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2000 SESSION
HJ 202 Study; continuing the Commission on Access and Diversity.
Introduced by: Jerrauld C. Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Study; continuing the Commission on Access and Diversity. Continues the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education in Virginia to, among other things, (i) provide legislative representation during the OCR civil rights review of the Commonwealth, relative to the U. S. Supreme Court decision in Fordice; (ii) continue its consultation and collaboration with the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, receive and respond to the findings and recommendations of the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights; (iii) examine the legal obligations, if any, imposed on the Commonwealth by recent federal court decisions regarding the desegregation of public colleges and universities; (iv) evaluate the status of the Virginia Plan for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; (v) recommend specific immediate and long-term initiatives to ensure equal educational opportunities for all Virginians, and to increase the number of African-American and other minority students, faculty, and administrators at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in the professional schools; (vi) monitor the Congress, federal agencies, and federal and state courts relative to litigation, court decisions, and administrative action pertaining to equal educational opportunity and affirmative action; (vii) address the shortage of teachers, particularly minority teachers and faculty; (viii) develop the Blueprint to Close the Academic Achievement Gap between Disadvantaged and Historically Underrepresented and White Students; and (ix) continue its dialogue and work with the Southern Education Foundation and other national associations concerning, but not limited to, teacher recruitment, access to higher education, high stakes testing, and the Blueprint. This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 006219804 pdf
- 02/13/00 House: Committee substitute printed 006292804-H1 pdf
- 03/28/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ202ER) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 006219804
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/11/00 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/00 House: Committee substitute printed 006292804-H1
- 02/15/00 House: Taken up
- 02/15/00 House: Committee substitute agreed to 006292804-H1
- 02/15/00 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 006292804-H1
- 02/15/00 House: Agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/17/00 Senate: Reading waived
- 02/17/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/06/00 Senate: Reported from Rules by voice vote
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reading waived, passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/00 Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 03/28/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ202ER)
- 06/23/00 House: Study Committee Members Appointed