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Trump cuts affect signature Youngkin lab school program in Virginia

Post Date:02/14/2025 11:47 AM
youngkin"Education cuts announced by the Trump administration target a program at Virginia Commonwealth University that helps teach computer skills to high school students as part of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature effort to create 'laboratory' schools across the state.

In cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs announced Friday, the Trump administration canceled a five-year, approximately $9 million federal grant for a teacher residency program at the university, which partners with a science-oriented high school called VCU x CodeRVA under Youngkin’s initiative.

The cut does not interrupt the Richmond high school’s ability to continue operating, several officials said, but it raises questions about the university’s participation going forward, as well as the future of the broader teacher residency effort at other schools," reports The Washington Post.

Photo: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs an executive order establishing K-12 lab schools on Jan. 27, 2022. (Steve Helber/AP).
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