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1999 SESSION
SJ 420 Study; J.S. Studying Needs of African-American Males.
Introduced by: W. Henry Maxwell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia. Continues the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia. The joint subcommittee is directed to complete its examination of issues and objectives enumerated in HJR 167 (1996), HJR 570 (1997), and SJR 189 (1998), and consider other relevant issues unearthed during its past investigations and reviews.
The joint subcommittee also is directed to assist and advise the Council on Minority Affairs, upon its creation, and to coordinate the transition of the joint subcommittee’s work to the Council at the end of its term to facilitate a comprehensive examination of the status of Virginia’s growing culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse minority populations.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia. Continues the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia. The joint subcommittee is directed to continue its examination of issues and objectives enumerated in HJR No. 167 (1996), HJR No. 570 (1997), and SJR 189 (1998) and consider other relevant issues unearthed during its past investigations and reviews. African-American males continue to face what frequently seem to be insurmountable odds in areas such as substance abuse, inadequate health care, economic deprivation, poor education, and overrepresentation in the criminal justice system and special education programs. The joint subcommittee has found that some issues often involve a myriad of other issues entrenched in tangential and complex social, economic and political problems.
The joint subcommittee also is directed to assist and advise the Council on Minority Affairs, upon its creation, and to coordinate the transition of the joint subcommittee’s work to the Council at the end of its term so that the mission to improve the status of Virginia’s growing culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse minority populations may profit and grow from the joint subcommittee’s diligent efforts.