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2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5111. Faculty; powers.

§ 5111. Faculty; powers.
The faculty, consisting of the professors, instructors and others employed by the Board of Trustees, 1 of whom shall be President of the University, shall have the care, control, government and instruction of the students, subject, however, to the bylaws. They shall have authority, with the approbation of the Board, to confer degrees and grant diplomas.
Code 1852, §§  782, 783;  13 Del. Laws, c. 513, §  7;  Code 1915, §  2340;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2782;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5111;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5112. Endowment fund.

§ 5112. Endowment fund.
The college fund, created by resolution of the General Assembly of January 28, 1824, and transferred by Act of February 5, 1833, to “The Trustees of Newark College,” and all other funds, stock, money or property belonging to or appropriated for, or raised, paid or payable to the University of Delaware, by that or any other name, or to any of its predecessors, shall be a part of the endowment of the University, and shall be held, appropriated and used as such by the University.
Code 1852, §  789;  13 Del. Laws, c. 513, §  8;  Code 1915, §  2341;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2783;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5112;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5113. Donations; misnomer.

§ 5113. Donations; misnomer.
Devises, bequests, gifts and grants to the University shall not be avoided by any misnomer if the description can be understood with reasonable certainty.
Code 1852, §  788;  13 Del. Laws, c. 513, §  9;  Code 1915, §  2342;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2784;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5113;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5114. Eminent domain; condemnation.

§ 5114. Eminent domain; condemnation.
Whenever the Board of Trustees of the University cannot agree with the owner or owners for the purchase of any land, with the improvements thereon, in New Castle County, deemed by the Board necessary for the purpose of erecting any building or buildings to be used by and in connection with the University, or for the enlargement of its grounds or for any other purpose in connection with the University or the agricultural experiment station connected therewith, to better carry out the purposes of the University and agricultural experiment station, the University, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, may acquire the land and improvements by condemnation by proceedings in accordance with Chapter 61 of Title 10.
27 Del. Laws, c. 117, §  9;  Code 1915, §  2343;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2785;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5114;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5116. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.

§ 5116. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.
Bonds issued under this chapter are made securities in which all state and municipal officers and administrative departments, boards and commissions of the State, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control; and such bonds are made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state, county or municipal officer or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is authorized by law.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5116;  50 Del. Laws, c. 521, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 51. CHARTER › § 5117. Credit of State not pledged.

§ 5117. Credit of State not pledged.
Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable exclusively from specified funds of the University. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the State is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that the faith and credit of the State are not pledged to the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds. The issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5117;  50 Del. Laws, c. 521, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5301. School of Education.

§ 5301. School of Education.
The University may maintain a School of Education which shall have for its object the education of teachers for the public schools of this State.
27 Del. Laws, c. 117, §  8;  Code 1915, §  2328;  28 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2769;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5301;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5302. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292].

§ 5302. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292].
The University shall maintain at the University, for a period of not less than 6 weeks during the summer of each year, a school for teachers and instructional aides in which shall be given courses in pedagogy and such other subjects as will give increased efficiency to those who are now teaching or providing instructional assistance or wish to prepare to teach in the free public schools of this State. The courses given in the school shall be arranged by the University. All persons who are now teaching, or providing instructional assistance or who will give satisfactory assurance to the Department of Education that they intend to teach in the free public schools of this State shall be admitted into the school, so long as class space is available and provided their applications are approved by the Department. Tuition shall be free to all Delaware teachers and instructional aides who meet University requirements.
27 Del. Laws, c. 122, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2328;  28 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 168, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2769;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5302;  68 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  180;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  294;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  292;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  289;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  300;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  296;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 293;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 298;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 294;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 294;  82 Del. Laws, c. 242, § 286;  83 Del. Laws, c. 54, § 299;  83 Del. Laws, c. 325, § 303;  84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5303. Course on Delaware history and government.

§ 5303. Course on Delaware history and government.
The University shall provide a course on Delaware history and government that shall be elective by undergraduates, required for social studies teachers, and offered as an in-service program for teachers coming to this State from other schools or colleges.
26 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2346;  32 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  16;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2788;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5303;  59 Del. Laws, c. 47, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5304. School of Agriculture — General scope and objects.

