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Virginia Senate passes legislation that would require school districts to offer in-person learning option
4 minutes Posted Feb 3, 2021 at 5:00 pm.
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam left it up to individual school boards to decide whether students should return to in-person learning this year, but state legislators who are unhappy with that decision are now taking steps to try and force the localities to offer in-person learning. The Virginia Senate debated SB 1303 for hours on Tuesday afternoon. It’s a bill that would require school districts to offer in-person learning options by this fall. The measure would take effect July 1. Legislators supporting the bill say that keeping students out of school buildings is doing more harm than good to students. “You...

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