The Youngkin administration denied media Freedom of Information Act requests for submissions to the tip line, saying that they were covered by exemptions for a governor’s “working papers and correspondence.”
with faux tattletales, such as one sarcastic dire warning that Virginia schools were teaching “Arabic numerals.” But the actual submissions have remained a state secret.
Washington attorneys Charles D. Tobin and Alia L. Smith represent the media outlets, which also include Axios Media, CNN, Daily Dot, Gannett Satellite Information Network, Gray Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, Tegna, Scripps Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group.A political newcomer and former private equity executive, Youngkin made K-12 culture war issues central to his closing argument in last fall’s campaign.
After riding a wave of parental grievance to the Executive Mansion, Youngkin has struggled to get most of his education priorities through a politically divided General Assembly. A few Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to deliver Youngkin his biggest win: passage of a law giving parents the right to opt their children out of school mask mandates.
But Youngkin’s efforts to ban the teaching of “divisive” concepts died in the Democratic-controlled Senate, as did measures to create charter schools.
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