§ 5304. School of Agriculture — General scope and objects.
(a) The University shall maintain a School of Agriculture which shall include a Division of Instruction, a Division of Short Courses, a Division of Research and a Division of Agricultural Extension.
(b) The objectives of the School of Agriculture shall be to:
(1) Develop and implement a comprehensive on-campus program of instruction;
(2) Develop and implement a comprehensive on-campus or off-campus program of instruction in practical agriculture through a short course program;
(3) Conduct research, both fundamental and applied, in all phases of agriculture and rural life through the Agricultural Experiment Station; and
(4) Diffuse among the people of the State useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same through the Agriculture Extension Service.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5304;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5305. School of Agriculture — Division of Instruction.

§ 5305. School of Agriculture — Division of Instruction.
The University shall determine the courses of study in which instruction shall be offered by the Division of Instruction of the School of Agriculture.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5305;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5306. School of Agriculture — Division of Short Courses.

§ 5306. School of Agriculture — Division of Short Courses.
There shall be given at the University a short course of instruction in agriculture. The course shall be arranged by the University and shall offer to on-campus or off-campus groups instruction in practical agriculture, horticulture, home economics and related subjects. Tuition for such short courses of instruction shall be free to all persons engaged in agricultural or horticultural pursuits in the State.
30 Del. Laws, c. 171, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  16;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2770;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5306;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5307. School of Agriculture — Division of Research, Agricultural Experiment Station.

§ 5307. School of Agriculture — Division of Research, Agricultural Experiment Station.
(a) The University shall maintain the Agricultural Experiment Station. The function of the Experiment Station shall be to conduct research, both fundamental and applied, in all phases of agriculture and rural life, for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of farming and elevating the standards of rural living to the end that consumers may be assured an adequate supply of food and fiber and that farming itself will continue to be a satisfactory and profitable way of life. The work of the station shall be in conformity with the act of Congress entitled “An Act to Establish Agricultural Experiment Stations, etc.,” being the Act of March 2, 1887, Chapter 314, 24 Stat. 440 [7 U.S.C. §§ 361a, 361b].
(b) The Agricultural Experiment Station shall maintain, manage and operate a farm on the campus for experimental purposes in providing instruction in agriculture and in conducting investigations and original research. It shall also operate and maintain the Agricultural Research Substation for Lower Delaware for the benefit of the citizens of the State in the development and improvement of poultry, horticulture and vegetables. The receipts from sales and otherwise of the farm and substation shall be retained by the Agricultural Experiment Station for their continuous operation and for experimental purposes thereat.
24 Del. Laws, c. 50, §  6;  43 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  2, 4;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5307;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5308. School of Agriculture — Division of Agricultural Extension.

§ 5308. School of Agriculture — Division of Agricultural Extension.
The function of the Division of Agricultural Extension shall be to aid in diffusing among the people of the State useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics and to encourage the application of the same.
26 Del. Laws, c. 127, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  2345;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2787;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5308;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5309. Department of Physical Education.

§ 5309. Department of Physical Education.
The University shall maintain a Department of Physical Education. The objects and purposes of the Department shall be the teaching of physical education and other allied subjects.
37 Del. Laws, c. 208, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2789;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5309;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 53. ACADEMIC PROGRAM; EXTENSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES › § 5310. Copies of public documents for University library.

§ 5310. Copies of public documents for University library.
The Secretary of State shall transmit to the University library a copy of all public documents of which the Secretary of State may receive duplicates, whenever the same shall not have been already appropriated.
Code 1852, §  791;  13 Del. Laws, c. 513, §  9;  Code 1915, §  2342;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2784;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5310;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter I. General › § 5501. Scholarships.

§ 5501. Scholarships.
(a) There is appropriated the sum of $100,000 annually to the Delaware College, University of Delaware for the purpose of establishing scholarships at Delaware College, University of Delaware.
(b) The minimum number of scholarships to be awarded in each and every year shall be 60.
(c) The committee to award such scholarships shall be 3 in number, and shall be composed of 1 member of the faculty at Delaware College, 1 member of the Athletic Council at Delaware College and 1 member of the Alumni Association of Delaware College. The said committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware for such term or terms as the said Board may deem advisable.
(d) The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay to the University of Delaware for Delaware College the sum of $100,000 in each and every year upon warrant or warrants signed by the chair and secretary of the committee.
42 Del. Laws, c. 19, §§  1-4;  47 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5501;  50 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  1;  53 Del. Laws, c. 281, §  1;  56 Del. Laws, c. 342, §§  1-3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter I. General › § 5502. Prospective teachers' scholarships.

