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By PATRICK GRAHAM
Rappahannock News Special Writer
RICHMOND — The Virginia House of Delegates last week killed legislation that would have granted 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 wranted the issue to haunt them during their re-election campaigns this fall.
The legislation arises two years after lawmakers gave localities the option to approve elected school boards and two years before voters in Rappahannock County will be able to elect members to the board.
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 scuttled the' idea for at least three years.
Any change to the state constitution w’ould require approval in astatewide 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 reintroduce it next session, but lawmakers will probably wait until after the Senate and House elections of 1995.
The resolution w’ould give elected school boards the power to appropriate money, impose taxes
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