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2004 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5001 (Conference Report)

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LU Centers

Item 190 #3c

Item 190 #3c

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Education: Higher Education
Longwood University FY2005 ($34,000) FY2006 ($68,929) GF

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Page 151, line 48, strike "$32,086,391" and insert "$32,052,391".
Page 151, line 48, strike "$32,427,726" and insert "$32,358,797".
Page 152, strike lines 9 through 12 and insert:
"A.1. Out of this appropriation, $443,855 and 7.0 positions the first year from the general fund is provided for the Halifax/South Boston Continuing Education Center and $216,313 and 2.0 positions the first year from the general fund is provided for the Longwood Institute for Teaching Through Technology and Innovative Practices.  
2. Out of this appropriation, $660,168 and 9.0 positions the second year from the general fund is provided for the Halifax/South Boston Continuing Education Center with the intent that the Institute for Teaching Through Technology and Innovative Practices incorporate its functions into the Center by July 1, 2005.
3. In order to implement this change, Longwood University, in cooperation with the Virginia Community College System and the Halifax/South Boston Continuing Education Center, shall develop a plan to integrate the functions of the Longwood Institute for Teaching Through Technology and Innovative Practices into the Halifax/South Boston Continuing Education Center and shall report its plan to the Chairman of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 1, 2004."
Page 152, line 21, strike "$68,929" and insert "$34,929".
Page 152, line 21, strike "and".
Page 152, line 22, strike "$68,929 the second year".
Page 152, strike lines 24 through 28.
Page 152, line 29, strike "E" and insert "D".


Explanation
(This amendment eliminates general fund support for one public service center at Longwood University and directs the University to develop a plan to merge the operations of the Longwood Institute for Teaching Through Technology into the South Boston Continuing Education Center beginning in fiscal year 2006. Funding is continued for the Longwood Institute for Teaching Through Technology in fiscal year 2005 in order to allow an orderly transition to the merger with the South Boston Continuing Education Center. Longwood University shall report its plan to merge the two centers to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 1, 2004.)