ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Wednesday that he would investigate the delay in informing students of national recognition at a Virginia high school, a day after the Commonwealth’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin formally asked him to do so.
“The national merit award is a recognition and such a valuable tool in our college application process for earning merit-based scholarships to pay for the ever-increasing costs of college,” Miyares said at the announcement. He spoke about the impact of such a delay, calling admissions to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) “a pathway to the American dream” to many, especially immigrants….