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lems. You’ve got to be able to get the education to the students.”
Sen. Waddell said he was hopefiil that the General Assembly could address the issue in the 1992 session with a revised formula that would include each county’s efforts at creating a good school system.
“I’m hoping that cooler heads previal. I’d like to see us be able to address this in the General Assembly in the next session, after this redistricting. The suburban/urban areas are going to be in clear control of these issues in 1992,” Sen. Waddell said.
The rural area representatives are pointing to a study commissioned by Gov. Wilder that showed a disparity in education funding that could cost as much as $400 million to correct. Cuts in education funding caused by the state budget shortfall of more than $2 billion made it difficult for the Assembly to address the disparity situation.
Advocates for the rural school systems have called for a one-half cent increase in the state sales tax to remedy the situation. One other proposal involves giving less state money to the wealthier counties to leave more money for the poorer school districts.
More acres put
under easement
Fifty-one more acres in Rappahannock have been protected by easement so far in 1991, according to figures supplied by the Piedmont Environmental Council.
In the Albemarle-to-Loudoun region of the Piedmont, 1,687 new acres have been protected, bringing to 68,371 the total acres protected in the region.
There are 4,779 acres under easement in Rappahannock.
93.9%