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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-323.1. Provisional and conditional licenses

Upon completion of the investigation for renewal of a license or certificate, the Board may issue a provisional license or certificate to any residential school for students with disabilities if the school is temporarily unable to comply with all of the requirements of this chapter. A provisional license or certificate may be renewed, but the issuance of a provisional license or certificate and any renewal thereof shall be for no longer a period than six successive months.
At the discretion of the Board, a conditional license or certificate may be issued to operate a new residential school for students with disabilities in order to permit the school to demonstrate compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter. A conditional license or certificate may be renewed, but the issuance of a conditional license or certificate and any renewals thereof shall be for no longer a period than six successive months.
1992, c. 666; 1994, c. 258.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-323.2. Licensure of services delivered in group homes and residential facilities for children

A. The Department of Education shall cooperate with other state departments in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification responsibilities regarding educational programs offered in group homes and residential facilities in the Commonwealth. The Board shall promulgate regulations allowing the Department of Education to so assist and cooperate with other state departments.
B. The Board's regulations shall address the educational services required to be provided in such group homes and residential facilities as it may deem appropriate to ensure the education and safety of the students.
1992, c. 666; 2005, cc. 358, 471; 2006, c. 781; 2008, c. 873.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-324. Application for license; information required; student guaranty provisions

A. To obtain a license to operate a school, an application, certified as true and correct, shall be filed with the Board upon forms prepared and furnished by it setting forth information deemed necessary by the Board.
B. Each school shall submit and maintain a guaranty instrument payable to the Commonwealth of Virginia and conditioned to protect the contractual rights of students and other contracting parties. The amount of such bond shall be established in the Board's regulations. The minimum guaranty instrument for any school shall be $1,000. The word "students" as used in this subsection means all enrolled students.
Code 1950, § 22-330.22; 1970, c. 665; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 1993, c. 351; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-325. Application to contain certain commitments

Each application for a license to operate a school shall contain the following commitments:
1. To conduct the school in accordance with all applicable regulations of the Board;
2. To permit the Board or Department to inspect the school or classes being conducted therein at any time and to make available to the Board or Department, when requested to do so, all information pertaining to the activities of the school required for the administration of this chapter, including its financial condition;
3. To advertise the school at all times in a form and manner that will be free from misrepresentation, deception or fraud and to conform to regulations of the Board governing such advertising;
4. To see that all representations made by an agent of the school shall be free from misrepresentation, deception or fraud and shall conform to regulations of the Board governing such misrepresentations;
5. To display the current license prominently where it may be inspected by students, visitors and the Board or Department; and
6. To maintain all premises, equipment and facilities of the school in an adequate, safe and sanitary condition.
Code 1950, § 22-330.23; 1970, c. 665; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-326. License restricted to specific disability categories; supplementary application

A school may offer education programs serving the disability categories specifically indicated on its license only. A supplementary application for additional programs of instruction or disability categories may be submitted in such form as the Board may prescribe.
Code 1950, § 22-330.24; 1970, c. 665; 1980, c. 559; 1996, cc. 691, 832; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-327. Fees

The Board may establish fees and the methods for collecting such fees for schools as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All fees shall be nonrefundable.
Code 1950, § 22-330.25; 1970, c. 665; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 1993, c. 351.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-328. Renewal of licenses

The license of each school that continues to operate as such shall be renewed on or before the anniversary date set by the Department. Every license that has not been renewed in accordance with these provisions shall expire and a new license shall be obtained from the Board before such school may continue to operate, for which an original application must be submitted. The application shall be accompanied by such information deemed necessary by the Board.
Code 1950, § 22-330.26; 1970, c. 665; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1992, c. 666; 1993, c. 351; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-330. Same; investigation; time within which to correct unsatisfactory conditions

The Board or Department may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified complaint in writing of any person setting forth facts which, if proved, would constitute grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of a license, investigate the actions of any applicant for or any person or persons holding or claiming to hold a license to operate a school.
Before refusing to renew, revoking or suspending any license, the Board may grant such period of time as it deems reasonable to correct any unsatisfactory condition.
Code 1950, § 22-330.28; 1970, c. 665; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-331. Violations

Any person who opens, operates or conducts any school without a license required by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each day such person permits the school to be open and operate without such a license shall constitute a separate offense.
Code 1950, § 22-330.31; 1970, c. 665; 1980, c. 559; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities › § 22.1-332. List of schools holding valid licenses

