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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Conference Report)

Add 4VA Language Under Participating Higher Education Institution (language only)

Item 168 #1c

Item 168 #1c

Education: Higher Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Language
Page 167, after line 7, insert:
"M.  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.)