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2018 SESSION
SB 440 School boards, local; prior authorization for legal action.
Introduced by: Jennifer T. Wexton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local school boards; prior authorization for legal action. Narrows the restriction, to appointed school boards, that a local school board receive prior authorization from the local governing body prior to instituting any legal action or proceeding against any other governmental agency in Virginia. Under current law, the restriction applies to all school boards regardless of selection method.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102563D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/29/18 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/31/18 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)