Delegate Phillip A. Hamilton
1. Increase the number of service waivers for the mentally retarded from the 150 recommended by Gov. Tim Kaine to 800.\
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2. Provide a first-year pay raise for teachers based on a new benchmark methodology and use overpayments to the state’s employee health insurance fund to pay for a first-year pay raise for state employees and college faculty.
SEE RELATED:
1. Expand non-mandated preschool programs.\
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2. Provide jail diversion and prison re-entry programs for convicted criminals.\
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3. Continue to fund Drug Courts.
— Seth McLaughlin, Virginia reporter, The Washington Times
