Virginia education program cuts for military families spark backlash
Virginia lawmakers plan to reconvene to address controversial cuts to a tuition waiver program for military families.
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Virginia lawmakers plan to reconvene to address controversial cuts to a tuition waiver program for military families.
Public comment made up most of the nearly four and a half hour hearing on the future of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, or VMSDEP.
Virginia lawmakers plan to reconvene to address controversial cuts to a tuition waiver program for military families.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin supports reversing changes to a program that pays for the college education of families of military veterans who were killed at least 90 percent permanently disabled.
Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott said state lawmakers will return to Richmond later this month to address recent changes to the Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program that covers higher education costs for some military families.