RICHMOND – A bill is advancing through the House that would grant “active shooter” training funds to smaller police forces, which currently have no budget to accommodate the over-time pay to prepare for mass shootings.
"RICHMOND - A bill is advancing through the House that would grant "active shooter" training funds to smaller police forces, which currently have no budget to accommodate the over-time pay to prepare for mass shootings."
By Haley Winn, Capital News Service RICHMOND - More than 30 students and faculty members from Virginia colleges and universities gathered in Richmond to urge legislators to protect funding for higher education. Virginia Higher Education Advocacy Day, an annual event sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University's Faculty Senate, aimed to deliver a basic request to lawmakers: make fewer cuts and add more funding for state colleges and universities.
RICHMOND, Va. - More than 30 students and faculty members from Virginia colleges and universities gathered in Richmond to urge legislators to protect funding for higher education. Virginia Higher Education Advocacy Day, an annual event sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University's Faculty Senate, aimed to deliver a basic request to lawmakers: make fewer cuts and add more funding for state colleges and universities.
Full-time governor's schools in Virginia are requesting an additional $2.9 million from the state this year to correct a funding disparity in the budget formula between part-time and full-time governor's schools.