Senators returned to Richmond on Tuesday to consider restoring a tuition waiver program for families of military veterans that was cut back in the state’s budget this year.
RICHMOND — Virginia senators made a rare June return to the state Capitol on Tuesday to address a contentious issue related to military tuition waivers — and after more than five hours of backroom dealings and impassioned floor speeches, they took no action.
Lucas’s measure would have made clear that anyone enrolled for the coming school year is grandfathered into the existing program, and it would have fully restored the program for the families of veterans killed in the line of duty or wounded in combat with 90 percent disability. It would not have allowed families of veterans with noncombat disabilities to take part.
“I care about veterans, first responders and their families,” Lucas told the assembled crowd, many of them wearing T-shirts that called for “reverse and repeal.” “I also care about ensuring future participants will have access to the program. We are still working on a long-term solution. All of us — all of us — want to protect this program.
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