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Gov. Ralph Northam today declared a state of emergency following the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the primary source of gasoline for the east coast.
Governor Ralph Northam today signed Executive Order Seventy-Eight declaring a state of emergency in Virginia to address gasoline supply disruptions throughout the Commonwealth. On May 7, 2021, the Colonial Pipeline system, which is the primary fuel source for many Virginia retailers, reported a ransomware cyberattack that resulted in a temporary shutdown.
While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a temporary fuel transportation waiver to increase the supply of gasoline, the Governor’s emergency declaration allows state agencies to issue their own waivers as required by the state. Executive Order Seventy-Eight also provides increased flexibility and funding for state and local governments to ensure adequate fuel supply.
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“Virginia is not doing anything right now in this space, because we are literally just having conversations with the community about what they want in the next set of revisions,” said James Lane, the Superintendent of Public Instruction in a press briefing Monday. Acceleration is not going away in mathematics courses in Virginia. If a student needs an accelerated pathway, they will absolutely be able to do that.”
Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane speaks to reporters about VMPI.
The Virginia Math Pathways Initiative is a cooperative effort between the Virginia Department of Education, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and the Virginia Community College System to nail down what kind of math skills colleges and employers want from students and incorporate that into revised standards of learning for math, which are due in 2023. Those revisions are routine. Every seven years Virginia revises the standards of learning.
Some Republicans, who have made reopening schools a priority during the legislative session and on the campaign trail in the governor’s race, said the measure did not go far enough to get kids back to mostly in-person instruction.