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VA Code § 22.1-354 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20 - Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354. Cooperation of other agencies

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium and, upon request, assist the Consortium in the performance of its duties and responsibilities.1992, c. 785.
VA Code § 22.1-354.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.1. Western Virginia Public Education Consortium and board created; region defined; governing board; chairman's executive summary

A. The Western Virginia Public Education Consortium is hereby established and shall be referred to as the Consortium. For the purposes of this chapter and the work of the Consortium, "Western Virginia" shall include the Counties of Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, and Wythe, and the Cities of Covington, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke, and Salem. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist of 33 members that include 14 legislative members and the 19 school superintendents of the named localities as follows: 10 members of the House of Delegates representing the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth House Districts; four members of the Senate representing the Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-fifth Senatorial Districts, all serving as ex officio nonvoting members; and the school superintendents of Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke County, Wythe, Covington, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke City, and Salem.B. Legislative members and school superintendents shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.C. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work of the Consortium as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. All such expenses shall be paid from existing appropriations to or received by the Consortium or, if unfunded, shall be approved by the Joint Rules Committee.D. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall meet at the call of the chairman or whenever a majority of the members so request.E. The chairman of the board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the board no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.2000, cc. 105, 302; 2002, cc. 417, 465; 2003, c. 885; 2006, c. 861; 2016, c. 232.
VA Code § 22.1-354.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.2. Functions and duties

The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties:1. Coordinate with organizations and agencies providing programs and services to Consortium school divisions to reduce duplication of effort and optimize the use of available resources;2. Conduct ongoing assessments to identify needs of member school divisions and develop plans and programs responding to those needs;3. Facilitate the coordination of programs in the Consortium region that affect K through 12 public education in career and technical education, workforce development, and other linkages between public schools, institutions of higher education, and business and industry;4. Coordinate technology-related activities between Consortium members in areas of common concern, such as video conferencing and distance learning, including the acquisition and utilization of hardware and software for administrative and instructional purchases;5. Develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology; and6. Create the capacity for development within the Consortium of shared services and activities, including purchasing, facility planning, staff development, and special needs programming, and implementation of such shared services and activities as need is determined.2000, cc. 105, 302; 2001, c. 483.
VA Code § 22.1-354.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.3. Executive director; staff support

From such funds as may be appropriated or received, the board of the Consortium may appoint an executive director, who shall be authorized to employ such staff as necessary to enable the Consortium to perform its duties as set forth in this chapter. The board is authorized to determine the duties of such staff and to fix salaries and compensation from such funds as may be appropriated or received.2000, cc. 105, 302; 2002, cc. 417, 465.
VA Code § 22.1-354.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.4. Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants

The Consortium is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources to enable it to carry out its objectives.2000, cc. 105, 302.
VA Code § 22.1-354.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.5. Cooperation of other agencies

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium and, upon request, assist the Consortium in the performance of its duties and responsibilities.2000, cc. 105, 302.
VA Code § 22.1-354.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.6. Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium created; region defined; governing board; membership; terms; compensation and expenses

A. The Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium is hereby established as an independent local entity without political subdivision status and shall be referred to in this chapter as the Consortium. For the purposes of this chapter and the work of the Consortium, "Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula" includes the Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist of the school superintendents of the named localities, the President of Rappahannock Community College or his designee, the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and seven nonlegislative citizen members representing business, industry, and community interests in the region, four of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and three of whom shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The region's legislators, representing the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Twenty-eighth Senatorial Districts and the Ninety-seventh, Ninety-eighth, and Ninety-ninth House Districts, shall serve as nonvoting advisory members of the board. Legislative members and members who serve by virtue of their office shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. The nonlegislative citizen members shall serve terms of two years and may be reappointed for successive terms. The board may appoint additional nonvoting advisory members to assist in the performance of its duties. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.B. No board members shall receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members and may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning its membership, quorum, and establishment of committees.2000, c. 676; 2004, c. 1000; 2016, c. 147.
VA Code § 22.1-354.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.7. Functions and duties

The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties:1. Coordinate with those educational institutions and agencies in the Commonwealth and surrounding areas to develop joint educational initiatives;2. Promote and establish, in conjunction with the Department of Education and the region's public school divisions, regional programs to address area educational needs;3. Coordinate the development and sharing of programs, educational techniques, and resources among and between the region's school divisions and institutions of higher education to enhance the educational opportunities for students and teachers in the Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula region; and4. Provide technical assistance to school divisions throughout the Commonwealth for the implementation of effective educational programs.2000, c. 676.
VA Code § 22.1-354.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.8. Executive director; staff support

From such funds as may be appropriated or received, the board of the Consortium may appoint an executive director, who shall be authorized to employ such staff as necessary to enable the Consortium to perform its duties as set forth in this chapter. The board is authorized to determine the duties of such staff and to fix salaries and compensation from such funds as may be appropriated or received.2000, c. 676.
VA Code § 22.1-354.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.9. Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants

The Consortium is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources to enable it to carry out its objectives.2000, c. 676.
VA Code § 22.1-354.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium|§ 22.1-354.10. Cooperation of other agencies

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium and, upon request, assist the Consortium in the performance of its duties and responsibilities.2000, c. 676.
VA Code § 22.1-355 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 21 - Virginia Gifted Education Consortium|§ 22.1-355. Expired

Expired.
VA Code § 22.1-356 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 22 - The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium|§ 22.1-356. The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium created; region defined; governing board

