Senate: Education, Workforce Development

Agenda:

Agenda:

BLOCK I:

3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The committee will receive testimony on the following bill:

Bill 34-0147 — An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code, Title 10, chapter 1, sections 2 and 3, relating to discrimination on account of race to include discrimination on the basis of hair texture; and Title 17, chapter 3, relating to education to enact “The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “The Virgin Islands Crown Act of 2021” (Sponsored Senators Alma Francis Heyliger and Genevieve R. Whitaker)

BLOCK II:

5:30 p.m.

The committee will receive testimony from the Virgin Islands Department of Education on the plans for the 2022 school reopening.