Superintendents - Judges Liaison Committee

The Superintendents-Judges Liaison Committee, created in 1995, is designed to establish a permanent liaison that will maintain open lines of communication between superintendents and judges and address issues of mutual concern.

The committee is consists of eight school division superintendents and eight judges, one from each of the superintendents’ regions. The Virginia Association of School Superintendents appointed the superintendents. Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico, of the Supreme Court of Virginia, invited the judges to participate.

Meetings are held twice each year. The superintendent and judge from each region host regional meetings of superintendents and judges on a periodic basis. The Virginia Department of Education provides grant funds to support these meetings.

The Liaison Committee publishes newsletters periodically, reflecting the discussions at recent meetings. Newsletters have included a variety of topics:

• Issue 1, Spring 2000: Truancy Reduction
  
  
• Issue 2, September 2000: Search and Seizure, Suicide Prevention
  
  
• Issue 3, February 2001: Special Education Programs in Regional and Local Jails, Re-enrollment of Juveniles Committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice
  
  
• Issue 4, June 2001: Sharing and Dissemination of Juvenile Delinquency Information Between Juvenile Courts and Schools
  
  
• Issue 5, March 2002: School Resource Officers; Truancy
  
  

Each newsletter also displays the committee’s current membership.

Questions regarding the Liaison Committee may be directed to Dr. Cynthia A. Cave, Director, Student Services at (804) 225-2818 or Cynthia.Cave@doe.virginia.gov.