Members of the General Assembly now have a detailed study of their options for reforming a tuition waiver program that they — and Gov. Glenn Youngkin — already tried and failed this year to change in the face of fierce opposition from military families.
Now what?
Lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission received the 88-page overview from their staff on Monday, but neither they nor Youngkin gave any sign of what, if anything, they plan to do with it.
“We needed that,” JLARC Chairman Mark Sickles, D-Fairfax, said after the hourlong presentation. “I’m sure it will be put to good use.”
But no one has suggested how.
Youngkin, who tried first to overhaul the program with failed legislation to restrict eligibility to protect public colleges and universities from losing revenue, is waiting for recommendations from a task force that he appointed this year to look at the program’s history and options for reforms, while ensuring that affected families would have their say. The task force is scheduled to meet again next week.
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