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HB 2495 Hampton Roads Museum Consortium.

Introduced by: P. E. (Phil) Larrabee | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Hampton Roads Museum Consortium. Creates the Hampton Roads Museum Consortium addressing accredited private museums in jurisdictions located within the boundaries of Planning District 23, including the Counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, and York; and the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. The Consortium may consist of any or all accredited museums located within Hampton Roads that are not state agencies. Other museums and cultural facilities located in Hampton Roads may join the Consortium upon the approval of the governing board. The governing board of the Consortium is to consist of the chief executive officer of each of the member museums. The region's legislators may serve as nonvoting, advisory members.

The Consortium is to serve the school divisions of Hampton Roads in providing training to the teachers, administrators and students in the various Standards of Learning for English, social studies and history, science, and mathematics. In addition, the Consortium is to (i) coordinate among its members and the school divisions of Hampton Roads the development of joint educational initiatives; (ii) establish and deliver, in conjunction with the school divisions of Hampton Roads, regional programs to address area education needs, particularly, to assist area schools in meeting the Board of Education's Regulations for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia and to assist area students in achieving passing scores on the Standards of Learning assessments; and (iii) provide technical assistance to the school divisions of Hampton Roads in achieving full accreditation, including administrator, teacher, and student training.


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