RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) are taking different approaches when it comes to funding school support staff positions in Virginia.
“We’re talking about school nurses, school social workers, school counselors, bus drivers, custodians, folks who keep our schools running,” Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Prince William) told 8News.
Currently, the state helps fund 24 school support positions per 1,000 students, a number that’s been raised several times since that cap was instituted during the Great Recession…