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Board outlines legislative priorities: school construction funding, teacher-retention supports, and accountability concerns
Summary
Board members previewed state legislative asks including sustainable school-construction funding and local revenue authority, funding and pipeline support for teacher recruitment and retention, and concern about proposed state testing cut-score changes that may disproportionately affect marginalized students.
Charlottesville City Schools used the board meeting to preview legislative priorities staff plan to take to Richmond. Superintendent and board members framed three main priorities: a sustainable state/local funding mechanism for school construction (referencing JLARC study findings), state funding and programs to strengthen teacher recruitment and reduce entry barriers for high-need subjects, and scrutiny of proposed changes to state…
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