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ORD. 2023-148, adopted on May 22, 2023. The following Richmond City Code Sections were amended: ch. 2, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 4.1, consisting of §§ 2-850—2-852, for the purpose of establishing a Future of Workforce Commission.
COMPOSITION
15 members, subject to the conditions set forth in this section, as follows: (1) The Council shall appoint ten members. (2) The Mayor shall appoint five members. (3) The membership shall, to the extent possible, consist of representatives from the school division administered by the School Board of the City of Richmond, the School Board of the City of Richmond, City Council, administrative departments of the City, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, the Greater Richmond Transit Company, a private partnership developer, and corporations having a headquarters or place of business in the city. (Assigned to the Education and Human Services Standing Committee)
TERM OF OFFICE
The members shall serve for terms of three years. All appointments shall be otherwise governed by Section 2-767 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended. All other aspects of the Commission and its membership not addressed in this division shall be governed by Chapter 2, Article V, Division 1 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended.
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OBLIGATION
(1) Recommend the manner in which the City may develop partnerships with organizations within the community, consisting of members of the executive management of local government and schools and youth serving community and business organizations, to create a plan for workforce educational and training opportunities from preschool through post-secondary, including certificate programs and associate degrees for workforce preparedness to enhance the City’s economic development objectives. (2) Propose a continuum of career and educational options for all residents of the city, starting at sixth grade through the 12th grade in the school division administered by the School Board of the City of Richmond, to include middle and high school students and young adults. (3) Identify ways in which students of the school division administered by the School Board of the City of Richmond may obtain access to programs designed for grades six through twelve, engage with employers and community partners for career planning, increase career awareness, and enhance career exploration for multidisciplinary career options for employment or study at the college level. (4) Propose educational programs for sixth through 12th grade students of the school division administered by the School Board of the City of Richmond that promote career and higher education opportunities through, at a minimum, in-classroom activities, extracurricular activities, career advising, externships, and internships. (5) Propose career technical education programs that include assessments of the career and technical education curriculum offered within the school division administered by the School Board of the City of Richmond and the exploration and development of career and technical education options for residents of the city, including, without limitation, youth. (6) Develope a plan to identify funding options for the acquisition and development, either or both, of vacant, unoccupied, or undeveloped real property in the city for career training or educational programs. Such plan shall include an outline of such programs, requirements for the acquisition of the real property, the actions necessary to implement the programs, and the amount of space needed for participants in the programs. (7) Identify options for dual enrollment for students as well as training programs for adults and identifying options for workforce development to enhance the City’s economic development objectives.
REQUIREMENTS
The Commission shall provide to the Education and Human Services Standing Committee, by no later tha
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