Monday, October 13, 2008
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HB968: Correctional Education, Bd. of; changes membership to provide appointments of teachers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-341 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-341. Supervision of Department; composition of Board; terms and vacancies.
The Board of the Rehabilitative School Authority is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Board of Correctional Education. The supervision of the Department shall be vested in the Board of Correctional Education. The Board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to select appointees of such qualifications and experience necessary to ensure that membership of the Board includes persons suitably qualified to consider and act upon the various matters under the Board's jurisdiction. These appointees shall include one educator with experience working in special education as defined in § 22.1-213, two educators with experience working with specific learning disabilities as defined in § 22.1-213, one elected official, and one citizen with an immediate family member incarcerated within the Commonwealth. Members shall be appointed for terms of four years each except that whenever a vacancy occurs other than by expiration of a term, the Governor shall appoint a member for the remainder of that term. No member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The chairman of the Virginia Parole Board, two persons designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections and the Director of Juvenile Justice and the director of Career and Technical Education in the Department of Education shall serve as ex officio members without vote.
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