An editorial in today’s edition of the Daily Press of Newport News says the funding decisions of state policymakers is impacting Virginia families and their efforts to send their children to colleges and universities in the commonwealth:

 …there’s a downside to Virginia’s reliance on this underfunding strategy. Tuition and fees have risen steeply, and the bite they take out of families’ budgets keeps growing. The result is that fewer families of modest or even middling means can afford college…