The Department shall maintain a list of schools holding valid licenses under the provisions of this chapter that shall be available for the information of the public.
Code 1950, § 22-330.32; 1970, c. 665; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 2004, c. 991.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 17 - Compact for Education; Education Commission of the States › § 22.1-337. Virginia representatives on Education Commission of the States; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; chairman's executive summary

In accordance with the Compact for Education of 1968, which established the Education Commission of the States, there shall be seven commissioners representing Virginia on the Education Commission of the States. The Virginia commissioners shall consist of one member of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; one member of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; four nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to be appointed by the Governor; and the Governor. The commissioners representing Virginia shall by virtue of their training, experience, knowledge, or affiliations, collectively reflect the broad interests of state government, the state's system of education, public and higher education, nonprofessional and professional public and nonpublic educational leadership.
Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. All members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be made for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
The commissioners shall serve without compensation. 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. The costs of expenses of the legislative commissioners incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from appropriations to the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation for the attendance of conferences. The costs of expenses of nonlegislative citizen commissioners incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from such funds as may be provided for this purpose in the appropriations act.
The chairman of the Commissioners shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Commissioners 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.
Code 1950, § 22-346; 1968, c. 564; 1973, c. 524; 1980, c. 559; 2003, c. 885; 2005, c. 758; 2011, cc. 691, 714.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 17 - Compact for Education; Education Commission of the States › § 22.1-338. Education Commission to file bylaws with State Council of Higher Education

Pursuant to paragraph I of Article III of the compact for education set forth in § 22.1-336, the Education Commission of the States shall file a copy of its bylaws and amendments thereto with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Code 1950, § 22-347; 1968, c. 564; 1980, c. 559.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19 - The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind › § 22.1-346. Transfer of property; rights and duties of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; supervision of school; appointment and removal of officers and faculty; certain funding initiatives

A. All of the real estate and personal property now existing at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton and standing in the name of the Board of Education shall be transferred to and be under the control of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. The Department of General Services shall cooperate with the Board in supervising the maintenance and repair of the real and personal property of the school.
B. Any gift, grant, devise or bequest made prior to July 1, 1984, to the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton shall be held by the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind for the school. The Board shall have the power to take, hold, receive and enjoy any gift, grant, devise or bequest made hereafter to the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Such gift, grant, devise or bequest shall be held for uses and purposes designated by the donor or if not designated for a specific purpose, for the general purposes of any programs of the school. The Board shall provide fiduciary administration of such funds, including investments, disbursements, accounting, and financial reporting. The Board shall also accept, execute and administer any trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the instrument creating the trust.
C. The Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be charged with the operational control of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton. In exercising this operational control, the Board shall include, in any budget recommendations to the Governor for state funding for the several school divisions which may be related to educational technology or other programs appropriate for implementation within the school, state funding for such programs to be provided to the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. However, the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind shall not be defined as a school division for constitutional purposes. Supervision of the contracts and agreements of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind are hereby transferred to the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.
The Board shall provide rules and regulations for the governance of the school. The Board shall administer, supervise and direct the activities and programs of the school pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Board. The Board shall appoint the officers and employees of the school subject to the provisions of Chapter 29 (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2.
1984, c. 413; 1998, c. 66; 2000, c. 285; 2009, c. 210.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19 - The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind › § 22.1-348. Persons eligible; fees; educational programs to be provided; admissions procedures

A. Persons from birth through age 21 shall be eligible for educational services provided by the school. The Department of Education shall be entitled to deduct annually from the locality's share for the education of pupils with disabilities a sum equal to the actual local expenditure per pupil in support of those students placed by the relevant local school division in the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. The amount of the actual transfers shall be based on data accumulated during the prior school year. Fees for student activities may be charged at the Board's discretion.
B. From such funds as may be appropriated, the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve who are deaf, blind, or who may have sensory impairments and other disabilities, including intellectual disabilities.
The Board, from time to time, may approve additional programs as may be appropriate.
C. The Board shall prescribe procedures and criteria for determining admission to and the appropriate placement in the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. The appropriateness of the placement of each student attending the school shall be reviewed at least annually.
1984, c. 413; 1993, c. 2; 1994, c. 259; 1999, cc. 427, 428; 2000, c. 285; 2009, c. 210; 2010, c. 666.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19 - The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind › § 22.1-349. Terms of employment of teachers

