Our partners at the Alliance for Virginia’s Children have
prepared a message asking budget conferees not to divert General Fund revenues
from schools and other core services to transportation. Please click here to send this message.
Christina Nuchols wrote an excellent piece on school
funding, a real must read. Click here to read it. This is one you should pass
around.
Monday was a great day for VEA! HB 1889, the bill to shield teacher
professional growth indicators carried by Delegate Jim LeMunyon gained final
passage in the Senate and is on the way to the Governor’s desk. If you are unsure of why this is important,
read this.
Delegate Jennifer McClellan’s HB 1871 reported from the
Public Education Subcommittee of the Senate Education and Health Committee on a
4-2 vote.
Yays: Blevins,
Newman, Howell and Locke
Nays: Carrico and Black
This bill will be in full committee on Thursday.
Thanks to you, SB 934, the bill to allow unlicensed teachers
to teach in charter schools and to deny charter school teachers VRS retirement,
was tabled in the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Compensation and
Retirement.
This afternoon in House Rules, Senator Saslaw’s, SJR 328, in
amended form, reported from House Rules.
This measure calls for a study of school fungind in Virginia. Another item on VEA’s agenda advances!
This study resolution now goes to the full House.
