Language Page 179, line 10, insert:Page 179, line 10, insert;"In order to provide improved services through up-to-date facilities as well as to achieve long-term cost savings, notwithstanding other provisions of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton and the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-disabled at Hampton shall be consolidated into one school on the campus of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton. The Department of General Services is authorized to enter into a comprehensive agreement for the necessary renovations, additions and new facility construction at the Staunton campus at a total cost not to exceed $61.5 million.) "C-7.90 Consolidation of the Schools for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-disabled $61,500,000 Fund Sources: General $61,500,000"
Explanation(This amendment provides $61.5 million GF for consolidation of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton and the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-disabled at Hampton into one school on the campus of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton.)