Bills targeting VMI governance gain traction in General Assembly

Bills targeting VMI governance gain traction in General Assembly

Francis H. Smith Hall on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. (Photo by Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury)Legislation aimed at reshaping Virginia Military Institute’s governance, policies and oversight is gaining momentum, after a House subcommittee last week advanced a bill that could directly affect the state-funded military college’s finances. The bill would create a task force that, in part, would recommend whether VMI should contin…