Overview

• Superintendent Emily Anne Gullickson said anyone suggesting the killing of Charlie Kirk was acceptable should be disqualified from working in schools.
• The Virginia Department of Education directed divisions to investigate reports under professional conduct standards and to refer violators for potential license revocation.
• State officials said they are evaluating options with the Board of Education for action if local divisions fail to hold personnel responsible.
• Newport News placed an employee on administrative leave over a post about the killing, and Accomack County told families it is addressing a staffer’s post under division policy.
• The Virginia Education Association and a Regent University law professor cautioned that educators retain limited First Amendment protections and urged due-process, context-specific investigations before penalties.