SB723:

Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor.

Bill Summary:

Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Requires that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind be subject to the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill repeals the existing responsibility for the Board, currently designated as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government, by the Secretary of Education. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The bill directs the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to consult with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop a plan to independently provide information technology support for the school and to submit such plan to the Board of Visitors of the school no later than October 1, 2022. The bill also contains a reenactment clause that applies to all provisions of the bill other than the development of the technology support plan.