Virginia Governor Pushing Bill on Public Schools & Merit Awards | EWTN News Nightly

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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is pushing a bill that would ban the state's public schools from withholding information about merit awards. This comes after 17 Virginia schools were caught delaying or failing to give students notice of their national merit scholarships in time for college applications. The national merit scholarship program is an "academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships." Former Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, joins to share her take on this situation as many of the students did not meet those deadlines because they did not know about their merit awards. Fairfax County school officials say the delay was a "unique situation due to human error..." That said, the majority of students affected were Asian-Americans. And Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says the schools in question had a benchmark of equal outcomes for every student without exception. Secretary DeVos reacts to this. She discusses what is going on here as it is hard to understand why schools that want to celebrate achievement and excellence would do this. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf