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Students meet with Gov. Northam and other state leaders in advance of their bill becoming law. (Photo courtesy Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus)
A new bill taking effect July 1 will require Virginia schools to grant all middle and high school students one excused absence every year to “engage in a civic event.”
It started with a group of passionate teenagers who wanted to make a 2019 Fairfax County School Board policy the law for all Virginia middle and high school students.
Saehee Perez, chair of the Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus and a rising junior at McLean High School in Fairfax County, said the language “civic event” is important – because she says students could use the day to do a wide range of things, not limited to attending a protest or school walk-out.
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