HJR1 AM #1 SABSTRACT JUD

SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

COUNSEL: Tom Smith

ABSTRACT

STRIKE AND INSERT AMENDMENT FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1

 

 

BY: Kimble, Hanna, J. Jeffries, Hamrick, Horst, Smith, Clark, Espinosa, Ellington, Keaton and Bruce

 

SHORT TITLE: Education Accountability Amendment

 

DATE INTRODUCED: February 11, 2021

 

CODE REFERENCE: Amends West Virginia Constitution Article XII Section 2

 

PROPOSED LAW PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE: The purpose of the strike and insert amendment is to require that the State Department of Education’s rules and policies are subject to legislative oversight and subject to review for approval, amendment, or rejection. 

 

The proposed amendment would be on the 2022 general election ballot.

 

TITLE: Amended

 

FISCAL NOTE: NA

 

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AFFECTED: State Board of Education

 

EFFECTIVE DATE: On 2022 General Election Ballot

 

OTHER COMMITTEE REFERENCE AND/OR ACTION: Committee on Finance

 

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