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2018 SESSION
18105855DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 30-348 and 30-354 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 30-348. (Expires July 1, 2019) Commission on Civic Education; purpose; membership; terms.
The Commission on Civic Education (the Commission) is established in the legislative branch of state government. The purposes of the Commission are to (i) educate students on the importance of citizen involvement in a constitutional republic, (ii) promote the study of state and local government among the Commonwealth's citizenry, and (iii) enhance communication and collaboration among organizations in the Commonwealth that conduct civic education.
The Commission shall have a total membership of 15
19 members that shall consist of eight 10 legislative
members, six eight nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex
officio member. Members shall be appointed as follows: five six
members of the House of Delegates, 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; three four
members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules;
three four nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom shall have a
background in curriculum development, interactive learning, and multimedia
technology, one of whom shall be a current or retired school civics teacher,
and one of whom shall be a representative of an organization that promotes
civic learning, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and
three four nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom shall be a
retired school civics teacher, one of whom shall be a representative of a
public policy center of a public institution of higher education in the
Commonwealth, and one of whom shall be a representative of the Virginia Press
Association, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee shall serve ex officio
with voting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall
be citizens of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the
chairman of the Commission, the Clerk of the House of Delegates, and the Clerk
of the Senate, nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for
travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth for the purpose of
attending meetings.
Legislative members and the ex officio member of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Legislative members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than four consecutive two-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 eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly.
§ 30-354. (Expires July 1, 2019) Sunset.
This chapter shall expire on July 1, 2019 2020.