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year at the level of SI,099 per student, Beard said. In the proposed mini-budget under consideration by the General Assembly, the amount has been upped to SI,169. “That’s some relief but not enough,” Beard maintained.
In addition to increased payments to localities for education, proposals before the legislature call for the SI80 million siirplus to be used to "beef up” medicaid and medicare and raise salaries of state employees above the seven per cent increase granted last year, according to Beard.
Redistricting is the other major issue to be faced by the General Assembly .in its 28 day short session r which is scheduled to end February 21. Under a Supreme Court ruling sought by Virginia Attorney General Marshall Coleman, work on redistricting can begin with preliminary census figures rather than watting for final counts, Beard said. He
predictgf that several
Northern 'Virginia delegates
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