Gov. Glenn Youngkin leaves no doubt — he would veto legislation that would remove the state’s religious exemption statute for homeschool students, which absolves families who say they are religiously opposed to schooling from proving they are educating their children at home.
Virginia is the only state that grants parents the ability to exempt their children from education altogether if they say that their religious beliefs conflict with public school attendance. This year, 6,755 Virginia students are being homeschooled under the statute, according to the state.
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