Subcommittee sends Community Builders pilot bill forward after 4-2 vote
The subcommittee voted 4-2 to report HB 11-53, which would make the Community Builders pilot program (a gun-violence-prevention program operating in Roanoke City and Petersburg schools) permanent and designate Roanoke City Schools as the statewide demonstration model.
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Mr. Robbins presented House Bill 11-53, sponsored by Delegate Rizzo, to make the Community Builders pilot program permanent and to establish Roanoke City Schools as the statewide demonstration model other school divisions could study and replicate. "This makes the community builders pilot program a permanent program," Mr. Robbins said, describing its operation in Roanoke City and Petersburg schools.
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