House of Delegates plans to push ahead with questioning leaders on health care exchange problems while Senate to focus on fixing the Web site or abandoning it; bill would require restaurants, markets to correctly label seafood on type, origin; Ag Secretary Hance opposes Del. Eckardt bill on phosphorus’ economic impact; Busch to appoint delegates to probe marijuana legalization; in an attempt to curb college drunkenness, date rape, bill would outlaw 190+ proof alcohol; required campus surveys on sex assaults are sought; Washington County seeks right to withhold tax refunds from some scofflaws; state resolution would ask for name change for Washington Redskins; gubernatorial candidate Mizeur wants to raise age of long gun purchasers to 21; Brown attacks Gansler over stand on cutting corporate tax rate; Ehrlich to sell books at Hogan HQ opener; and Leopold is back in court.
Day: February 6, 2014
Teachers, school boards seek to drop standardized tests this year
Even those who support the new Common Core education standards, such as school boards and the state teachers union, said the standardized tests scheduled this spring should be dropped since they’re not based on the new curriculum. But the State Department of Education says the move will jeopardize $289 million in federal funds.
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