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If you’ve been following the efforts of the Rappahannock Fair Funding team for the past few weeks, you are no doubt celebrating their / success thus far. Two bills - one on the House side HB936 - and one on the Senate side SB559 - will soon be heading to finance committees. The fact that they are in place and moving forward is a good thing. The downside is that they may not make it out of committee unless the numbers prove viable for the State of Virginia to handle. What’s at stake? These bills would increase the size of school divisions who would be permitted to “Piggyback” on the local composite index of a neighboring school division from the current maximum of 350 students to 1,200 students. The result? Rappahannock County would get a fair share of State revenues to education our students. That would help - not just for those parents with children in the system, or teachers, or administrators, but everybody in this county who is concerned about rising taxes. Amissville’s Jan Makela is spearheading this team and she’s looking for all the help she can get. As Jan says, “this is a totally non-partisan effort, and we need everyone on board.” Check out the website for regular updates at www.rappahannockfairfunding.com or give Jan a call at 675-1373. There’s a useful adage that would go well now - “keep those cards and letters flowing in.” Richmond needs to hear from you. T 1
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