Petersen proposed the amendment in spite of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee voting with 98% support of a resolution asking "state legislators to refrain from coercing the FCPS school board to change their school reopening plan by threatening to cut their budget."
Petersen suggested the amendment in opposition to the Fairfax County Democratic Committee's near-unanimous endorsement of a resolution urging state legislators to refrain from forcing the FCPS school board to modify their reopening plan through budgetary threats.