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1995 SESSION
SJ 334 Study; charter schools.
Introduced by: Elliot S. Schewel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Study: charter schools. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study charter schools. The joint subcommittee is requested to examine the issues related to charter schools and provide a recommendation on the efficacy of such legislation after considering (i) the provisions of other states' laws; (ii) actual operations of charter schools in other states, including, but not limited to, the number of students in the average school, the educational purpose, concept, or curricula of the schools, the method for establishing academic standards, accountability, and any revocations and the reasons for such revocations, (iii) the focus of the organizing groups; (iv) constitutional issues in other states and the interaction of the Constitution of Virginia with the various components of the charter school concept; (v) funding issues related to the charter school concept; and (vi) the various components of charter school legislation, including, but not limited to, organizer eligibility, application process, charter eligibility, sponsoring and approval authority, governance, employment requirements, administrative responsibilities, limitations on the number of charters, contract terms and conditions, prescribed autonomy or waiver of legal requirements, curricula, student admissions, due process procedures for denials or revocations, accountability, and the Board of Education's role. Identical to HJR 551.
FULL TEXT
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD5852605 pdf
- 03/01/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ334ER) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD5852605
- 01/23/95 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/03/95 Senate: Reported from Rules
- 02/06/95 Senate: Reading waived (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/95 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/95 Senate: Reading waived (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/07/95 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/08/95 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/95 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/16/95 House: Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/95 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/95 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/95 House: Agreed to by House (79-Y 15-N)
- 02/22/95 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (79-Y 15-N)
- 03/01/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ334ER)