SPONSOR: Gray
This bill establishes the "Council for Community Education". The Council will study and make recommendations regarding establishing community education programs in which public school buildings are used as community centers operated by the School Board in cooperation with other community groups to provide community services. The Council will have 11 members appointed by the Governor.
The Council will meet no more than four times each year and will be tasked with:
(1) Conducting feasibility studies on the establishment of community education programs;
(2) Advising the Commissioner of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on issues relating to the establishment of community education programs;
(3) Making recommendations for a state plan for community education as specified in the bill; and
(4) Making recommendations for the funding of local community education programs.
This bill is the same as HB 1820 (2022) and HB 1388 (2023).
Statutes affected: