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SUMMARY:Committee on Education  and Workforce Development
DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Education and Workforce Development has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, February 8th, 2022, at 10:00 AM in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room on St. Croix.\nOPENING REMARKS/STATEMENTS 10:00 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.\n BLOCK I: 10:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.\nThe committee will receive testimony on the following bills:\nBill No. 34-0154 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0154&type=Bill )         An Act amending Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5, section 41(a) relating to bilingual education to direct the Department of Education to establish and maintain the Bilingual and English Language Development Program in the public schools.\nInvited Testifiers:\nRacquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, VI Department of Education\nStephanie Berry, Ph.D., Executive Director, Virgin Islands Board of Education\nBill No. 34-0189 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0189&type=Bill )          An Act amending Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 24 relating to school management accountability.\nInvited Testifiers:\nRacquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, VI Department of Education\nKyza Callwood, Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education\nRosa-Soto Thomas, President, St. Croix Federation of Teachers AFT Local 1826\nDr. Michael T. Francois, Chairman, Virgin Islands Board for Career & Technical Education\nLeontyne Jones, President, St. Thomas-St. John Federation of Teachers AFT Local 1825\nMargarita Benjamin, President, U.S. Virgin Islands Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students Association, Inc.\nBREAK 12:15 P.M. – 12:45 P.M.\n BLOCK II: 12:45 P.M. – 1:15 P.M.\nThe committee will receive testimony on the following bills:\nBill No. 34-0086 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0086&type=Bill )          An Act amending Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 10, section 111(a) relating to school health programs to provide for mental health education and instruction.\nInvited Testifiers:\nRacquel Berry Benjamin, Commissioner, VI Department of Education\nDr. J. Zen Meservy, Psychiatrist, St. Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation\nLori Thompson, Ph.D., Psychologist, Insight Psychological Services, LLC\nBill No. 34-0079 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0079&type=Bill )          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.\nKarl Knight, Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Albert Bryan\nRacquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education\nEmmanuella Perez-Cassius, Chairperson, Virgin Islands Board of Education\nBLOCK III: 1:15 P.M. – 4:15 P.M.\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.\nInvited Testifiers:\nRacquel Berry Benjamin, Commissioner, VI Department of Education\nKyza Callwood, Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education\n
URL:https://legvi.org/events/committee-on-education-and-workforce-development-6/
ORGANIZER;CN=Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker:MAILTO:senatorwhitaker@legvi.org
CATEGORIES:Education and Workforce Development
LOCATION:St. Croix
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