For the purpose of retirement and other statutory benefits, teachers employed as full-time instructional personnel by the Board of Visitors shall be deemed to be full-time state personnel and shall receive the same benefits as are accorded all other full-time state personnel. The Board of Visitors shall require the teachers at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to comply with the provisions of §§ 22.1-298.1, 22.1-299, and 22.1-303. The Board of Visitors shall require any applicant for employment as full-time instructional personnel or other position requiring as a condition of employment direct contact with students to submit to a fingerprinting and criminal history record check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 22.1-296 and 22.1-296.1. The Board of Visitors shall be deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange any criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. Contracts for the employment of teachers shall be in the form prescribed by the school board of the school division in which the school is located. In cases of nonrenewal of contracts of probationary teachers, the decisions shall be appealable to the Board of Visitors. For all other purposes, the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) shall apply to the teachers of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.
The Board of Visitors shall establish salary schedules for all professional personnel that are competitive with those in effect for the school divisions in which the facility is located.
1984, c. 413; 1993, c. 2; 2006, cc. 27, 349; 2009, c. 210; 2023, c. 670.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.1. Definitions; objectives

A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"At-risk student" means a student having a physical, emotional, intellectual, socioeconomic, or cultural risk factor, as defined in Board criteria, that research indicates may negatively influence educational success.
"College partnership laboratory school" means a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious school in the Commonwealth established by a public institution of higher education; public higher education center, institute, or authority; or an eligible institution as defined in § 23.1-628. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1-349.5, a public institution of higher education; a public higher education center, institute, or authority; or an eligible institution as defined in § 23.1-628 may submit an application for formation of a college partnership laboratory school.
"Governing board" means the board of a college partnership laboratory school that is responsible for creating, managing, and operating the college partnership laboratory school and whose members have been selected by the institution of higher education that establishes the college partnership laboratory school. The governing board shall be under the control of the institution of higher education that establishes the college partnership laboratory school.
B. College partnership laboratory schools may be established as provided in this chapter to (i) stimulate the development of innovative programs for preschool through grade 12 students; (ii) provide opportunities for innovative instruction and assessment; (iii) provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative innovative instruction and school scheduling, management, and structure; (iv) encourage the use of performance-based educational programs; (v) establish high standards for both teachers and administrators; (vi) encourage greater collaboration between education providers from preschool to the postsecondary level; and (vii) develop models for replication in other public schools.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299; 2012, cc. 176, 580; 2016, c. 588; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2023, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.2. College Partnership Laboratory School Fund

There is created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund, referred to in this section as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated in accordance with the general appropriation act and any gifts, grants, bequests, or donations from public or private sources shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to the Fund. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools that stimulate the development of alternative education programs for preschool through grade 12 students by providing opportunities for innovative instruction and greater cooperation and coordination between institutions of higher education and preschool through grade 12 education systems. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Board shall establish criteria for making distributions from the Fund to a college partnership laboratory school requesting moneys from the Fund and may issue guidelines governing the Fund as it deems necessary and appropriate.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.1; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.4. Contracts for college partnership laboratory schools; release from certain policies and regulations

A. The contract between the college partnership laboratory school and the Board shall reflect all agreements regarding the release of the college partnership laboratory school from state regulations, consistent with the requirements of subsection C of § 22.1-349.3. If the college partnership laboratory school application proposes a program to increase the educational opportunities for at-risk students, the Board may approve an Individual School Accreditation Plan for the evaluation of the performance of the school.
B. Any material revision of the terms of the contract may be made only with the approval of the Board and the governing board of the college partnership laboratory school.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.3; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.6. Review of college partnership laboratory school applications

A. The Board shall establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon applications and shall make a copy of any such procedures available to all interested parties upon request. If the Board finds that the application is incomplete, the Board shall request the necessary additional information from the applicant. The Board's review procedures shall establish a review committee that may include experts with the operation of similar schools located in other states.
B. To provide appropriate opportunity for input from parents, teachers, and other interested parties and to obtain information to assist the Board in its evaluation of a college partnership laboratory school application, the Board may establish a procedure for public notice, comment, or hearings on such applications.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.5; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.7. Decision of the Board final

The decision of the Board to grant or deny a college partnership laboratory school application or to revoke or fail to renew an agreement is final and is not subject to appeal.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.6; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.8. College partnership laboratory school terms; renewals and revocations

