Megan Pauly
Staff Reporter, VPM NewsMegan Pauly reports on early childhood and higher education news in Virginia. She was a 2020-21 reporting fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network and a 2019-20 reporting fellow with the Education Writers Association.
Megan previously worked for NPR affiliate WDDE in Wilmington, Delaware, and freelanced for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. She's also reported for NPR, Marketplace, The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report and more.
Email Megan: [email protected]
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More than 1 million Virginians owe student loan debt, which can linger for decades. Direct-to-school debt can also prevent students from completing their degrees, because Virginia colleges routinely withhold transcripts which are proof of credits until all debts to the university are settled. Delegate Betsy Carr has introduced legislation to stop the practice of transcript-withholding in Virginia.
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The General Assembly has granted nine localities the necessary power on a case-by-case basis.
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Faculty, students want clarity about timeline of the delayed course requirement.
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The practice disproportionately impacts low-income, Black students.
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Currently in the commonwealth, no benchmarks exist.
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The legislation is slated to reach Gov. Glenn Youngkin's desk later on in the session
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The equation hasn’t been fundamentally changed since the 1970s.
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Mary Jane Burton analyzed evidence in thousands of criminal cases beginning in the 1970s.
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The district estimates that one-time mold testing for a single school ranges from $5,400 to $8,600.
