§ 6406. Interagency Coordinating Council
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: June 22, 2001
Effective: June 22, 2001
24 P.S. § 6406
§ 6406. Interagency Coordinating Council
(a) Membership.--The Interagency Coordinating Council is hereby established and shall be composed of, at a minimum, 23 voting members but shall not exceed 35 voting members appointed by the Governor, except for the four members of the General Assembly who shall be appointed and replaced under the provisions of subsection (b). The term of office of the voting members shall be three years, except for the cabinet officers or their designees, who shall serve as long as they are in office. The membership of the Interagency Coordinating Council shall consist of the following:
(4) The Secretary of Public Welfare1 or a designee.
(5) Five providers of adult literacy services representing school districts, intermediate units, area vocational-technical schools,2 colleges, literacy councils, local libraries and community-based organizations.
The designees of the cabinet officers must be deputy secretaries, commissioners or bureau directors.
(b) Legislative members of the council.--There shall be four members of the General Assembly appointed to the council. The President pro tempore and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member. The Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member. A legislative member's term on the council shall be at the discretion of the appointing leadership officer and replacement shall be at the discretion of the appointing leadership officer.
(d) Purpose.--The Interagency Coordinating Council is established to provide a broad-based Commonwealth council to advise in coordinating a Statewide system of adult and family literacy education services and to develop communications strategies to promote public awareness of literacy challenges and solutions.
Credits
1986, Oct. 22, P.L. 1452, No. 143, § 6, added 1996, May 16, P.L. 227, No. 42, § 3, imd. effective. Amended 2001, June 22, P.L. 380, No. 26, § 3, imd. effective.
Footnotes
Now Secretary of the Department of Human Services; see 62 P.S. § 103.
Reference to “area vocational-technical school” deemed to be reference to “area career and technical school”, pursuant to 2019, June 28, P.L. 117, No. 16, § 27; 2019, June 28, P.L. 146, No. 18, § 23; 2019, Oct. 30, P.L. 460, No. 76, § 62.
24 P.S. § 6406, PA ST 24 P.S. § 6406
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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