Education

The Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce realizes that the educational environment is as important as the tax environment and the business climate in economic development.  Therefore, the Chamber supports:

• Affordable, long-range realistic education improvements.
• Programs which improve the quality of education through improved curriculum and teacher education, especially for basic education, economic/free enterprise, career education, continuing education and social/job skills.
• Maintenance of and control by local boards of education and area-wide community college boards, with a funding partnership between the state and the local governing boards.
• State funding for state mandated education programs.
• Maintenance of a strong integrated education system that provides accessible and affordable lifelong learning opportunities, including vocational, technical, liberal arts, transfer education, adult/continuing education and economic growth.