ODACS

05/14/2026

Announcing ACCORD KIDS!
Starting January 1, get ready to direct your private dollars away from your federal tax liability and toward helping children to attend AACS schools!
https://accordkids.org

04/22/2026

We have finally posted our list of Virginia winners from the AACS National Competition!
https://www.vaodacs.com/aacs-national-competition/

03/16/2026

The ODACS East Region Group Music Competition has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 18. The East Region Competition for Tuesday, March 17, will proceed as scheduled.

SPECIAL WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT - Because of the threat of severe weather between Richmond and Hampton for Monday, March 16, the East Region Group Music Competition has been postponed.  The East Region Competition scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, will proceed as scheduled.  A decision about the Group...

03/15/2026

SPECIAL WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT - Because of the threat of severe weather between Richmond and Hampton for Monday, March 16, the East Region Group Music Competition has been postponed. The East Region Competition scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, will proceed as scheduled. A decision about the Group Music Competition will be published later.

SPECIAL WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT - Because of the threat of severe weather between Richmond and Hampton for Monday, March 16, the East Region Group Music Competition has been postponed.  The East Region Competition scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, will proceed as scheduled.  A decision about the Group...

03/14/2026

Dear Friends,
ODACS is featured on the most recent AACS Today Podcast! In this edition, while Jamison Coppola and I discuss a number of topics, we focus on the recent events surrounding HB 359 and on the golden School Choice opportunity that lies ahead of us in 2027. I encourage you to listen!

In this episode of AACS Today, Jamison is joined by Dan Zacharias, Executive Director of the Old Dominion Association of Church Schools (ODACS), to discuss the landscape of Christian education in Virginia. As ODACS celebrates its 50th anniversary,...

02/13/2026

ODACS gets a mention in this week's AACS Washington Flyer, which focuses on the dangerous HB 359 in Virginia.

The Washington Flyer February 13, 2026   “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver

02/12/2026

Yesterday, HB 359 was carried over to the 2027 General Assembly. This is a temporary victory, but much work remains to be done. ODACS thanks everybody who has been praying and contacting their delegates. We especially thank those who went out of their way to travel to Richmond for Monday's committee meeting.

HB 359 seeks to create a broad and conflated definition for the term public funds and then uses that legally flawed definition as a pretext to place as many Virginia private schools as possible under the direct control of the Virginia Department of Education.  Among the dangerous provisions in the...

01/30/2026

ODACS has announced the Virginia winners in this year's AACS Elementary and Junior High Poetry and Short Story Contest!

AACS Poetry and Short Story Contest for Elementary and Junior High students

01/25/2026

ODACS has placed an urgent action alert on our State Government Issues page.

HB 359 seeks to create a broad and conflated definition for the term public funds and then uses that legally flawed definition as a pretext to place as many Virginia private schools as possible under the direct control of the Virginia Department of Education.  Among the dangerous provisions in the...

01/16/2026

Governor Youngkin has just announced the addition of the AACS Children's Scholarship Fund to the list of approved Virginia SGO's, for purposes of taking advantage of the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit!

Governor Glenn Youngkin, 74th Governor of Virginia