And I'd like to thank Senators Locke and Lucas for your partnership. And now Virginia leads the nation in reducing chronic absenteeism and getting students back in the classroom. Intensive tutoring works. We've led all our peer states in math learning loss recovery. And the nationally leading Virginia Literacy act is transforming the way students learn to read. But in addition to learning loss, we know that behavioral health distress among teens has been surging since even before the pandemic. (40:28–40:33)
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