The audio at the top of this newsletter is from Governor Glenn Youngkin’s press conference on Thursday when he discussed his push to establish school labs in Virginia. Become a paid subscriber to listen and read the story about the governor’s proposal to expand school labs in Virginia, along with a Senate Democrat’s response, below.
A push for school labs from the governor
Governor Glenn Youngkin stood in front of college and university presidents to announce his plan to expand the law to allow for all public and private higher education institutions to establish a school lab. The Department of Education defines school labs as “public schools established by contract between the governing board of a college partnership laboratory school and the Board of Education.”
Under the current law that was established in 2010, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to create a lab school. This law has not yet been utilized, however.
