No agreement from Virginia Senate on fix for military tuition program, skill games
 

'The Virginia Senate adjourned from a special session Tuesday without advancing legislation to either amend restrictions to a military family tuition program or to legalize skill games, despite a commitment from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to work on the issues.'

Sen. Louise Lucas, the head of the Finance and Appropriations Committee, declined to advance any proposed legislation, instead announcing that a working group would convene to tackle the tuition waiver program issues on June 28. Sen. Barbara Favola, D-Arlington, would oversee the group, which will collect public comments and submit recommendations to the committee by mid-September.

Lucas also directed the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission to review the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, which waives college tuition for children and spouses of some veterans killed or injured in action and make recommendations by Nov. 1.

'All of us — all of us want to protect this program,' Lucas, a Portsmouth Democrat, said during the meeting. 'We will work together to find a responsible solution,'" reports The Virginian-Pilot.