Constitutional amendment; Board of Education granted authority to establish charter schools. (HJ577)
Introduced By
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from co-patrons Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), and Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
Description
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority, subject to criteria and conditions prescribed by the General Assembly, to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »
Status
02/17/2015: passed committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2015 | Committee |
01/08/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101631D |
01/08/2015 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/13/2015 | Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments |
02/02/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) |
02/06/2015 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/10/2015 | Taken up |
02/10/2015 | Amendment by Delegate Krupicka rejected |
02/10/2015 | Engrossed by House |
02/10/2015 | Agreed to by House (58-Y 41-N) |
02/10/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (58-Y 41-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2015 | Reading waived |
02/11/2015 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/17/2015 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2015 | Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2015 | Read third time |
02/20/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/23/2015 | Read third time |
02/23/2015 | Rejected by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2015 | Requires 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, 2 clips in all, totaling 11 minutes.