Bill Text: VA HJR548 | 2021 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; public schools, standards of quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HJR548 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HJR548-Prefiled.html
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Sections 1 and 2 of Article VIII of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 1. Public schools of high quality to be maintained.
The General Assembly Commonwealth shall provide for
a system of free public elementary and secondary schools for all children of
school age throughout the Commonwealth, and shall seek to
ensure that an educational program of high quality is established and
continually maintained.
Section 2. Standards of quality; State and local support of public schools.
Standards of quality for the several school divisions shall be
determined and prescribed from time to time by the Board of Education, subject to revision only by the General Assembly.
The General Assembly shall determine the manner in which funds are to be provided for the cost of maintaining an educational program meeting the prescribed standards of quality, and shall provide for the apportionment of the cost of such program between the Commonwealth and the local units of government comprising such school divisions. Each unit of local government shall provide its portion of such cost by local taxes or from other available funds.