§ 5502. Prospective teachers' scholarships.
(a) The General Assembly shall at each biennial session appropriate $20,000, of which $10,000 shall be paid annually to the University for the purpose of establishing scholarships at the University, which shall be awarded to students who desire, upon completion of their studies, to enter the teaching profession and who agree in writing with the scholarships committee provided in subsection (c) of this section to make themselves available as teachers in the public schools of Delaware for a period of at least 1 year after graduation.
(b) The minimum number of such scholarships to be awarded in each year shall be 20.
(c) The committee to award such scholarships shall be 5 in number and shall be composed of 2 members to be selected from the faculty of the University (other than from the School of Education of the University), 1 member to be selected from the Alumni Association of the University and 2 members to be selected from the faculty of the School of Education of the University. The committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University. Such appointment shall originally be as follows:
Two members shall be appointed for the term of 1 year, 1 member for the term of 2 years, another for the term of 3 years and another for the term of 4 years. Thereafter, as the terms of office of members expire, by death, resignation, removal from the State or otherwise, appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years each.
48 Del. Laws, c. 188, §§  1-3;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5502;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter I. General › § 5503. 4-H Boys' and Girls' Clubs.

§ 5503. 4-H Boys' and Girls' Clubs.
The sum of $750 shall be appropriated annually to the School of Agriculture, University of Delaware, for the purpose of payment of scholarships to 4-H Boys' and Girls' Clubs and for maintenance of the Junior Short Course at the University.
37 Del. Laws, c. 210, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2790;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5503;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter II. Aid to Needy Delaware Students › § 5520. Establishment of aid program; purpose.

§ 5520. Establishment of aid program; purpose.
There is established a program to provide financial aid to needy Delaware residents who are enrolled or selected as undergraduate students at the University of Delaware to the end that no resident of this State shall be denied an opportunity for a college education because of financial need.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5520;  51 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 325, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter II. Aid to Needy Delaware Students › § 5521. Administration of program.

§ 5521. Administration of program.
The aid program shall be administered by the officer of the University of Delaware who is designated by the President as responsible for the total University financial aid program.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5521;  51 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter II. Aid to Needy Delaware Students › § 5522. Application; grants; duration.

§ 5522. Application; grants; duration.
Each applicant for aid shall provide on forms supplied by the University, biographical information, a financial budget and a parents' financial statement. Financial grants shall not be for any fixed amount per student and grants shall be made available to students who are qualified to matriculate or to continue their courses of study solely upon the basis of economic need. All grants shall be for 1 year or for 1 semester and may be renewed if a qualified student reapplies in the same manner required for an initial request for assistance.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5522;  51 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter II. Aid to Needy Delaware Students › § 5523. Principles governing administration.

§ 5523. Principles governing administration.
In the administration of §§ 5520-5524 of this title no discrimination shall be made on the basis of field of study, county residence, sex, campus residence or commutation. As long as funds are available to meet the needs of all qualified students, no preference shall be given to 1 student over another because of superior ability or academic accomplishment.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5523;  51 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter II. Aid to Needy Delaware Students › § 5524. Annual reports to General Assembly.

§ 5524. Annual reports to General Assembly.
Within a reasonable time after the end of each fiscal year the University officer responsible for the administration of §§ 5520-5524 of this title shall submit through the appropriate University channels a written report to the General Assembly in which shall be outlined the number of grants given, the amount received by each student and an analysis of whether the aim of §§ 5520-5524 of this title to eliminate economic need as a bar to an education at the University of Delaware has been accomplished.
14 Del. C. 1953, §  5524;  51 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 55. SCHOLARSHIPS › Subchapter III. Optometric Institutional Aid › § 5530, 5531. Administration of program; advisory committee.

§§ 5530, 5531. Administration of program; advisory committee.
Repealed by 73 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 8, effective July 17, 2001. For present law, see § 3424 of this title.
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5701. Designation of University as land-grant college.

