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Committee on Education and Workforce Development
The Committee on Education and Workforce Development 
has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider the following bills:
 
Block I                 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
 
Bill No. 34-0097-
An Act repealing and re-enacting title 17 Virgin Islands Code,
chapter 11, section 130, relating to authority to discipline pupils in schools; and
repealing title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 9, subchapter I, section 87,
relating to punishment of pupils by school officials
Sponsored by Senators J
anelle K. Sarauw
 and
 
Genevieve R. Whitaker
 
Invited Testifier
s
:
Honorable Racquel Berry Benjamin, 
Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education
Nisha de Jean Charles, 
Psychotherapist, Buoyant Living Psychotherapy
Block II                11:35 AM-1:00 PM
Bill No. 34-0091-
An Act amending title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5, section 41 relating to the courses of study in public schools to address gaps in education curriculum and workforce development by adding home economics, equine studies, information technology and by creating a reporting mechanism for the development and implementation for curriculum
Sponsored by Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker
 
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Racquel Berry Benjamin
, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education
Dr. Michael T. Francois, 
Chairman, Virgin Islands Board for Career & Technical Education
Kyza A. Callwood, 
Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education
 
Bill No. 34-0094
-An Act amending, title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 24(a)(2)(2) to establish and mandate stakeholder engagement and participation in the development of a report for the annual assessment and evaluation of all public-school facilities; and adding subsection (e) to require stakeholders to hold townhall meetings on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John
Sponsored by Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Racquel Berry Benjamin, 
Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education
Dr. Michael T. Francois, 
Chairman, Virgin Islands Board for Career & Technical Education
Kyza A. Callwood,
 Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education
LUNCH               1:10 PM-1:40 PM
BLOCK III          1:45 PM-3:00 PM
Testimony from the
 Department of Labor 
on a status update on the Unemployment Insurance, Wage Loss Assistance Program, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, Summer Employment payments
Invited Testifier:
Honorable Gary A. Molloy,
 Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Labor
 
 
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To receive testimony and consider the following bills.
 
Date
Oct 22 2021
Expired!
 
Time
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
 
 
Location
Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room
St. Croix
 
Category
 
Education and Workforce Development
 
Organizer
 
Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker
 
Phone
 
(340) 773-2424
 
Email
 
senatorwhitaker@legvi.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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