Walker's bills on elected school boards fail in Senate
Two bills sponsored by Virginia Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg, that would have provided a new path for how residents of Lynchburg could potentia...
Two bills sponsored by Virginia Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg, that would have provided a new path for how residents of Lynchburg could potentially change their school board to being elected instead of appointed were killed Friday in the Senate. House Bills 1574 and 1576 were defeated in the Senate 11-27 and 19-20, respectively. Both bills received bipartisan support in the house in January, passing 88-11 and 99-0, respectively. HB 1574 would have allowed the governing body of any Virginia locality to file a petition with its circuit court, asking a referendum be held on the question of whether the members of the locality's school board should be elected directly by the voters.