A. The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium is hereby established and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Consortium. For the purposes of this chapter and the work of the Consortium, "Hampton Roads" shall include the jurisdictions located within the boundaries of Planning District 23, including the Counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, and York; and the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. The Consortium may consist of any or all accredited museums located within Hampton Roads that are not state agencies. Other museums and cultural facilities located in Hampton Roads may join the Consortium upon the approval of the governing board. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist of the chief executive officer of each of the member museums. The region's legislators may serve as nonvoting, advisory members to assist in the performance of the Consortium's duties.B. No board members shall receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members and may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning its membership, quorum, and establishment of committees.2001, c. 472.
VA Code § 22.1-357 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 22 - The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium|§ 22.1-357. Purpose of the Consortium; functions; authority to apply for and receive gifts and grants

A. The Consortium shall serve the school divisions of Hampton Roads in providing training to the teachers, administrators and students in the various Standards of Learning for English, social studies and history, science, and mathematics.B. In the fulfillment of its purpose, the Consortium shall perform the following functions:1. Coordinate among its members and the school divisions of Hampton Roads the development of joint educational initiatives;2. Establish and deliver, in conjunction with the school divisions of Hampton Roads, regional programs to address area education needs, particularly, to assist area schools in meeting the Board of Education Regulations for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia and to assist area students in achieving passing scores on the Standards of Learning assessments; and3. Provide technical assistance to the school divisions of Hampton Roads in achieving full accreditation, including administrator, teacher, and student training.C. The Consortium may apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or bequests from public or private sources to enable it to carry out its functions and achieve its purpose.2001, c. 472.
VA Code § 22.1-359 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 23 - Southern Regional Education Compact|§ 22.1-359. Southern Regional Education Board; appointment; terms; compensation and expenses

The Commonwealth's representatives to the Southern Regional Education Board in compliance with the Southern Regional Education Compact shall consist of: the Governor, who shall serve ex officio, and four citizens to be appointed by the Governor of whom one shall be selected from the field of education and one shall be a member of the legislature. The legislative member shall serve a term coincident with his term of office. The gubernatorial appointees shall serve four-year terms. All appointees may be reappointed for successive terms.Any legislative member of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The costs of compensation and expenses of the legislative members shall be provided from existing appropriations to the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation for the attendance of conferences. Nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such compensation and reimbursement for all their reasonable and necessary expenses in the performance of their duties as may be appropriated or made available for such purposes.2004, c. 1000.
VA Code § 22.1-362 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 25 - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Competition Team Grant Program and Fund|§ 22.1-362. Expired

Expired July 1, 2018, pursuant to Acts 2016, c. 761, cl. 2.
VA Code § 22.1-364 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board|§ 22.1-364. The Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose

The Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board (the Board) is established as an advisory board, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Governor, Cabinet members, and the General Assembly on strategies to align STEM education efforts and report STEM education challenges, goals, and successes across the Commonwealth.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 291.
VA Code § 22.1-365 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board|§ 22.1-365. Membership; terms; quorum; meetings

A. The Board shall have a total membership of 16 members that shall consist of 10 nonlegislative citizen members and six ex officio members. Nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor shall represent or have STEM experience with the public and private sector, industry partners, environmental organizations, and both formal and informal STEM educational organizations. The Director of the Science Museum of Virginia, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with full voting privileges. The Secretary of Education; the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Commonwealth; and the Chief Workforce Development Officer for the Commonwealth, or their designees, shall serve ex officio without voting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.B. Ex officio members of the Board shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed. After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-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.C. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 291.
VA Code § 22.1-366 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board|§ 22.1-366. Compensation; expenses

Members shall receive such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2813. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Office of the Secretary of Education.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 291.
VA Code § 22.1-367 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board|§ 22.1-367. Powers and duties of the Board; acceptance of gifts and grants

A. The Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board shall have the following powers and duties:1. Create a unified vision regarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of success to promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in the Commonwealth.2. Develop the infrastructure for creating STEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities across the Commonwealth to facilitate partnerships between organizations across regions and populations that will lead to increased cross-sector opportunities.3. Advance and disseminate STEM curricular and professional development resources for formal and informal education.4. Submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports. The chairman shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Board no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.B. The Board may apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources to enable it to carry out its objectives.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 291.
VA Code § 22.1-368 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board|§ 22.1-368. Staffing; cooperation from other state agencies

The Virginia STEM Coordinator at the Science Museum of Virginia shall serve as staff to the Board. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall assist the Board upon request.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 291.
VA Code § 23.1-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions|Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|§ 23.1-101. Endowment funds of public institutions of higher education

It is the public policy of the Commonwealth that:1. Each public institution of higher education, the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Gunston Hall, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts shall be encouraged in their attempts to increase their endowment funds and unrestricted gifts from private sources and reduce the hesitation of prospective donors to make contributions and unrestricted gifts; and2. Consistent with § 10 of Chapter 33 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, in measuring the extent to which the Commonwealth shall finance higher education in the Commonwealth, the availability of the endowment funds and unrestricted gifts from private sources received by public institutions of higher education, the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Gunston Hall, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts shall neither be taken into consideration in nor used to reduce state appropriations or payments and shall be used in accordance with the wishes of the donors of such funds to strengthen the services rendered by these institutions to the people of the Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 9-65.14, § 23-252; 1952, c. 707, § 23-9.2; 1956, c. 390; 1970, c. 466; 1972, c. 524; 1974, c. 124; 1977, c. 597; 1981, c. 505; 1997, c. 367, § 23-253.7; 1998, cc. 589, 786, § 23-287; 2000, cc. 104, 125; 2003, c. 879; 2004, c. 650; 2005, c. 758; 2013, c. 480; 2016, c. 588.