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1999 SESSION
HB 2200 Virginia Education Coordinating Council.
Introduced by: Anne G. Rhodes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Education Coordinating Council. Establishes the Virginia Education Coordinating Council within the Secretariat for Education 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. A goal of the Council is to facilitate a seamless education continuum for grades PK through undergraduate, graduate education, and the professional schools. The Council shall be composed of the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education; one member of the Higher Education Subcommittee 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, 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.
The Council has no regulatory duties or authority; however, it has been charged, among other things, to (i) identify and discuss mutual concerns of public and higher education; (ii) develop solutions to problems; (iii) establish measures to promote high quality professional development for all licensed educational personnel and higher education faculty and staff, and excellence in learning and teaching at all levels of education; (iv) determine the status of education in Virginia for all levels and report such findings to the relevant state agencies, the Governor, and the General Assembly; (v) develop and promote collaborative efforts to increase access and diversity to enhance learning at all levels; (vi) ascertain and review data on student achievement at the K-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; and (vii) recommend the need for changes in policy, regulations, or statute 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. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 991060430 pdf
- 02/03/99 House: Printed as engrossed 991060430-E pdf
- 02/19/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991131430-S1 pdf
- 03/09/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2200ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 991060430
- 01/20/99 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/22/99 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 4
- 01/29/99 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/99 House: Read first time
- 02/03/99 House: Read second time
- 02/03/99 House: Amendments by Mrs. Rhodes agreed to
- 02/03/99 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/99 House: Printed as engrossed 991060430-E
- 02/04/99 House: Read third time and passed House (77-Y 23-N)
- 02/04/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 23-N)
- 02/04/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/99 Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Higher Ed.
- 02/18/99 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991131430-S1
- 02/22/99 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/23/99 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 991131430-S1
- 02/23/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 991131430-S1
- 02/23/99 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/24/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/99 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (83-Y 17-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 17-N)
- 03/09/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2200ER)
- 03/12/99 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/99 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/07/99 House: Stricken from House calendar (95-Y 4-N)
- 04/07/99 House: VOTE: (95-Y 4-N)