§ 5701. Designation of University as land-grant college.
The University of Delaware is the institution provided by the State in accordance with an act of Congress entitled “An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts,” being the Act of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130, 12 Stat. 503 [7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.].
13 Del. Laws, c. 137, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2329;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2771;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5701;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5702. Annual report.

§ 5702. Annual report.
The University shall, annually, on or before February 1 in each year make up and distribute the reports required by paragraph 4 of § 5 of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130, 12 Stat. 504 [7 U.S.C. § 305].
13 Del. Laws, c. 137, §  7;  Code 1915, §  2330;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2772;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5702;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5703. Proceeds of sale of land scrip; investment.

§ 5703. Proceeds of sale of land scrip; investment.
The $83,000 received by the University from the sale of land scrip pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130 [7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.], shall be invested in securities selected by the Governor and State Treasurer, which securities shall conform in all respects to the requirements of an Act of Congress of April 13, 1926, Chapter 130, 44 Stat. 247 [7 U.S.C. § 304], and shall yield a net return of not less than 2 percent per annum. The principal sum of the proceeds of sale of land scrip shall forever remain unimpaired and the income shall be inviolably appropriated to the University.
37 Del. Laws, c. 207, §  2;  41 Del. Laws, c. 176, §  1;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5703;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5704. Separate fund.

§ 5704. Separate fund.
The securities purchased under § 5703 of this title shall be held by the State Treasurer in a separate fund, as investments of the State are held, and the income shall be collected and disbursed as provided in this chapter.
37 Del. Laws, c. 207, §  3;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5704;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5705. Disbursement of income.

§ 5705. Disbursement of income.
The State Treasurer shall pay semiannually to the Treasurer of the University the income accrued upon the securities invested pursuant to § 5703 of this title.
13 Del. Laws, c. 137, §  5;  15 Del. Laws, c. 373;  Code 1915, §  2331;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 207, §  2;  Code 1935, §  2773;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5705;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 57. LAND-GRANT COLLEGE › § 5706. Expending income.

§ 5706. Expending income.
The income referred to in § 5704 of this title shall be devoted to the maintenance of such course or courses in the University as shall carry out the intent of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130 [7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.].
13 Del. Laws, c. 137, §  6;  13 Del. Laws, c. 420, §  1;  14 Del. Laws, c. 54, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2332;  32 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2774;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5706;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6501. Corporate status and membership.

§ 6501. Corporate status and membership.
(a) Delaware State University, hereafter in this part referred to as “the University,” is and shall be a corporation.
(b) The members of the Board of Trustees of the University shall constitute the membership of the corporation.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  2;  19 Del. Laws, c. 635;  26 Del. Laws, c. 130;  Code 1915, §  2350;  Code 1935, §  2794;  46 Del. Laws, c. 202, §  2;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6501;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6502. Purpose and object.

§ 6502. Purpose and object.
The purpose and object of the University shall be to impart instruction in agriculture, the mechanical arts, the English language, the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their application in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life, but other scientific and classical studies may be taught, and a normal school for the preparation of teachers may be connected with the University under such rules and regulations as the Trustees may adopt.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2351;  Code 1935, §  2795;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6502;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6503. Powers.

§ 6503. Powers.
(a) The University shall have all the powers and franchises incident to a corporation, including the power to take and hold real and personal estate by deed, devise, bequest, gift, grant or otherwise, and the same to alien, sell, transfer and dispose of as occasion may require, and the proceeds thereof to reinvest in other property, funds or securities for the benefit of the University and in accordance with the spirit and purpose of its charter.
(b) (1) The University may appoint such number of police officers as are necessary to preserve the peace and good order of the University, and such officers shall be known as the “University Police” and shall be supervised by a Director. They shall have jurisdiction on the University campuses.
(2) The University police shall be law-enforcement officers of the State and conservators of the peace with the right to investigate and arrest, in accordance with the laws of the State, any person for violation of federal or state laws or applicable county or city ordinances when such violations occur on any properties or facilities which are under the supervision, regulation and control of the Delaware State University or on contiguous streets and highways.
(3) The provisions of this section shall neither reduce nor restrict the jurisdiction of other duly appointed peace officers who are empowered to enforce federal or state laws or applicable county or city ordinances on the property of the Delaware State University.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  2;  19 Del. Laws, c. 635;  26 Del. Laws, c. 130;  Code 1915, §  2350;  Code 1935, §  2794;  46 Del. Laws, c. 202, §  2;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6503;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 395, §  343;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6504. Board of Trustees — Composition, appointment or election, term and vacancies.

