Press Releases
Warner, Kaine Announce Nearly $1 Million to Improve Agricultural Research at VSU
USDA grant will provide funding to improve agricultural and food science research
Aug 31 2016
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that VSU will receive $993,968 in funds from the Department of Agriculture to improve food science research facilities and equipment.
Warner, Kaine Announce $246,140 for UVA Graduate Students With Financial Need
Funds will assist graduate students in need participate in doctoral fellowships on resilient infrastructure design
Aug 19 2016
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that UVA will receive a $246,140 grant help establish six doctoral fellowships in the critical area of resilient infrastructure design.
Warner, Kaine Announce More Than $9.5 Million in Funding for Virginia K-12 Schools and Universities
U.S. Dept. of Education funds will provide assistance to low-performing schools and help improve educational outcomes in local colleges and universities
Aug 12 2016
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced grants totaling $9,589,377 to help Virginia’s K-12 schools improve student achievement and support colleges and universities,
Sen. Warner Announces More Than $5 Million for Early Head Start Programs
Funds will support child care and early education programs for local underserved children and families
Jul 29 2016
Sen. Warner announced more than $5 million for Early Head Start programs in the Roanoke Valley and Northern Virginia.
Sens. Warner, Kaine Announce Nearly $1 Million to Advance Drone Technology Training in Virginia Colleges
Funds will help develop courses that research and explore the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Jul 20 2016
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that the Old Dominion University Research Foundation has been awarded nearly $1 million to develop courses in Virginia colleges that research drone technology.
Sens. Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $2 Million for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds to Enroll & Graduate from College
Funds will provide support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enroll in college and complete their higher education
Jul 18 2016
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that Virginia colleges and universities will receive more than $2 million to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply to and graduate from college.
House Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Empower Student Loan Borrowers Through Financial Literacy
House action brings enhanced student loan counseling one step closer for federal financial aid recipients
Jul 12 2016
The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously in support of bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner to help students make smart decisions in the financing of their higher education.
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Empower Student Loan Borrowers through Financial Literacy
Legislation would help college students and their families make smart decisions about financing their educations with enhanced student loan counseling for all recipients of federal financial aid
Jun 29 2016
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.
Warner Praises Virginia Colleges Selected to Participate in Dual Enrollment Pell Experiment
Congratulates Central Virginia Community College and Germanna Community College on their Selection to Participate in Innovative Student Aid Experiment
May 16 2016
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 school students taking dual enrollment courses to access Federal Pell Grants.
Warner, Kaine Urge Dept. of Education to Clarify Legal Protections for LGBT Students Across the Country
Senators call for Education Department to release comprehensive non-discrimination guidelines to better protect transgender students in middle school, high school, and college
May 03 2016
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 gender non-conforming students in our middle schools, high schools, and colleges.
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 conversation organized by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA).
Sen. Warner Introduces Legislation to Help Borrowers Better Manage their Student Loans
Leads two bipartisan bills to reduce burdens on students #InTheRed due to college loans
Jan 21 2016
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.
Warner, Kaine Hail Breakthrough on Perkins Student Loan Program
Senate unanimously passes legislation to extend program for current undergraduate students through 2017; Perkins Loan Program expired on Sept. 30
Dec 16 2015
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.
Congress Sends K-12 Education Reform Bill to President's Desk
Bipartisan bill includes Warner reforms on fiscal efficiency, dual enrollment
Dec 09 2015
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 high school students.
Warner, Kaine Urge Senate Leadership to Save Student Loan Program
Join majority of Senate in bipartisan effort to renew Perkins Loan Program, critical lifeline for low-income students that expired Sept. 30
Oct 29 2015
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 30, despite receiving a unanimous one-year, no-cost extension from the House of Representatives on September 28.
During National School Lunch Week, Warner & Kaine Call for Improvements to Childhood Nutrition Programs
As Congress prepares childhood nutrition reauthorization, Senators offer proposals to cut red tape, increase flexibility, and ensure more hungry kids have access to healthy meals outside of school hours
Oct 16 2015
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 outside of school hours.
Warner, Kaine Praise $17.5 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Preschool in Virginia
Federal funds will support efforts to expand access to voluntary, high-quality preschool in 11 Virginia communities
Oct 02 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine praised today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Education that Virginia will receive $17.5 million in funds under the Preschool Development Grants program to expand access to early childhood education.
Sen. Warner Praises Administration Proposals to Strengthen Student Loan System
Proposals will improve student protections and ensure efficiency among federal
Oct 01 2015
"I’m very pleased the Administration has laid out proposals to ensure borrowers have the information and flexibility they need to pay back their loans in a manageable way."
Warner, Kaine, Scott, Connolly, Beyer Advocate for Virginia College Students
Urge Senate leaders to support legislation ensuring Federal Perkins Loan recipients have predictability in their financial planning
Sep 28 2015
Today, Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), and Don Beyer (D-VA-8) wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), urging support for a one-year reauthorization of the Federal Perkins Loan Program.
Warner, Wyden, Rubio: New College Scorecard Lays Groundwork for Student Right to Know Before You Go Act
Sep 14 2015
The authors of a bill to provide powerful new tools for comparing colleges and universities on measures such as total cost, likelihood of graduating and potential earnings, today called the White House’s new college scorecard database a step in the right direction toward giving students the information they need to make more informed decisions about their college education.
Warner Proposes Streamlining Student Loan Assistance for Teachers
Bipartisan legislation strengthens federal loan assistance programs to attract and retain talented teachers in hard-to-staff classrooms
Jul 30 2015
Sen. Warner introduced the Teacher Loan Repayment Act (TELORA) to improve the way federal teacher grant and loan assistance programs are administered in order to incentivize talented teachers to enter and remain in the hardest-to-staff classrooms.
Senate Approves Warner Proposals to Strengthen School Accountability & Efficiency
Bipartisan provisions accepted as amendments to the ‘Every Child Achieves Act’ education
Jul 08 2015
The Senate approved a proposal championed by U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) to help school districts better leverage limited resources by giving them access to important tools to help eliminate unnecessary administrative costs and allow more funding to go into the classroom.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Bob Casey, introduced the Middle School Technical Education Program (Middle STEP) Act that would expose middle school students to CTE programs focused on career exploration.
