Updated Friday January 20, 2006

The Schedule

The 2001 General Assembly session began Wednesday, January 10, 2001. This year is a “short,” 46-day session, scheduled to end on February 24, 2001. “Cross-over day”, the last day for each house to act on its own bills, is February 6.

Presently, the House Education Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. in House Room C and Fridays at 9:00 a.m. in the Appropriations Room. The Senate Education and Health Committee will meet on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. in Senate Room B. Sub-committees will meet periodically throughout the session. Click for a schedule of weekly meetings.

The Issues

Discussion of proposed amendments to the 2000-2002 state budget likely will dominate this session. The Governor’s proposed budget amendments related to education include additional funding for (1) schools accredited with warning or provisionally accredited, (2) remediation, (3) expedited SOL re-testing and (4) algebra readiness. However, no funding was proposed for teacher salary increases. The revenue source for the two-year old school construction grants program was changed from general funds to Literary Fund principal. Click for Amendments to the 2000-2002 Biennial Budget as Proposed by Governor Gilmore.

Education bills of interest that will be proposed during this session include the following: (1) the hiring of retired teachers to teach without the loss of retirement benefits, (2) the prohibition on using the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments as the sole criteria for graduation, promotion, retention or school accreditation, and (3) tax credits for educational expenses.

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