A. A college partnership laboratory school may be approved or renewed for a period not to exceed five school years. A college partnership laboratory school renewal application submitted to the Board shall contain:
1. A report on the progress of the school in achieving the goals, objectives, program and performance standards for students, and such other conditions and terms as the Board may require upon granting initial approval of the college partnership laboratory school application; and
2. A financial statement, on forms prescribed by the Board, that discloses the costs of administration, instruction, and other spending categories for the school and that has been concisely and clearly written to enable the Board and the public to compare such costs with those of other schools or comparable organizations.
B. The Board may revoke a contract if the college partnership laboratory school does any of the following or otherwise fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter:
1. Commits a material and substantial violation of any of the terms, conditions, standards, or procedures required under this chapter or the contract;
2. Fails to meet or make sufficient progress toward the performance expectations set forth in the contract;
3. Fails to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management; or
4. Substantially violates any material provision of law from which the college partnership laboratory school was not exempted.
C. If the Board revokes or does not renew a college partnership laboratory school contract, it shall clearly state, in a resolution, the reasons for the revocation or nonrenewal.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.7; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.9. Employment of professional, licensed personnel

A. College partnership laboratory school personnel are employees of the institution of higher education that establishes the school.
B. Teachers who work in a college partnership laboratory school shall hold a license issued by the Board or, in the case of an instructor in the Board-approved teacher education program of the institution of higher education, be eligible to hold a Virginia teaching license. Teachers working in a college partnership laboratory school are subject to the requirements of §§ 22.1-296.1, 22.1-296.2, and 22.1-296.4 applicable to teachers employed by a local school board.
C. Professional, licensed personnel of a college partnership laboratory school shall be granted the same employment benefits given to professional, licensed personnel in public schools in accordance with the agreement between the college partnership laboratory school and the Board.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.8; 2012, c. 170; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.10. Funding of college partnership laboratory schools

A. Each college partnership laboratory school shall receive such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly in accordance with the general appropriation act.
B. The governing board of a college partnership laboratory school may accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind and spend such funds in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the donor. However, no gift, donation, or grant shall be accepted by the governing board of a college partnership laboratory school if the conditions for such funds are contrary to law or the terms of the agreement between the Board and the college partnership laboratory school.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the proportionate share of state and federal resources allocated for students with disabilities and school personnel assigned to special education programs shall be directed to college partnership laboratory schools enrolling such students. The proportionate share of moneys allocated under other federal or state categorical aid programs shall be directed to college partnership laboratory schools serving students eligible for such aid.
D. College partnership laboratory schools are eligible to apply for and receive any federal or state funds otherwise allocated for college partnership laboratory schools.
E. The collection of any tuition, room and board, and other educational and related fees from students enrolled at a college partnership laboratory school shall comply with Board regulations and shall be credited to the account of such school.
F. Each college partnership laboratory school is eligible to apply for and receive available funds from the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund and the institution of higher education that establishes the school.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.9; 2012, cc. 176, 580; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools › § 22.1-349.11. Immunity

A college partnership laboratory school is immune from liability to the same extent as is the public institution of higher education that establishes the school, and the employees and volunteers in a college partnership laboratory school are immune from liability to the same extent as are the employees of the institution of higher education that establishes the school.
2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.10; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 20 - Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium › § 22.1-350. Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium created; region defined; governing board

A. The Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium is hereby established and shall be referred to in this chapter as the Consortium. For the purposes of this chapter and the work of the Consortium, "Southwest Virginia" shall include the Counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe, and the Cities of Bristol, Galax, and Norton. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist of the school superintendents of the named localities; the chancellor or his designee of the University of Virginia's College at Wise; the presidents or their designees of Emory and Henry College, Virginia Intermont College, Bluefield College, Mountain Empire Community College, Virginia Highlands Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, and Wytheville Community College; and the Director of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. The region's legislators shall serve as nonvoting, advisory members of the board.
B. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work of the Consortium, except that legislative members shall be reimbursed pursuant to § 30-19.16. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.
1992, c. 785; 1994, c. 276; 1999, cc. 424, 437.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 20 - Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium › § 22.1-351. 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 Southwest Virginia; and
4. Provide technical assistance to school divisions throughout the Commonwealth for the implementation of effective educational programs.
1992, c. 785.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 22.1 - Education › Chapter 20 - Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium › § 22.1-352. Executive director; staff support; location

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. The Consortium's offices shall be housed at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.
1992, c. 785; 1999, cc. 424, 437.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
6. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
4. Provide technical assistance to school divisions throughout the Commonwealth for the implementation of effective educational programs.
2000, c. 676.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.