§ 6504. Board of Trustees — Composition, appointment or election, term and vacancies.
(a) The Board of Trustees of the University shall consist of 15 members whose appointment or election is provided for in subsections (b) and (c) hereof and the Governor of the State and the President of the University, both of whom shall be members of the Board, ex officio.
(b) Eight of the trustees shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor for a term of 6 years each, to begin upon the expiration of the term of the trustee whom each is to succeed. Two such trustees shall reside in each county of the State.
(c) Seven of the trustees shall be elected by a majority of the whole Board as constituted. One such trustee shall reside in each county of the State. They shall be elected for a term of 6 years each beginning September 1 in the year of election. The election of these trustees shall be held on the date and in the manner established in the bylaws. The first set of trustees elected under this subsection shall be elected as follows:
In 1957, 1 member shall be elected for a 4-year term and 1 member for a 5-year term. In 1958, 1 member shall be elected for a 6-year term and 1 member for a 5-year term and in 1959, 1 member shall be elected for a 6-year term.
(d) The Governor shall fill any vacancies that occur as to appointments made by the Governor, and the Board shall fill any vacancies that occur as to elections made by the Board. All vacancies occurring for reasons other than the expiration of the term shall be filled for the unexpired term.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  1;  19 Del. Laws, c. 635;  Code 1915, §  2349;  Code 1935, §  2793;  45 Del. Laws, c. 201, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 202, §  2;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6504;  51 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 82, §§  1-3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6505. Board of Trustees — Powers; meetings; quorum; bylaws.

§ 6505. Board of Trustees — Powers; meetings; quorum; bylaws.
The Board of Trustees shall have the superintendence of the University, with power to appoint and remove the faculty and other officers and agents of the University and of its own body; to fill vacancies and to make bylaws as well for the government of the University as its own government; and to conduct all the concerns of the institution. A majority of all those members appointed by the Governor and those members elected by the Board shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the Board shall be held as the bylaws prescribe.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  4;  19 Del. Laws, c. 635;  Code 1915, §  2352;  Code 1935, §  2796;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6505;  50 Del. Laws, c. 406, §  2;  51 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6506. Faculty; powers.

§ 6506. Faculty; powers.
The faculty of the University, composed of the teachers whom the trustees shall employ, 1 of whom shall be President of the University and, ex officio, a member of the Board of Trustees, shall have the care, government and instruction of the students, subject, however, to the bylaws. They shall have authority, with the approbation of the Board, to confer degrees and grant diplomas.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2353;  Code 1935, §  2797;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6506;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6507. Donations; misnomer.

§ 6507. Donations; misnomer.
Devises, bequests, grants and gifts to the University shall not be avoided by any misnomer if the description can be understood with reasonable certainty.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  6;  Code 1915, §  2354;  Code 1935, §  2798;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6507;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6508. Annual payment from State Treasurer.

§ 6508. Annual payment from State Treasurer.
The State Treasurer shall pay annually to the treasurer of the University, 20 percent or one-fifth part of the sum of money which the State Treasurer shall receive annually by virtue of an act of Congress, entitled “An Act to Apply a Portion of the Proceeds of the Public Lands to the More Complete Endowment and Support of the Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, Established under the Provisions of an Act of Congress, Approved July 2, 1862,” being the Act of August 30, 1890, Chapter 841, 26 Stat. 417 [7 U.S.C. §§ 321-328].
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  8;  Code 1915, §  2355;  Code 1935, §  2799;  46 Del. Laws, c. 202, §  2;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6508;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6509. Use of annual payments.

§ 6509. Use of annual payments.
The moneys received by the University as provided in § 6508 of this title shall be used by the University for the support and maintenance of the University.
19 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  9;  Code 1915, §  2356;  Code 1935, §  2800;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6509;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6510. Scholarships.

§ 6510. Scholarships.
(a) The General Assembly shall at each biennial session appropriate $50,000 of which $25,000 shall be paid annually to the University for the purpose of establishing scholarships at the University.
(b) The minimum number of scholarships to be awarded in each year shall be 50.
(c) A committee to award such scholarships shall be selected by the President of the University.
(d) The State Treasurer shall pay to the University the sum of $25,000 in each year upon warrants signed by the President of the University and the secretary of its Board of Trustees.
47 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  1-4;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  6510;  51 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  4;  51 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6511. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292].

