Senate: Education, Work Force Development

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony on the following:

BLOCK I

9 a.m. to Noon

Bill No. 33-0267 – An Act to amend Title 17, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 23, subchapter I, section 262, relating to the powers of the Virgin Islands Board of Career and Technical Education to strengthen and expand the alternative pathways to career readiness currently available for students in the public high schools in the Virgin Islands and to build on the career and technical (vocational) education program that allows high school students to gain exposure in their desired vocational career field, obtain national qualifications, and to incentivize qualified business territory-wide to participate. (Sponsored by Senator Donna Frett Gregory)

BLOCK II

1 – 4 p.m.

Bill No. 33-311 – An Act amending Title 17, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 42B, sections 780, 781 and 783, to add and expand on the educational training and awareness of bullying by including cyberbullying and electronic harassment education Invited

Bill No. 33-0316 – An Act amending Title 24, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, by adding section 65a expanding the acts of unfair labor practices (Sponsored by Senator Marvin A. Blyden)