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1999 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.1-1.7 and 9-6.25:1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 5.4 of Title 2.1 an article numbered 3, consisting of sections numbered 2.1-51.21:5 through 2.1-51.21:8, as follows:
§ 2.1-1.7. State councils.
A. There shall be, in addition to such others as may be established by law, the following permanent collegial bodies either affiliated with more than one agency or independent of an agency within the executive branch:
Adult Education and Literacy, Virginia Advisory Council for
Aging, Commonwealth Council on
Agricultural Council, Virginia
Apprenticeship Council
Blue Ridge Regional Education and Training Council
Child Day-Care Council
Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion
Coastal Land Management Advisory Council, Virginia
Commonwealth Competition Council
Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Virginia
Disability Services Council
Education Coordinating Council, Virginia
Equal Employment Opportunity Council, Virginia
Housing for the Disabled, Interagency Coordinating Council on
Human Rights, Council on
Human Services Information and Referral Advisory Council
Indians, Council on
Interagency Coordinating Council, Virginia
Job Training Coordinating Council, Governor's
Land Evaluation Advisory Council
Maternal and Child Health Council
Military Advisory Council, Virginia
Needs of Handicapped Persons, Overall Advisory Council on the
Prevention, Virginia Council on Coordinating
Public Records Advisory Council, State
Rate-setting for Children's Facilities, Interdepartmental Council on
Revenue Estimates, Advisory Council on
Specialized Transportation Council
State Health Benefits Advisory Council
Status of Women, Council on the
Substance Abuse Services Council
Technology Council, Virginia
Virginia Business-Education Partnership Program, Advisory Council on the
Virginia Recycling Markets Development Council
Workforce Training Council, Statewide.
B. Notwithstanding the definition for "council" as provided in § 2.1-1.2, the following entities shall be referred to as councils:
Council on Information Management
Higher Education, State Council of
Independent Living Council, Statewide
Rehabilitation Advisory Council, Statewide
Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Blind, Statewide
Transplant Council, Virginia.
§ 2.1-51.21:5. Virginia Education Coordinating Council created.
There is hereby created the Virginia Education Coordinating Council for the purpose of connecting Virginia’s public education system, higher education system, and the Legislature to facilitate collaboration, dialogue, cooperation, and communication between public schools, institutions of higher education, and the Legislature; to provide consistency in policies, goals, and reform efforts; and to ensure the academic success of all students from kindergarten to college, and their preparation for post-collegiate education and lifelong learning.
§ 2.1-51.21:6. Membership; terms; vacancies; compensation; officers.
A. The Council shall consist of nine members as follows: the Chairman of the House Committee on Education; one member of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, appointed by the Speaker of the House, upon the recommendation of the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations; the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Health; one member of the Public Education Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Finance, appointed by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, upon the recommendation of the Co-Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance; the Secretary of Education; the Chairman of the State Council of Higher Education; the President of the Board of Education; the Director of the State Council of Higher Education; and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
B. Members shall serve on the Council until the expiration of their terms of office or until their successors shall qualify. However, any vacancy shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
C. Legislative members of the Council shall be compensated as specified in § 30-19.12, and all members of the Council shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
D. The Secretary of Education shall serve as chairman of the Council, and the Council shall elect a vice-chairman from among its members.
§ 2.1-51.21:7. Duties and responsibilities; annual report to the Governor and General Assembly.
A. The Council shall meet biannually and is charged with the responsibility to:
1. Review K through 12 and higher education policies, goals, practices, and reform efforts, including the impact of the requirements of the Standards of Learning and the Standards of Accreditation on public education, and the relevancy of such standards for institutions of higher education in promoting student academic success.
2. Identify and discuss the mutual concerns of public and higher education, and determine ways of encouraging and promoting joint solutions through collaborative ventures and cooperation.
3. Develop and promote collaborative efforts to increase access and diversity to enhance learning at all levels.
4. Establish measures to promote high quality professional development for all licensed educational personnel and higher education faculty and staff, including preservice and in-service training, mentorships and support for beginning teachers and college faculty and staff, and faculty-business exchange programs among public schools, institutions of higher education, and the business community.
5. Ascertain and review data on student achievement at the K through 12 and college levels to generate recommendations for joint goals for excellence in learning and teaching, and for closing the academic achievement gap between black and white students in the Commonwealth.
6. Recommend the need for changes in policy, regulations, or statutes identified by the Council in the course of its deliberations which would facilitate cohesiveness, congruity, and consistency in the goals of public and higher education, and which would enable each system to fulfill its respective mission through effective collaboration and cooperation.
