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By PATRICK GRAHAM
Rappahannock Neva Special Writer
RICHMOND—The ' Virginia House of Delegates killed Tuesday legislation that would have granted to elected school boards the power to go into debt and levy taxes.
Resistance toward the idea had been growing and the delegates may not have wanted the issue to haunt them during their re-election campaigns this fall.
The legislation arises just two years after lawmakers gave localities the option to approve elected school boards and two years before voters will elect the first slate of hopefuls to the Fairfax County Board of Education in 1995.
The Senate had passed a resolution that would amend the state constitution to provide taxing authority to elected school boards. The House’s move to send the resolution back to committee effectively scuttles the idea for at least three years.
Any change to the state constitution would require approval in statewide referendum to be held during a non-election year. Even before that, the General Assembly must again approve the resolution.
The fate of the resolution remains uncertain. Lawmakers could
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