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2012 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Governor McDonnell
Add 4VA language under participating higher education institutions (language only)

Item 195 #5g

Item 195 #5g

Education: Higher Education
University of Virginia

Language
Page 151, after line 28, insert:
"O.  The 4-VA, a public-private partnership among George Mason University, James Madison University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and CISCO Systems, Inc., was established to utilize emerging technologies to promote collaboration and resource sharing to increase access, reduce time to graduation and reduce unit cost while maintaining and enhancing quality.  Instructional talent across the four institutions will be leveraged in the delivery of programs in foreign languages, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is expected that funding will be pooled by the management board as required to support continuing efforts of the 4-VA priorities and projects."


Explanation
(This amendment ensures collaboration and resource sharing among the four universities and CISCO to utilize emerging technologies to increase access, reduce time to graduation and reduce unit cost while maintaining and enhancing quality.)