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School board adopts 2026 legislative priorities, urging funding for COCA, SOL interventions and mental-health services
Summary
After debate and language edits, the Stafford County School Board unanimously adopted legislative priorities asking the General Assembly to implement JLARC recommendations, seek full COCA support for Stafford, fund interventions tied to new SOL accountability rules, and address mental-health, technology and school-construction funding.
The Stafford County School Board voted unanimously to adopt its legislative priorities for 2026 after a lengthy work-session review and edits to the draft language.
The priorities ask the Virginia General Assembly to implement the 2023 JLARC recommendations for K-12 funding and to address Stafford's unequal Cost of Competing Adjustment allocation (COCA). "We received 25% and they received a 100%," the legislative committee presenter said, arguing Stafford competes with Northern Virginia labor markets but receives a smaller COCA allocation.
Trustees debated whether to ask the General Assembly to eliminate COCA statewide or to continue requesting…
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