Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission; established. (HB2253)
Introduced By
Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond) with support from co-patron Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission. Establishes the Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission for the purposes of evaluating Richmond City Public Schools facilities and making recommendations to the Richmond City School Board, Richmond City Council, and Mayor of Richmond. The bill also establishes a trust to fund the recommendations of the Commission. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2017. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/19/2015 | Committee |
01/19/2015 | Presented and ordered printed 15103454D |
01/19/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/23/2015 | Assigned Education sub: Education Reform |
02/03/2015 | Subcommittee recommends striking from docket |
02/10/2015 | Left in Education |
Comments
Terrible name.
Vote of "no confidence" in council and school board. It says that of all school boards in the Commonwealth, only Richmond is incapable of doing its job.
It creates another unnecessary level of government.
Did either McQuinn or Morrissey even bother to ask the Attorney General if this bill is Constitutional? As it reads, it is over-reaching and smacks of a power grab by local authorities.
Please do not pass this bill. For the past 5 months, I been volunteering on the RPS facilities task force and believe that good work is being done by the citizens of the city and school administration to address this problem. We are very close to presenting our findings to the community. Let local officials, who are accountable to local citizens, make decisions. Additional layers of bureaucracy would slow down, and possibly stifle, this process.
Thank you for your concern on this issue. It is of the utmost importance to be addressed.
Please vote no to this bill. It targets our town of Richmond only. No other school division has such a commission. Our School Board and Superintendent and his cabinet work closely with the schools and the people of Richmond. The proposed commission -another layer of bureaucracy - would not only duplicate the work our School Board, facilities task force, and Superintendent's office is already doing, it would distance the people of Richmond and their input. With our new school administration we have more public forums than ever before and our input is taken seriously. Our schools are moving in the right direction. Please don't interfere by passing this bill to benefit a few.