Senate Finance Committee Fails to Act
Once again, the Senate Finance Committee sat on their hands when the opportunity to give Virginia’s students more educational options has come before them.
Senator Mark Obenshain introduced SB1221, a school choice bill similar to Delegate Saxman’s HB1965 and similar to Pennsylvania’s very successful EITC program.
The bill was heard this morning in Senate Finance, where sadly the bill died for lack of a motion. In other words, after hearing the bill, no motion was made to take action on the measure (to pass the bill, to defeat the bill, etc.).
We thank Senator Obenshain for his leadership in introducing this measure in the Senate. We are disappointed that once again the Senate has stalled these efforts to give families more educational options, but we will continue to work to pass the measures still alive in the House of Delegates.
