Regional workforce development and child care initiative; implementation in Southwest Va.

Department of Education and Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; work group; regional workforce developmentand child care initiative in Southwest Virginia; report. Requires the Department of Education and the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to jointly establish and appoint such members assuch departments deem appropriate to a work group to monitor theimplementation of the regional workforce development and child careinitiative being implemented by the United Way of Southwest Virginia,the Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia, Food City, and theTown of Abingdon in Abingdon and in four other locations throughoutthe surrounding region. The bill requires such work group to monitorthe extent to which such initiative achieves its stated goals, includingin the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) education, teacher training, and access to child care, andto report its findings and any associated recommendations for thereplication of such initiative in other regions of the Commonwealthto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, theHouse Committee on Education, the House Committee on General Laws,the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the Senate Committeeon Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on General Lawsand Technology no later than November 1, 2025.