Virginia Senate Democrats warned there would be significant consequences in future budget cycles for the University of Virginia if the school’s leadership accepts a proposed funding agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration that lawmakers said comes with strings attached, as outlined in a letter they sent to the institution’s leadership on Wednesday.

UVA, along with eight other institutions outside of the commonwealth, were offered the agreement on Oct. 1 in exchange for committing to the administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence. The compact’s specific requirements of the schools’ leaders include pledging to maintain neutrality on societal and political events, limit foreign entanglements such as capping the number of international students in the Student Visa Exchang

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