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Lynchburg school board adopts city-aligned legislative priorities, tables voucher proposal
Summary
The Lynchburg City Schools board endorsed a slate of city legislative priorities on Nov. 11 focused on early childhood expansion, full funding for the Virginia Literacy Act, and reevaluating the Standards of Quality funding formula, while tabling a contentious voucher-style school-choice measure for further study.
The Lynchburg City Schools Board on Veterans Day moved to align the district with several items on the Lynchburg City Council's legislative agenda, approving a package of education and public-safety priorities and deferring a proposal on school-choice funding. Board members voted in favor of comprehensive pre-K and transitional kindergarten, full implementation and funding of the Virginia Literacy Act, reevaluation of the Standards of Quality (SOQ) funding formula to seek differential funding for students with IEPs, workforce development initiatives, and several public-safety and mental-health priorities.
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