The Virginia Senate will return to special session on Tuesday — 10 days earlier than previously announced — to consider a new legislative proposal that would exempt some military families from pending changes in eligibility for educational benefits at public colleges and universities under a state program that waives tuition for survivors and dependents of military veterans either killed or almost fully disabled on active duty.
The surprise announcement by the Senate Democratic Caucus on Thursday sets up a potential confrontation with Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other members of the General Assembly, including some Democrats, by not proposing to repeal changes that the legislature and governor made to eligibility for the fast-growing Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program in the two-year state budget that will take effect on July 1.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
