Filtering by:
Issue: Education & Workforce Training
Clear filters
The Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act would promote financial literacy by providing students who are recipients of federal financial aid with comprehensive counseling services.…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $17,978,616 in federal grant funding for Head Start programs throughout Virginia.…
The U.S. Department of Education announced that it has invited Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg and Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg to participate in an experiment allowing eligible high…
Sens. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), along with 38 Senate Democrats, urged the Department of Education to release comprehensive guidance on the full scope of protections afforded to transgender and…
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas introduced The Elevating Educator Preparation through Innovation Act���a bipartisan bill that will improve professional development opportunities…
Student leaders from 20 Virginia colleges traveled to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to discuss their challenges paying for college and the impact of rising student loan obligations during a roundtable…
Sen. Warner introduced two bipartisan bills to provide relief to students struggling to manage record levels of college debt.…
Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced the two Virginia students selected to represent the Commonwealth in the 54th Annual United States Senate Youth Program.…
Sen. Warner welcomed legislation that passed the Senate this afternoon to renew the Federal Perkins Loan Program, a critical lifeline for 7,800 low-income college students in Virginia.…
The bipartisan legislation includes a number of provisions championed by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), which will improve school efficiency and expand access to dual and concurrent enrollment programs for…
Sens. Warner and Kaine today pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. This critical lifeline for many low-income students expired on September…
During National School Lunch Week, which is October 12-16, U.S. Sens. Warner and Kaine recommended ways Congress can streamline federal childhood nutrition programs to more efficiently feed hungry low-income children…