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Lawmakers pass bill to keep schools from suing over student meal debt By Noah Fleischman Capital News Service | February 22, 2021 at 7:38 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 10:21 PM RICHMOND, Va. - Adelle Settle learned in 2017 that school lunches were being taken out of children’s hands when they couldn’t pay for the meal. Instead, children were given a cheese sandwich or a snack. Settle was inspired to start Settle the Debt, a nonprofit organization that pays off school meal debt at Prince William County schools. The organization has raised almost $200,000 in almost four years, Settle said. “It leaves the kid hungry, you’re not giving the child an adequate meal at that point and people see it,” Settle said. “It makes them feel terrible about themselves, so I just wanted to make sure that we were not stigmatizing children in a place where they go to feel safe.” ....
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Jahd Khalil has this report from Richmond. The bill was originally composed of one line proposed by a Senator, Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico), that simply required schools to offer in person learning immediately, due to an emergency clause. After a number of Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill without the emergency clause, House Democrats have been shaping the bill in that chamber’s education committee. Credit AP Photo / Keith Srakocic, File The bill would require school districts to offer in-person learning for students, if the children’s parents opt for it. It requires teachers and staff to be offered a vaccine before it goes into effect. And it guarantees teachers will teach virtually if they have COVID-19 or were exposed to the Coronavirus. ....
25 books for creating the ultimate Pittsburgh bookshelf (updated!) The perfect Pittsburgh bookshelf would be made of steel, of course. Preferably forged in the fires of Carrie Furnace from the melted facemasks of vanquished Ravens, and bookended by a bottle of Monongahela Pure Rye Whiskey at one end, and a gleaming Lombardi Trophy on the other. For a great Pittsburgh bookshelf, though, all you need are books. Fortunately, there are a lot of excellent Pittsburgh books out there histories, biographies, novels, photography, even poetry (really!). For our purposes, we kept it limited to books either about Pittsburgh as a subject or stories with Pittsburgh as a setting. Our list is fairly heavy on fiction and history, which are plentiful. If you’ve got some additions, we’d love to hear them. ....