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Two-Part Format

Discussion format was
divided into two parts. Student
problem groups discussed
student rights, academic
reform and Community
College problems, among other
topics.

The Equal Rights
Amendment, now in the House
Privileges and Elections
Committee, dominated
student-legislator discussion.
Sen. Joseph Gartlan
(D-Fairfax), a supporter of the
bill, claimed that, "it was
about time the law caught up
with reality."

Debate over the Stone
Commission for Higher
Education focused on the
autonomy of the state's
four-year institutions. Del.
Archie Campbell (D-Wythe),

member of the House
Education Subcommittee,
argued that the State Council
of Higher Education should be
able to force the larger colleges
to take a higher percentage of
two-year community college
transfer students.

"If the state has built 23
community colleges, don't you
think they (transfers) should
be able to get into their own
state four-year colleges? he
asked.

He said that currently the
Stone Commission is only a
study group with no delegated
authority. It will issue a report
on the status of state education
due Nov. 1.