More…

Maryland workers outnumber Virginians on Dulles Rail project

The Dulles Metro rail project, one of the largest public works projects in the country, is based in Virginia and funded mainly by Virginians, but most of the people being paid to build it are from Maryland. Read More…

Bills seek to link benefits, drug tests

January 21st, 2012, 7:33 pm

RICHMOND—Receiving unemployment? How about welfare benefits? You’d better be clean and sober, according to legislation proposed by several Republican lawmakers. Read More…

Virginia General Assembly Opens With High Hopes For Republican Bills

3:40 p.m. EST January 11, 2012

(WUSA) — The Virginia General Assembly kicked off is 2012 session with high hopes for legislation supported by Republicans. For only the second time since the Civil War, Republicans control both the General Assembly and the Governor’s mansion. That change in balance could hurt Northern Virginia, especially in education funding.  Read More…

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