Proposed budget amendment would fund additional education opportunities in Virginia

By Washington Examiner

Published September 2, 2020 3:00pm ET

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Proposed budget amendment would fund additional education opportunities in Virginia — House Speaker, Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, presides over the House during the session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. A panel of federal judges has chosen a redistricting map for Virginia's House of Delegates that could shift some districts toward Democrats and help the party regain control in this year's election. | (Steve Helber/AP)

A proposed budget amendment would allow parents to use public money to fund additional education opportunities to offset the lack of services provided by Virginia schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The amendment, proposed by Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, would allow parents to spend the public money on tutoring, increasingly popular teaching pods and hardware or software for computers.

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