B. The Council shall determine and report the status of education in Virginia for grades PK through 12, and undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools to the Board of Education, the State Council of Higher Education, the Board for Community Colleges, and the Governor and General Assembly, annually, beginning on December 1, 2000.
§ 2.1-51.21:8. Staff; cooperation of state agencies.
The State Council of Higher Education, the Department of Education, and the Division of Legislative Services shall serve as staff to the Council. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall assist the Council upon request.
§ 9-6.25:1. Advisory boards, commissions and councils.
There shall be, in addition to such others as may be designated in accordance with § 9-6.25, the following advisory boards, commissions and councils within the executive branch:
Advisory Board for the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect
Advisory Board on Medicare and Medicaid
Advisory Board on Occupational Therapy
Advisory Board on Physical Therapy to the Board of Medicine
Advisory Board on Rehabilitation Providers
Advisory Board on Respiratory Therapy to the Board of Medicine
Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure
Advisory Commission on the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates
Advisory Council on the Virginia Business-Education Partnership Program
Appomattox State Scenic River Advisory Board
Aquaculture Advisory Board
Art and Architectural Review Board
Board for the Visually Handicapped
Board of Directors, Virginia Truck and Ornamentals Research Station
Board of Forestry
Board of Military Affairs
Board of Rehabilitative Services
Board of Transportation Safety
Board of Trustees of the Family and Children's Trust Fund
Board of Visitors, Gunston Hall Plantation
Board on Veterans' Affairs
Catoctin Creek State Scenic River Advisory Board
Cave Board
Charity Food Assistance Advisory Board
Chickahominy State Scenic River Advisory Board
Clinch Scenic River Advisory Board
Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board
Coastal Land Management Advisory Council, Virginia
Commonwealth Competition Council
Commonwealth Council on Aging
Council on Indians
Council on the Status of Women
Debt Capacity Advisory Committee
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board
Falls of the James Committee
Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board
Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Advisory Committee
Hemophilia Advisory Board
Human Services Information and Referral Advisory Council
Interagency Coordinating Council on Housing for the Disabled
Interdepartmental Board of the State Department of Minority Business Enterprise
Litter Control and Recycling Fund Advisory Board
Local Advisory Board to the Blue Ridge Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Central Virginia Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Danville Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Eastern Shore Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Germanna Community College
Local Advisory Board to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Local Advisory Board to the John Tyler Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Lord Fairfax Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Mountain Empire Community College
Local Advisory Board to the New River Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Northern Virginia Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Patrick Henry Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Paul D. Camp Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Piedmont Virginia Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Rappahannock Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Southside Virginia Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Southwest Virginia Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Thomas Nelson Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Tidewater Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Virginia Highlands Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Virginia Western Community College
Local Advisory Board to the Wytheville Community College
Maternal and Child Health Council
Medical Advisory Board, Department of Motor Vehicles
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Board
Motor Vehicle Dealer's Advisory Board
North Meherrin State Scenic River Advisory Board
Nottoway State Scenic River Advisory Board
Personnel Advisory Board
Plant Pollination Advisory Board
Private College Advisory Board
Private Security Services Advisory Board
Psychiatric Advisory Board
Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board
Radiation Advisory Board
Rappahannock Scenic River Advisory Board
Recreational Fishing Advisory Board, Virginia
Reforestation Board
Rockfish State Scenic River Advisory Board
Shenandoah State Scenic River Advisory Board
Small Business Advisory Board
Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Board
St. Mary's Scenic River Advisory Committee
State Advisory Board for the Virginia Employment Commission
State Advisory Board on Air Pollution
State Building Code Technical Review Board
State Health Benefits Advisory Council
State Land Evaluation Advisory Council
State Networking Users Advisory Board
State Public Records Advisory Council
Statewide Independent Living Council
Statewide Rehabilitation Advisory Council
Statewide Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Blind
Statewide Workforce Training Council
Staunton Scenic River Advisory Committee
Substance Abuse Services Council
Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Board
Virginia-Israel Advisory Board
Virginia Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Virginia Advisory Council for Adult Education and Literacy
Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board
Virginia Coal Research and Development Advisory Board
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
Virginia Correctional Enterprises Advisory Board
Virginia Council on Coordinating Prevention
Virginia Education Coordinating Council
Virginia Equal Employment Opportunity Council
Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board
Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council
Virginia Military Advisory Council
Virginia Public Buildings Board
Virginia Recycling Markets Development Council
Virginia Technology Council
Virginia Transplant Council
Virginia Veterans Cemetery Board
Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Statewide Advisory Board
Virginia Winegrowers Advisory Board.