Tag: Virginia General Assembly
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City schools look to add 40 new staff; Elementary redistricting plan prompts concern from some parents
The first draft of next year’s city school budget proposes a 5.58% increase, primarily to offset inflation, rising costs and expenses associated with opening Rocktown High School in fall 2024 — but also to add 40 new teaching and staff positions.
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County schools make ‘slow and steady’ move toward AI policy
Rockingham County Public Schools will reevaluate its use of technology in classrooms and consider issues surrounding artificial intelligence, Superintendent Larry Shifflett said. But, he said, the school district isn’t jumping all in just yet.
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Jun 26, 2026
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Harrisonburg school district moves closer to collective bargaining
The Harrisonburg City School Board is inching closer to finalizing a collective bargaining resolution that may shape the future of labor relations within the district’s schools.
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Rockingham Co. school chair claims ‘there is no conflict’ with attorney, suggests he might not show up to April 1 emergency meeting
What had otherwise been a low-temperature Rockingham County school board meeting ended with a lengthy speech by board chair Matt Cross addressing questions about RCPS’s new legal counsel after The Citizen and the Daily News-Record reported on a potential conflict of interest. In his remarks, he suggested he and other county board members might not attend an April 1 emergency meeting about the issue.
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Del. Wilt’s ‘roadkill bill’ is poised to clean up confusion in the law (and roads)
Before “the roadkill bill” that is awaiting Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature, if a person hit a deer while driving, only that person could take the deer and only during deer hunting season.
Statewide environmental news roundup: 2023 General Assembly recap
This is a special edition of a regular series of contributed news roundups about statewide environmental and energy news. This piece highlights, with links to further coverage in various media outlets, some of the energy, transportation, and utility bills introduced during the recently-ended 2023 General Assembly (GA) session. Not all-inclusive, the bills noted include actions by area legislators (Delegates Avoli, Runion, Wilt; State Senators Hanger, Obenshain).
Statewide environmental news roundup – Jan. 2023
The 2023 General Assembly session will end on February 25. A Virginia energy commentator thinks there are several bills that “could bring more clean energy to your community”, also noting that local governments are working along these lines as well.
February 26, 2024
County school board inches closer to book policy, considers creating agricultural land lab
The Rockingham County School Board is preparing to release draft policies for library book selection and reviews. It also debated the creation of an agricultural land lab and is crafting its 2024-25 budget, despite uncertainty in the Virginia legislature.