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SUMMARY:Committee on Education and Workforce Development
DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Education and Workforce Development has scheduled a meeting to receive\ntestimony on the following bills:\nOPENING REMARKS/STATEMENTS 10:00 AM- 10:15 AM\nBLOCK I:        10:15 AM – 12:15 PM\nBill No. 34-0086         An Act amending Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 10, section 111(a) relating to school health programs to provide mental health education and instruction.\nInvited Testifiers: \nHonorable Racquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education\nDr. J. Zen Meservy, Psychiatrist, St. Thomas East End Medical Center\nLori Thompson, Ph. D., Psychologist, Insight Psychological Services, LLC\nBill No. 34-0079         An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code, Title 3, chapter 7, by designating the existing provisions as subchapter I and adding a subchapter II establishing the Bureau of School Construction and Maintenance within the Virgin Islands Department of Education; amending title 33, chapter 111, section 3092a, changing the Education Maintenance Fund to the School Construction and Maintenance Fund, and making an appropriation of $2,500,000 from the Virgin Islands Education Initiative Fund to the School Construction and Maintenance Fund and for other related purposes.\nInvited Testifiers: \nKarl Knight, Chief of Staff Office of the Governor\nHonorable Racquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education\nEmmanuella Perez-Cassius, Chairperson Virgin Islands Board of Education\nBREAK           12:15 PM-12:45 PM\nBLOCK II:       12:45 PM-3:00 PM\nThe committee will receive testimony from the Virgin Islands Department of Education and the Virgin Islands Board of Education regarding the status of the State Educational Agency Plan for the American Rescue Plan Outlying Areas State Educational Agencies Fund, as it relates to 2022 in-person school reopening and the overall status of the 2022 in-school reopening to include policy as well as the status of the Dropout Prevention Plan.\nInvited Testifiers:\nHonorable Racquel Berry Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education\nKyza Callwood, Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education\n
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ORGANIZER;CN=Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker:MAILTO:senatorwhitaker@legvi.org
CATEGORIES:Education and Workforce Development
LOCATION:St. Croix
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