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Warner & Kaine Announce more than $2.4 Million in Federal Funding to Support Teacher Training at VCU

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2,425,864 in federal funding will be awarded to Virginia Commonwealth University through the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher and Leader…

Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $1 Million for School Safety

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded $1,052,562 in grant funding to help bolster school security and…

Sen. Warner Meets with 2018 Virginia Principal of the Year

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today met in Washington, D.C. with Dr. David Ellena, Principal of Tomahawk Creek Middle School in Midlothian, Va., and the 2018 Virginia…

Warner & Portman Call for Expansion and Improvement of Pell Dual Enrollment Program

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to urge the Administration to consider expanding…

Warner & Kaine Urge Devos to Abandon Proposal to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Arm Teachers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 41…

Warner & Kaine Announce $150,000 in Federal Funding to Turn Old Prices Fork Elementary School Building into Local Food Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $150,000 in federal funding to help transform the 8,667 square foot space in the old Prices Fork Elementary School in Montgomery County into a local food enterprise…

Warner, Hatch, Bipartisan Senators Introduce Professional Development Bill to Help Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders

Washington, DC—Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve professional development opportunities for teachers and school leaders in…

As Trump Signs EO on Workforce Training, Warner Presses SEC to Require Companies to Tell Investors Whether & How they Invest in Workers

WASHINGTON – Today, as companies gather at the White House committing to educate, train and reskill American workers, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Banking…

Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $900,000 to Help Homeless Virginia Vets Re-Enter the Workforce

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that three Virginia organizations will receive $891,303 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Labor…

Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $9 Million In AmeriCorps Funding For Virginia

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that Virginia has received $9,807,162 in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal…

Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $800,000 For Virginia Commonwealth University to Conduct Education Research

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will receive $823,698 in federal funding to conduct research that aims to promote the…

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Students ‘Reverse’ Transfer Credits from Four-Year Universities to Community Colleges

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for students to get…