School Construction Fund and Program; created and established. (SB1087)

Introduced By

Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon) with support from co-patron Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Program. Establishes the School Construction Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the Department of Education to establish the School Construction Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certain conditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and local programs and resources to finance the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/17/2020Presented and ordered printed 20101912D
01/17/2020Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/27/2020Assigned Education sub: Public Education
01/30/2020Impact statement from DPB (SB1087)
02/06/2020Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/06/2020Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/06/2020Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020Read second time and engrossed
02/11/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2020Placed on Calendar
02/14/2020Read first time
02/14/2020Referred to Committee on Education
02/17/2020Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2020Referred to Committee on Appropriations
03/03/2020Left in Appropriations