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2002 SESSION

021910760
HOUSE BILL NO. 335
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations
on March 10, 2002)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hamilton)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 28, consisting of sections numbered 30-193 through 30-195, relating to the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 28, consisting of sections numbered 30-193 through 30-195, as follows:

§ 30-193. Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education; purpose; membership; compensation.

A. The Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education (Council) is established as an advisory council in the legislative branch to recommend an integrated and coordinated multi-agency approach for the delivery of quality career and technical education programs and services in the public schools.

B. The Council shall consist of seventeen members, to be appointed as follows: one member each of the House Committees on Finance, Education, and Appropriations, and two members of the House of Delegates at-large, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; one each of the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health, and one member of the Senate at-large, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections; four representatives of business and industry from companies of varying size, geographically distributed from among the eight superintendents’ regions of the Commonwealth, to be appointed by the Governor; and the President of the Board of Education, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, the Chairman of the Board of Correctional Education, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Secretary of Education or their designees shall serve as ex officio members with full voting privileges.

C. Legislative members and state government officials shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. The initial appointments of the Governor shall be as follows: two members shall serve a four-year term, one member shall serve a three-year term and one member shall serve a two-year term. Thereafter, all appointments of citizen members shall be for four-year terms. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Legislative and citizen members may be reappointed; however, no member of the House of Delegates shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms; no member of the Senate shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms; and no citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's term limit. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Legislative members of the Council shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12, and citizen members shall receive such compensation for the discharge of their duties as provided in the appropriations act. All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2825. However, all such expense payments shall be paid from existing appropriations to the Council.

D. The Council shall elect a chairman annually from among its legislative members. A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum. The Council shall meet at least four times a year, upon the call of the chairman.

§ 30-194. Powers and duties of Council.

A. The powers and duties of the Council shall be to:

1. Facilitate the coordination of public school career and technical services, workforce training programs, and efforts among agencies and institutions of the Commonwealth;

2. Receive information and advice from state agencies, authorities and other organizations addressing career and technical education and workforce development as necessary;

3. Recommend policies, legislation, and funding that are needed to support career and technical education in the Commonwealth; and

4. Promote public-private partnerships and collaboration for career and technical education programs throughout the Commonwealth.

B. The Council shall develop recommendations that pertain to policies and goals for career and technical education services, identify career and technical education needs and gaps in services, and address identified needs of career and technical education programs in the Commonwealth. The Council shall submit its recommendations annually to the Governor and the General Assembly, beginning on December 1, 2003.

§ 30-195. Career and technical education defined.

For the purposes of this chapter, "career and technical education" shall have the meaning set forth in § 22.1-227.01.

2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2007.