CODE OF VIRGINIA

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES (§ 22.1-354.2)

The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties:

   1.  Coordinate with organizations and agencies providing programs and services
   to Consortium school divisions to reduce duplication of effort and optimize
   the use of available resources;

   2.  Conduct ongoing assessments to identify needs of member school divisions
   and develop plans and programs responding to those needs;

   3.  Facilitate the coordination of programs in the Consortium region that
   affect K through 12 public education in career and technical education,
   workforce development, and other linkages between public schools, institutions
   of higher education, and business and industry;

   4.  Coordinate technology-related activities between Consortium members in
   areas of common concern, such as video conferencing and distance learning,
   including the acquisition and utilization of hardware and software for
   administrative and instructional purchases;

   5.  Develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in
   Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology; and

   6.  Create the capacity for development within the Consortium of shared
   services and activities, including purchasing, facility planning, staff
   development, and special needs programming, and implementation of such shared
   services and activities as need is determined.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 105, 302; 2001, c. 483.