RICHMOND, Va. — A bill to change the structure of the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors has cleared its first hurdle in the General Assembly, but with significant differences from how it was originally proposed.
During an Education Committee hearing Wednesday morning, Del. Michael Feggans (D-Virginia Beach) said he had removed his initial proposal to dissolve the Board of Visitors at VMI and place it under the governance of Virginia State University.
“What you initially start off with isn’t always going to be what you end up with,” Feggans said. “After meeting with VMI, after talking with other stakeholders, we came up with a proposition.”…