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Manassas Park reviews large slate of 2026 legislative priorities; staff to produce short 'elevator' brief and bill list
Summary
Council members reviewed a long draft legislative priorities package covering education funding, retirement changes for public safety staff, constitutional amendments, voting-rights proposals, housing mandates, and transportation funding. Members asked staff to pare and package the list for senators, delegates and regional partners.
On Oct. 21 the Manassas Park governing body spent an extended portion of its meeting reviewing a draft legislative-priorities package for the 2026 state and federal sessions. Carl (city staff) presented a multi-topic list assembled from council input; members discussed and recorded positions or areas for further refinement.
Items discussed included: SNAP and school breakfast/lunch funding; a proposed 1% sales tax for school capital improvements (SB1307) that would allow — but not impose — a local option tax (council noted it would require a referendum if enacted at the state level); funding…
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