                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
MILITARY CHILDREN (§ 22.1-361)

In accordance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children, there is hereby created the Virginia Council on the
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, hereinafter
referred to in this section as the &#8220;Virginia Council.&#8221; The Virginia
Council shall consist of one member of the House of Delegates, to be appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; one member of the Senate, to be
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; seven nonlegislative citizen
members, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, one parent of a
military child, and one representative from a military installation in Virginia,
to be appointed by the Governor; the superintendent of a school district with a
high concentration of military children and one military spouse who serves on
the Department of Education&#8217;s Military Student Support Process Action
Team, to be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and also the
Governor, or his designee. The Department of Education shall employ a military
family education liaison to provide staff support to the Virginia Council and to
assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of
this compact.
		Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. All
members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by
expiration of a term, shall be made for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
		The Governor shall designate one member of the Virginia Council to serve as
compact chairman for a two-year term. The Virginia Council shall meet on the
call of the chairman or at the request of a majority of members. A majority of
members shall constitute a quorum. The Virginia Council may consider any and all
matters related to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children or the general activities and business of the organization and
shall have the authority to represent the Commonwealth in all actions of the
Compact.
		The Virginia Council members shall serve without compensation. All members
shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The costs
of expenses of the legislative members incurred in the performance of their
duties shall be paid from appropriations to the Virginia Commission on
Intergovernmental Cooperation for the attendance of conferences. The costs of
expenses of nonlegislative citizen members incurred in the performance of their
duties shall be paid from such funds as may be provided for this purpose in the
appropriation act.
		The chairman of the Virginia Council shall submit to the Governor and the
General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of
the Virginia Council no later than the first day of each regular session of the
General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted as provided in the
procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing
of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General
Assembly&#8217;s website.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 187; 2010, c. 148; 2011, c. 106; 2020, c. 600.