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Chief Patron: Ruff
Innovative Model for Higher Ed (language only)

Item 164 #1s

Item 164 #1s

Education
Richard Bland College

Language

Page 237, following paragraph D, insert:

"Richard Bland College shall provide a plan to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by November 1, 2022 on the steps necessary to assess the need for an innovative model for higher education that prepares citizens for jobs in high-demand fields and in industries critical to the economic development of the Petersburg area, Virginia Gateway Region, and Commonwealth of Virginia, to begin in the 2024-25 academic year. Richard Bland College shall work in consultation with the Virginia Secretary of Education, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and regional postsecondary and secondary education institutions in the development of this plan."




Explanation

(This amendment directs Richard Bland College to provide a plan on the steps necessary to assess the need for an innovative model for higher education in the College's geographic service region. It is the intent of this amendment that Item 164 be set out and the embedded language be updated with the new language.)