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Virginia Beach seeks option to use 1% sales tax hike for flood projects

Voters in dozens of Virginia cities will decide this year whether to approve local 1% sales tax hikes, with the money dedicated to local school construction projects. Virginia Beach lawmakers want to ask the General Assembly to expand the uses to include flood protection projects.

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Ohio’s EdChoice Ruled Unconstitutional, but Still Allowed to ContinueOhio’s school choice program, EdChoice, is being appealed to the state supreme court. While the 10th District Court of Appeals, which heard the case in May, ruled unanimously on Thursday that the program is unconstitutional, EdChoice is still allowed to remain in place while Attorney General Andy Wilson appeals the decision. The decision from Wilson,...

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Fairfax Wants $1,575 to Show Its Superintendent’s Calendar. Prince William Quoted $123.Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) are the two largest districts in Virginia. Central office administrators in each district appear to value transparency about their superintendents’ calendars very differently. On Sept. 30, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the calendar of…

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