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2002 SESSION

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HJ 170 Study; Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.

Introduced by: Jerrauld C. Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Continuing the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education. Continues the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education. The Commission is directed to continue its work on objectives pertaining to the supply and demand of classroom teachers, closing the academic achievement gap, the Virginia Plan for Equal Opportunity in State-Supported Institutions of Higher Education, the diversity of faculty and staff at public colleges and universities, campus climate, admission and retention rates of minority students, related socioeconomic, political and legal issues that the Commission has been directed to address to ensure equal education opportunity for all students, and such other related issues as the Commission may deem appropriate. The Commission shall also collaborate and work cooperatively with relevant state agencies and representatives of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, acting as liaison between the General Assembly and OCR, during the monitoring and reporting phase of the implementation of the agreement between the Commonwealth and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

The membership of the Commission has been reduced from 15 members to ten members. The Commission must submit its written findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2004 Session of the General Assembly.

This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.


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