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17105524D
SENATE BILL NO. 1493
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on February 15, 2017)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McClellan)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-2911.1, relating to Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23.1-2911.1 as follows:

§ 23.1-2911.1. Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers.

A. Northern Virginia Community College, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall contract with a § 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to develop, market, and implement high-quality and effective computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers throughout the Commonwealth for the purpose of improving the computer science literacy of all public school students in the Commonwealth.

B. Northern Virginia Community College shall establish an advisory committee for the purpose of advising the college and its nonprofit partner organization on the development, marketing, and implementation of training and professional development activities pursuant to subsection A. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Technology shall each submit to the college a list of names of qualified individuals, and the college shall appoint members to such advisory committee from such lists.