Constitutional amendment; Board of Education authorized to establish charter schools. (SJ302)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »

Status

01/22/2013: passed committee

History

DateAction
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101567D
01/08/2013Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/22/2013Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 4-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
01/24/2013Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2013Read second time and engrossed
01/28/2013Read third time
01/28/2013Rejected by Senate (20-Y 19-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
01/28/2013Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 36 minutes.