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The following statement is from Dr. James J. Fedderman, President of the Virginia Education Association, regarding the $201 million calculation error in school funding recently made by the state:

“It is inexcusable that due to an error on the part of Gov. Youngkin’s administration, already underfunded school divisions from across the Commonwealth could be getting even less funding than they were promised. It now falls on the General Assembly to clean up the mess the administration created with their incompetence and make an amendment to the state budget to fix this problem immediately. With $4.5 billion in available funding in this budget, lawmakers have more than adequate funds available to fix this mistake, as well as help account for massive inflation over the past two years. Gov. Youngkin will have to live with less tax breaks for profitable corporations in this budget so schools don’t have to pay for his administration’s mistake.”