§ 6511. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292].
The University shall maintain at the University, for a period of not less than 6 weeks during the summer of each year, a school for teachers and instructional aides in which shall be given courses in pedagogy and such other subjects as will give increased efficiency to those who are now teaching or providing instructional assistance or wish to prepare to teach in the free public schools in this State. The courses given in the school shall be arranged by the University. All persons who are now teaching, or providing instructional assistance or who will give satisfactory assurance to the Department of Education that they intend to teach in the free public schools of this State shall be admitted into the school, so long as class space is available and provided their applications are approved by the Department. Tuition shall be free to all Delaware teachers and instructional aides who meet University requirements.
64 Del. Laws, c. 90, §  141;  68 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  2;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  180;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  294;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  292;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  289;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  300;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  296;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 293;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 298;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 294;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 294;  82 Del. Laws, c. 242, § 286;  83 Del. Laws, c. 54, § 299;  83 Del. Laws, c. 325, § 303;  84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 292;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6513. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.

§ 6513. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.
Bonds issued under this chapter are made securities in which all state and municipal officers and administrative departments, boards and commissions of the State, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control; and such bonds are made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state, county or municipal officer or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is authorized by law.
68 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 65. ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONS › § 6514. Credit of State not pledged.

§ 6514. Credit of State not pledged.
Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable exclusively from specified funds of the University. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the State is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that the faith and credit of the State are not pledged to the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds. The issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
68 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7101. District library commissions requesting exemption.

§ 7101. District library commissions requesting exemption.
Any district library commission, heretofore established to administer and supervise a free public library established by a school district pursuant to this chapter that requests and qualifies for exemption from § 6(a) and (b), Chapter 480, Volume 59, Laws of Delaware, on or before August 31, 1975, shall continue in existence and subject to this chapter shall be empowered to administer and supervise the free public library in its district; provided, however, that the Lewes Public Library may request exemption as provided herein after August 31, 1975.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 29, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7102. Appointment, term, etc., of district library commission.

§ 7102. Appointment, term, etc., of district library commission.
Each district library commission shall be composed of 5 members who are residents of the school district in which the public library is established. The 5 members serving on any such district library commission as of July 1, 1975, shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, such member's successor shall be appointed by the Resident Judge of the Superior Court of the State for the county in which the school district is located for a term of 5 years. In case a district is located partly in each of 2 counties, the appointments to fill vacancies caused by expiration of a term shall be made alternately from the 2 counties by the Resident Judge of the county in which the greater number of residents of the school district reside. Appointment to fill an unexpired term is not to be considered a complete term. Each member shall hold office until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by the Resident Judge for the unexpired portion of the 5 year term.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7103. Election of officers; meetings; failure to hold or attend meetings.

§ 7103. Election of officers; meetings; failure to hold or attend meetings.
A district library commission shall annually, from its members, elect a president, secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may be one and the same person. The district library commission shall meet at least quarterly in each year. Failure to hold 4 formal meetings shall, at the option of the county library advisory board, necessitate the appointment of a new district library commission as provided in § 7102 of this title. The district library commission may adopt a rule that the failure of any member to attend a specified number of meetings of the district library commission shall create a vacancy in the office of such member.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7105. Powers of district library commission.

§ 7105. Powers of district library commission.
(a) The district library commission shall have the custody and management of the library and all property owned or leased, or donated, relating thereto. All money, from whatever source, shall be placed in the care and custody of the commission to be expended or retained by the commission for and in behalf of the library.
(b) The district library commission may procure and maintain suitable quarters for the library; purchase or accept donations or gifts of printed matter; employ employees; and shall have such further and additional powers as may be necessary for the foundation and establishment, and the support and maintenance of a library.
(c) The district library commission shall have the power to take and hold in the name of the district library commission real and personal property by deed, devise, bequest, gift, grant or otherwise, except by eminent domain, and to alien, sell, transfer and dispose thereof as an occasion may require, and the proceeds realized therefrom may be reinvested in other property, funds or securities for the benefit of the district library.
(d) The district library commission shall have the power to enter into contracts for any library service with any other library, business or with any governmental unit.
(e) All deeds of real estate and bills of sale and contracts shall be executed on behalf of the district library commission by the president and secretary of the district library commission.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7106. Reports.

