Students from 11 Virginia public universities presented 200,000 pennies to the General Assembly Thursday to show their support for a one-cent sales tax increase dedicated to education, according to Jesse Ferguson, executive director of Virginia21, the Commonwealth-based advocacy group for 18- to 24-year-olds that organized the event.
Members of Virginia21 and student leaders met at the steps of the State Capitol to deliver the pennies to Virginia Treasurer Jodi Wagner.
"We would rather increase the sales tax than have to have the buck passed on to us," Ferguson said. "This was to send a symbol to the Virginia General Assembly that students across the Commonwealth would rather pay a penny than pass the buck by decreasing the quality of education and forcing education to skyrocket."
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