Charlottesville–Right Now: Del. Landes on accountability in government, education
Delegate Steve Landes (R-25) joins Coy Barefoot on the February 1st edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss what’s happening in the General Assembly. Coy applauds Landes for introducing HR45, which would have required the House to set up a pilot program to podcast the chamber’s proceedings. Unfortunately, the bill did not make it out of committee. Landes himself was a journalism major at Virginia Commonwealth University
Landes also talks about efforts to reformulate the No Child Left Behind Act. He patroned HB2542, which would ask the federal government to exempt Virginia from certain provisions of the accountability and standards.
“Nobody disagrees with high standards and accountability,” says Landes. “But states are the ones that should determine that, and not have the federal government sent an arbitrary standard.”
Here’s the bill summary:
No Child Left Behind. Requires the Board of Education to request a waiver from those provisions of NCLB that are not an integral part of the Commonwealth’s existing educational accountability system as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards of Learning, and Standards of Accreditation. If a waiver is not received, the bill directs the Commonwealth to withdraw from NCLB and directs the Board of Education and Office of the Attorney General of Virginia to bring suit against the United States Department of Education if federal funds are inappropriately withheld as a result of the withdrawal.
