Tag: Del. Mike Cherry

Virginia Bill Would Require Students to Pass Citizenship Test Questions for Graduation

Tom Pappert

The Virginia House of Delegates in January will consider HB 1548, submitted by longtime Virginia Delegate Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), which would require Virginia students pass an exam featuring questions from the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test.

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Many Celebrate as Military Education Benefit Program Restored

The Center Square
Members of the military receiving diplomas

Two months after lawmakers passed the commonwealth’s biennial budget containing changes to its tuition assistance program for some military families, legislators reconvened at the Capitol Thursday and passed legislation fully reinstating the program.

Representatives from Veterans of Foreign Wars attended the session and extolled the outcome afterward.

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