For Immediate Release:

January 28, 2011

Contact: Elise Marsh

  804-698-1034

Delegate Comstock Introduces Legislation to Fund All Day Kindergarten for Fairfax County Schools

Richmond, VA – Delegate Barbara Comstock introduced a budget amendment that would allow Fairfax County Schools to reprogram any portion of its’ eligible FY 2012 Virginia Preschool Initiative funds toward completing all-day kindergarten in the 37 schools that do not provide all-day kindergarten.

Delegate Comstock issued the following statement about the Budget Amendment:

“Our families are paying for all-day kindergarten but they aren’t receiving it in our district.  This is simply unfair and is essentially a kindergarten tax. This budget amendment would allow Fairfax County schools to utilize Pre-K funds for use for all day kindergarten. It will also allow schools to reprogram funds towards the 37 schools that currently do not offer all day kindergarten.”

About Delegate Barbara Comstock            
Barbara Comstock was elected in November 2009, to represent the 34th District (Great Falls, parts of McLean, Vienna and Herndon) in the Virginia House of Delegates. She serves on the Transportation Committee, the Science and Technology Committee and the General Laws Committee, where she serves as Chairman of the Housing Subcommittee. Barbara was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Governor's Economic Development and Job Creation Commission and, also, was appointed by the Speaker to serve on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission. Barbara also serves on The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.

Barbara Comstock is a 28 year resident of McLean, Virginia. She and her husband, Chip, an assistant principal at Oakton High School, have raised their three children in McLean. Barbara served as a senior aide to Virginia Congressman Frank R. Wolf, Chief Counsel to the House Government Reform and Oversight committee, and the Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Justice Department.  Barbara is on the Board of Friends of Clemyjontri Park in McLean and Childhelp and is a member of the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.  Barbara is a small businesswoman and attorney.  

For more information, please visit http://www.delegatecomstock.com or call 703-209-3787.  You can also follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BarbaraComstock or at Facebook on http://www.facebook.com/ComstockforDelegate.

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