CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Some measure of reform is likely to be passed by this year’s General Assembly on how Virginia universities, including the University of Virginia, make their Board of Visitors appointments and terms, but the House and Senate have some wide gaps in bills they’ve passed in their own chambers that are having to be approved in the opposite chambers.
Charlottesville Delegate Katrina Callsen said she and many others have had bills with varying provisions, and the House bill (HB1385) being considered is a heavily amended document introduced Montgomery County Delegate Lilly Franklin now being considered by the Senate.
The Senate bill (SB494) from Charlottesville Senator Creigh Deeds has also been heavily amended and is being considered in the House…