Statement on House and Senate Budget Proposals

Today the Virginia House and Senate shared their proposed budgets for the next two years. Both budget proposals make progress on key items for our public schools, particularly support for students with disabilities and students from low-income families. However, both…

2026 General Assembly Crossover Update

We’re now officially over halfway through this year’s legislative session! Wednesday, February 18, was the last day for legislators to vote on bills that originate in their chambers (House or Senate), so the bills that have passed their original chambers…

Another successful Advocacy Day

This week we held another successful Fund Our Schools Advocacy Day! Thank you to the over 100 participants who showed up to let legislators know that giving our public schools the support they need is crucial. Throughout the day we…

2026 Advocacy Day

Join us in Richmond on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 for a day of school funding advocacy! We’ll be gathering advocates from across Virginia to meet with legislators about the importance of fully and fairly funding our public schools. We want…

Announcing our 2025 Education Champions!

We are excited to announce our 2025 Education Champions! These six legislators went above and beyond this legislative session in fighting for funding for our public schools, resulting in victories such as fully lifting the Great Recession-era cap on state…

USED threatens funding for five NOVA school divisions

This week the US Education Department announced that they are delaying over $50 million in federal funding for Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington, and Alexandria school divisions and beginning the administrative process for suspending or terminating that funding. Federal funding…

2025 Legislative Session Recap

This year’s legislative session brought some big wins for public school funding, but also some big obstacles. Through the state budget we were able to accomplish some of our goals, including fully lifting the arbitrary cap on state funding for…