Code of Virginia - Title 22.1 Education - Section 22.1-346.1 Advisory Commission on the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; membership; powers and duti...

§ 22.1-346.1. Advisory Commission on the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; membership; powers and duti...

A. There is hereby established the Advisory Commission on the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, which shall consist of 12 members to be appointed as follows: five members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; three nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

Of the three nonlegislative citizen members so appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, one shall be a former student of either of the schools, one shall be a parent of a sensory impaired multi-disabled student who is currently attending or has attended the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton, and one shall be a current member of the Board of Education. The nonlegislative citizen member to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall be a former student of either of the schools or a parent of a student who is currently attending or has attended either of the schools.

Legislative members shall serve on the Advisory Commission until the expiration of their terms of office or until their successors shall qualify. Nonlegislative citizen appointments shall be for terms of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Commission shall be eligible to serve more than two successive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility for reappointment.

B. The Advisory Commission shall (i) monitor the operations of the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; (ii) advise the Board of Education and submit recommendations that seek to ensure the maintenance of a high quality and cost-effective program of study and a safe and nurturing residential environment at the schools; and (iii) perform any act or function which is in accord with the purposes of this section.

C. Legislative members of the Advisory Commission shall receive such compensation as is set forth in § 30-19.12. Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the General Assembly for such purposes. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Advisory Commission as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

D. The Advisory Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

E. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate a staff liaison to coordinate the activities of the Advisory Commission. The Advisory Commission shall meet four times per year or upon the request of its chairman or the Board of Education.

(1997, cc. 360, 361; 2000, c. 255; 2001, cc. 667, 687; 2005, c. 758.)

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