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HB 1009 Education; Western Virginia Public Education Consortium.

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Education; Western Virginia Public Education Consortium. Creates the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium, governed by a board consisting of the region's school superintendents. The region's legislators will serve as nonvoting advisory members. The Consortium is to coordinate with entities providing programs and services to Consortium school divisions to reduce duplication of efforts; identify needs of member school divisions and develop plans and programs responding to those needs; facilitate the coordination of programs affecting K-12 vocational and technical education, workforce development, and other linkages; coordinate technology-related activities; develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology; and create the capacity for development of shared services and activities. The Consortium's offices are to be housed at Radford University. An executive director shall be appointed and authorized to employ staff.


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