§ 7106. Reports.
(a) The district library commission shall make a detailed report to the county library advisory board annually of all its receipts and expenditures, and of all the property of the district in its care and custody, including a statement of any unexpended balance of money and of any bequests or donations in behalf of the district, and of any sum or sums received from the county or other governmental unit, with such recommendations as are deemed desirable.
(b) The district library commission shall also make such reports as may be requested by other governmental units.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7107. Rules and regulations.

§ 7107. Rules and regulations.
The district library commission may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of the persons employed by it, and for the care and use of the books, newspapers, magazines, reviews and other media in the library by the persons using the library, and also concerning the conduct and deportment of all persons while in or about the library or reading room, as the commission shall or may from time to time deem proper and advisable. The use of the library and reading rooms or the contents thereof for library purposes shall be free to any citizen of the State. The rules and regulations made by the commission may be enforced by a suitable penalty including fines as may be set by the commission.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 71. DISTRICT LIBRARIES › § 7108. Consolidated districts.

§ 7108. Consolidated districts.
A district library commission located in a consolidated school district and responsible for the operation of more than 1 library may request the Resident Judge to appoint separate library commissions for each library in that district. Upon written request from the consolidated district library commission, the Resident Judge will make the number of appointments necessary to establish individual commissions for those libraries hitherto served by a consolidated commission, using those members currently serving on the consolidated commission as representatives of their library as nuclei for the new commissions. Upon such appointment of separate district library commissions the consolidated district library commissions shall cease to exist.
60 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 80. The Red Clay Consolidated School District School Bus Safety Camera Pilot Program › § 8001. Definitions.

§ 8001. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Owner” means the registered owner of such vehicle on record with this or any state; provided, however, that in the event that the owner is a vehicle leasing company, the “owner” , for purposes of this chapter, shall mean the person shown on the records to be the lessee of such vehicle. “Owner” does not include vehicle rental companies.
(2) “Red Clay Consolidated School District personnel” means an employee or contractor of Red Clay School District. “Red Clay Consolidated School District personnel” does not include any of the following:
a. A law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9200(b) of Title 11.
b. An employee or contractor providing educational services within a Department of Correction or Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services facility.
(3) “School bus safety camera system” means a camera placed on the exterior of a school bus that is designed to capture a recorded image that clearly identifies the license plate number of the motor vehicle that fails to stop when a school bus is stopped and displays flashing lamps to take on or discharge school children.
(4) “School district” means Red Clay Consolidated School District.
82 Del. Laws, c. 240, § 1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 67, § 1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 283, § 19;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 80. The Red Clay Consolidated School District School Bus Safety Camera Pilot Program › § 8002. Purpose.

§ 8002. Purpose.
The purpose is to implement a pilot program that utilizes school bus safety cameras to issue civil violations to individuals who fail to stop when a school bus is stopped and displays flashing lamps to take on or discharge school children. If this program is successful in helping to protect students, this may become a program that it utilized statewide. This program further funds itself with revenue from the civil violations and will create additional funds to spread public awareness of the dangers of failing to stop when a school bus is stopped and displays flashing lamps to take on or discharge school children.
82 Del. Laws, c. 240, § 1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 67, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 81. EDUCATION PRIVACY ACT › § 8102. Definitions.

§ 8102. Definitions.
(a) “Academic institution” means public or nonpublic institution of higher education or institution of postsecondary education.
(b) “Applicant” means a prospective student applying for admission into the subject academic institution.
(c) “Electronic communication device” means a cell telephone, personal digital assistant, electronic device with mobile data access, laptop computer, pager, broadband personal communication device whether mobile or desktop, 2-way messaging device, electronic game, or portable computing device.
(d) “Social networking site” means an Internet-based, personalized, privacy-protected website or application whether free or commercial that allows users to construct a private or semi-private profile site within a bounded system, create a list of other system users who are granted reciprocal access to the individual's profile site, send and receive email, and share personal content, communications, and contacts.
(e) “Student” means a person which at all relevant times is admitted into the academic institution.
78 Del. Laws, c. 354, §  1;