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other budget matters, and the final budget will probably be adopted on the last day of the session Feb. 25. I he Extension Service probably will emerge with a cut that ranges between $600,000 and S2.6 million.
Charter Schools
Legislators breathed new life into the charter schools concept last week when a Senate Education and Health Subcommittee heard Sen. J. Brandon Bell's, R-Roanoke, proposal.
This resurrection came after the House Education Committee tabled legislation dealing with the same issue. During the same meeting, delegates supported a proposal to study charter schools for one year in Virginia with the option of setting up a pilot program in one particular locality.
Beverly H. Sgro, secretary of education who strongly supports establishing charter schools in Virginia, said these schools do not take money away from public schools because
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