RICHMOND — Legislation to amend the state constitution to promote charter schools went down in a surprising defeat in the Virginia Senate on Monday.
The denial of the measure was a blow to conservatives, who got the Republican-led House and Senate to pass an identical resolution last year. But this time, two Senate Republicans voted against it. Neither one spoke against it during the floor. However, Democrats who led the charge against the bill said it would undermine the authority of local school boards.
When Obenshain finally called for a vote Monday, it failed 21 to 19, with Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. (R-Augusta) and Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Russell) opposed.
The proposal would have given the state Board of Education the authority to establish charter schools within local school districts across the state. That power currently rests with local school boards, which have been so resistant that only nine exist statewide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/charter-school-amendment-dies-in-va-senate/2016/02/15/681ad980-d417-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html
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Conspicuous in her silence is Lynn Mitchell, a supposed champion of choice and freedom in education. Twas a time when she was a fiscal hawk. Now that Emmett butters her bread, not a peep.
Ironic is it not?
She "Was" such a strong supporter of home schooling but I imagine that too has gone along the wayside also. Cant see Hanger supporting HS that takes students out of the public school machine classroom and loose all of that money and control...
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