HB1351,
which approves granting a diploma seal for bilingual students gained final
passage as the House and Senate concurred with the conference report.
The
House concurred with the conference report on HB1675, but we await Senate
action. This is a most consequential
bill as it eliminates the seat-time requirement for a unit of credit.
This past
Sunday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch was not a pleasant read, for any number of
reasons, this biggest of which was Bart Hinkle’s column, “More money doesn’tequal better schools.” Folks, this is
what we are up against, so I would suggest you read it, internalize it, and be
ready to combat this reasoning. As Sun
Tzu said, “Know thy enemy….”
