Manassas Park Charter Admendment Fails in House, Senate
The charter amendment would have made it possible for the city's school division to set its own schedule, allowing for the start of school before Labor Day.
An amendment to Manassas Park's city charter that would have been a work around a law that prevents classes from starting before Labor Day, failed to pass in the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Senate Bill 1245 came up four votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed to clear the Virginia Senate on Tuesday, school officials said. The bill was introduced by Manassas Park and Manassas Sen. Charles J. Colgan-D. If passed, the bill would have amended and reenacted 5.6 of Chapter 912 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993, which provided a charter for the Manassas Park related to its schools, meaning the schools would have been allowed to set their on class schedules. An identical bill was introduced in the House of Delegates this year by…
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2:21 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I'm not sure what that means or what kind of substance it adds to the conversation. Are you saying that everyone should start earlier since parents are unwilling to be involved in educating their child at home? more ›