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Senate debate advances broad education-funding overhaul; bill referred to Finance
Summary
Senate Bill 977, an omnibus bill to implement near-term recommendations from JLARC on the Standards of Quality (SOQ), was reported by the Senate Committee on Education and Health and referred to the Finance Committee after extensive testimony and debate about costs and priorities.
Senate Bill 977, sponsored by Senator Ghazala Hashmi, advanced from the Senate Committee on Education and Health on Jan. 9 and was referred to the Senate Finance Committee for further consideration. The bill implements several near-term recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to reform Virginia’s Standards of Quality (SOQ) school funding formula, with an emphasis on increasing state support for students with disabilities and removing the “support cap” on support personnel funding.
Hashmi told the committee the bill bundles multiple JLARC recommendations: (1) finish lifting the support cap and undo technical funding cuts from 2008; (2) move from a linear weighted average to…
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