Youngkin used his appearances in Bristol, Va., and a second stop in the region Monday afternoon to highlight his interest in public-private partnerships in K-12 education, specifically through the establishment of lab schools, which would pair colleges and possibly private businesses with public K-12 schools.
making its way to his desk — which includes $100 million for lab schools, even though related lab-school legislation seems destined to die in a conference committee.despite the General Assembly’s unwillingness to go along with that effort in the budget.
Lab schools are allowed under existing state law passed so long ago that some current legislators are graduates Youngkin is making his renewed push as prospects for lab schools in the state seem oddly mixed. The two lab school bills appear destined to die in a conference committee, with negotiators unable since March to overcome their differences. Yet the two-year budget bill the General Assembly passed last week included $100 million to establish the schools — a provision that a handful of budget negotiators slipped into the plan to the chagrin of some Democrats.
during his afternoon visit with area K-12 and higher education leaders at Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, a conference center and remote learning site for a number of colleges in Abingdon.
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