The Virginia House Education Committee held an organizational hearing featuring two context-setting presentations — one on AI readiness and workforce preparation, and one on K–12 education funding gaps — with no bills voted on and no points of contention recorded.
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Sign in to subscribeGood morning, everyone. Welcome to the 2026 House Education Committee. First, we will take roll to ensure we have a quorum. Clerk may close the roll. A quorum is present. Well, we're up for an exciting year. We thank you all so much for coming to what usually is the second busiest committee in the House of Delegates. Quite a lot of interest in this once sleepy committee. Now, public education has risen to the top in many different ways. I am pleased to chair once again the House Education Committee, and we'd like to introduce some of our members. So we're going to start at the far end. Just your name and district. Good morning. My name is Lindsey Doherty and I represent the 75th House District, which is part of Chesterfield, all of Hopewell City, and then part of Prince George county, too. Good morning. I'm Delegate Jessica Anderson. I represent the 71st district, which is all of the city of Williamsburg, a majority of James City county, and the eastern side of New Kent. Good morning. I am Delegate Kelly, Congress Fowler, and I represent the 96th district, and that is in Virginia Beach. Good morning. I…
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