The Senate Health and Education Committee killed two bills that VASSP has been monitoring closely.\u00a0 HB947, the\u00a0“Tim Tebow”,\u00a0bill failed on an 8 – 7 vote and it is unlikely that it will resurface before the end of this General Assembly\u00a0session.\u00a0\u00a0The other piece of legislation was\u00a0the bill\u00a0that would allow public school divisions to open schools when they choose rather than seek a waiver for opening prior\u00a0to Labor Day.\u00a0 This bill failed to pass by one vote.\u00a0 Thank you to the VASSP staff and\u00a0VASSP\u00a0members who contacted their legislators to inform them of our\u00a0thoughts on these two pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Senate Health and Education Committee killed two bills that VASSP has been monitoring closely.\u00a0 HB947, the\u00a0“Tim Tebow”,\u00a0bill failed on an 8 – 7 vote and it is unlikely that it will resurface before the end of this General Assembly\u00a0session.\u00a0\u00a0The other piece of legislation was\u00a0the bill\u00a0that would allow public school divisions to open schools when … <\/p>\n