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pitched the House bill to Education Committee Chairman Delegate Robert Tata before the hearing.
The meeting was set up by Del. Gilbert, who also wrote a letter asking each committee member to support the bill.
"We’re doing everything humanly possible that this comes about,” said Gary Frink, Gilbert’s legislative aide.
Rappahannock County School Superintendent Dr. Bob Chappell said that the Rappahannock delegation delivered 212 citizen letters of support to Assembly members.
Chappell and county administrator John McCarthy opted not to organize a caravan of Rappahannock residents to attend the hearings, as had been discussed. The bills have to make it through a few more votes before becoming law.
“We’re probably holding our fire for that kind of support ifntil later on,” McCarthy said. “It’s a long, drawn-out process.”
The Virginia Department of Education uses LCI when doling out state funds to determine how much money school districts can feasibly put toward education. It is based on a locality’s income level, commercial sales and property values, with wealthier districts receiving less money and less affluent districts receiving more.
Too wealthy?
Rappahannock officials have argued that the LCI formula provides a skewed portrait of Rappahannock County.
McCarthy has pointed out
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