The Virginia Senate and House are girding for a two-week fight over education spending after each chamber adopted state budget proposals with vastly different spending plans for K-12 education. About $93 million in state cuts from K-12 spending would be made in the House budget bill, with no locality spared. Northern Virginia counties such as Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William, which boast three of the largest school districts in the state, would suffer some of the heaviest reductions. Cuts of $5.9 million, $3 million, and $6.4 million would be made in each county, respectively.

Smaller school systems would have to deal with proportionately smaller reductions. Arlington County and Alexandria schools each could lose about $700,000 in state funds.