Virginia
(This page includes tips from reporters, citizens journalists, and others identifying Virginia bills (introduced or passed) that resemble ALEC model legislation. CMD encourages the use of this forum and encourages further detailed research to verify all claims.)
- HB 238/SB 1544 (2010) and HB 2104 (2009) "Public funding for private school scholarships" [1] Legislation was introduced in 2009 and 2010 but failed to win approval.(Sponsors: David B. Albo, Robert B. Bell, Mark L. Cole, Frank D. Hargrove, Sr., John M. O'Bannon, III, Christopher B. Saxman; Senators Stosch and Newman). Looks like ALEC’s Autism Scholarship Program Act. [2] This legislation would create publicly funded scholarship funds to send students with disabilities such as autism to private schools.
- HB 1388 and SB 738 (2010) "Establishment of Virtual School Programs" [3] Signed into law 4/21/10 (Sponsors: Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Byron, Cline, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Dance, Ebbin, Greason, Howell, W.J., Iaquinto, Jones, Keam, Kilgore, Landes, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Morefield, Morrissey, Peace and Plum, Newman, Stephen). Looks like ALEC's Virtual Public Schools Act. The legislation, a version of which as been pushed by ALEC’s education committee, encourages school divisions to contract with private virtual school companies for student instruction.
- HB 1390 and SB 737 (2010) "Charter School Procedures" [4] Virginia State Legislature, SB 737, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012 </ref> Signed into law 4/11/10 (Sponsors: Newman). Looks like ALEC's Charter Schools Act. [5] In 2010, at the request of the Governor, legislation passed the House and Senate to amend the state’s charter school procedures to require charter school applicants to first submit their applications to the state Board of Education before seeking approval from their local school board.
- HB 1843 (2007), HB 1164 (2008), HB 1965 (2009), HB 2314 (2011) "Virginia’s Education Investment Tax Credit Act" [6] [7] [8] [9] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Obenshain, Saxman, Athey, Cole, Lingamfelter and Pogge). Looks like ALEC's Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act. [10] This legislation, which has been repeatedly introduced by anti-public school advocates, would create a tax credit for businesses that donate to scholarship funds for low-income students to attend private elementary and secondary schools.
- HJ 193 "Virginia’s Parental Rights Amendment Resolution" [11] ALEC’s model constitutional amendment attempts to dress up the effort to privatize the American tradition of public education as a parental right, creating a political wedge issue while also elevating these privatization efforts to “constitutional” status, which can then be used as a weapon to strike down any statute that is purported to infringe on the rights granted by this vague amendment. Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Pogge, Anderson, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Carrico, Cleaveland, Cline, Cole, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Crockett-Stark, Gear, Gilbert, Greason, Griffith, Hugo, Jones, Kilgore, Landes, Lingamfelter, Marshall, R.G., Massie, Miller, J.H., Morefield, Oder, Purkey, Putney, Sherwood, Stolle and Tata). Looks like ALEC's Parental Rights Amendment Act. [12]
- HJR 542 (offered 1/12/11, Sponsors: Speaker Howell, Sen. Vogel) "Repeal Amendment."[13] Compare to ALEC's "Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Convention Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to Propose a Constitutional Amendment Permitting Repeal of any Federal Law or Regulation by Vote of Two-Thirds of the State Legislatures."[14][15]
References
- ↑ Virginia's Legislative Information System, SENATE BILL NO. 1544, Virginia's Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, The Autism Scholarship Program Act, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, SB738, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1390, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Charter Schools Act, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1965, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1164, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1843, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 2314, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC's Great Schools Tax Credit Program, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed on February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HJ 193, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Parental Rights Amendment Resolution, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ Virginia Legislature, HJR 542, state legislation, offered January 12, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Convention Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to Propose a Constitutional Amendment Permitting Repeal of any Federal Law or Regulation by Vote of Two-Thirds of the State Legislatures, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
- ↑ Bill Howell, Va. House of Delegates Passes Repeal Amendment 59-34 to put Needed Check & Balance on Federal Government, press release, January 25, 2011