The
sweet sound of Der Ring des Nibelungen engulfed the Capital, and Brünnhilde sang!
It is over!
A
curious aspect of this session is that early in the session the media reported
that the charter school constitutional amendment was sure to pass. Perhaps, the pro-public education lobby was
underestimated. Subsequently, the press
has continued to report that the amendment was dead when only the Senate's
amendment bill had failed. In fact, the
General Assembly made the final decision today when the Senate Privileges and
Elections Committee failed to report HB3 and HJ1.
The
vote on both measures was to table and the vote went as follows (unofficial):
YEAS: Howell, Deeds, Edwards, McEachin, Miller,
Ebbin, Chafin
NAYS: Reeves, Garrett, DeSteph, Chase, Sturtevant
ABSTENTION: Vogel
Thanks
to our coalition partners on this bill, VASS and VSBA!
Senator
Obenshain's SB734, the bill to implement the changes in the Code of Virginia
allowed if the Virginia Constitution is amended as a consequence of passage of
the ballot question in November, went by for the day in the Innovation
Subcommittee of the House Education Committee this morning. I doubt that the bill will be considered on
Tuesday - what's the point now that the constitutional amendment will not be on
the ballot.
VEA
initiated SB564 sponsored by Senator Norment reported from the House Committee
on General Laws on a unanimous vote this afternoon. This is the bill to Sheila teacher licensure
applications from FOIA requests. This bill now heads to the House floor on the
uncontested calendar. Thanks, Senator
Norment!
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