Institute for Advanced Learning and Research; Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; powers and duties; specialized noncredit workforce training. Requires the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research to encourage and coordinate the development and delivery of noncredit courses with a focus on statewide and regional critical shortage areas and the needs of industry that include needed adult education and workforce training. The bill requires the board of trustees of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and the Roanoke Higher Education Authority to seek opportunities to collaborate with local comprehensive community colleges to meet specialized noncredit workforce training needs identified by industry but provides that if local comprehensive community colleges are unable to meet identified industry needs, then the board of trustees may seek to collaborate with other education providers or other public or private organizations to provide, or itself may provide, specialized noncredit workforce training independent of local comprehensive community colleges. The bill's directives are subject to the availability of funding other than from general funds.

Statutes affected:
House: Presented and ordered printed 24104014D: 23.1-3017, 23.1-3109
Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108807D-S1: 23.1-3107, 23.1-3109, 23.1-3118
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1357ER): 23.1-3107, 23.1-3109, 23.1-3118
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220): 23.1-3107, 23.1-3109, 23.1-3118