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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2632. Virginia Water Resources Research Center Statewide Advisory Board

The Virginia Water Resources Research Center Statewide Advisory Board (the Statewide Advisory Board) shall serve in an advisory capacity to the executive director of the Water Center. Representatives of the Statewide Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and shall include balanced representation from industries; federal, state, and local agencies; water user groups; and concerned citizens. The Statewide Advisory Board shall (i) recommend policy guidelines for implementing the functions of the Water Center, (ii) evaluate the programs of the Water Center, and (iii) advise the executive director of the Water Center and make recommendations to assist him in carrying out the purposes of this article.
1982, c. 379, § 23-135.7:13; 1984, c. 734; 1985, c. 448; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2633. Virginia Center for Housing Research established

The Virginia Center for Housing Research (the Housing Center) is established and shall be located at the University.
1989, c. 700, § 23-135.7:14; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2634. Functions, powers, and duties

The Housing Center shall serve as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource on housing for the Commonwealth. The Housing Center shall (i) consult with the General Assembly; federal, state, and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; private industry; and other potential users of research; (ii) establish and administer agreements with other public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to carry out research projects; (iii) disseminate new information and research results; (iv) facilitate the application and transfer of new technologies to housing; and (v) stimulate and perform research that deals with housing policy issues facing the General Assembly and aids the Commonwealth's housing and housing finance agencies.
1989, c. 700, § 23-135.7:15; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2635. Control and supervision

The Housing Center is a unit of the University under the supervision and control of the board.
1989, c. 700, § 23-135.7:16; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2636. Director

A. The president of the University, with the approval of the board, shall appoint a director to serve as the principal administrative officer of the Housing Center. The director shall be under the supervision of the president of the University or his designee.
B. The director shall exercise all powers imposed upon him by law, carry out the specific duties imposed on him by the president of the University, and develop appropriate policies and procedures, with the advice of the Board of Housing and Community Development, for (i) identifying priority research problems; (ii) cooperating with the General Assembly; federal, state, and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; and private industry in formulating its research programs; (iii) selecting research projects to be funded; and (iv) disseminating information and transferring technology relating to housing and housing problems within the Commonwealth. The director shall employ such personnel and secure such services as may be required to carry out the purposes of this article, expend appropriated funds, and accept moneys from federal or private sources for cost-sharing on projects.
1989, c. 700, §§ 23-135.7:17, 23-135.7:18; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2637. Advisory board

The Board of Housing and Community Development shall advise the director of the Housing Center and may advise the director on all matters set forth in § 23.1-2634.
1992, c. 754, § 23-135.7:20; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2638. Institutions receiving interest accruing on proceeds of land scrip

The annual accruing interest from the education fund resulting from the donation of lands by act of Congress on July 2, 1862, and the sale of such lands and the investment of the proceeds from such sale in state bonds by the Board of Education on February 7 and March 19, 1872, shall be paid one-third to Virginia State University and two-thirds to the University.
Code 1919, § 853, § 23-136; 1920, p. 492; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2639. Institutions receiving money allotted to Commonwealth under act of Congress

The Comptroller shall receive from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior such sums of money as are allotted to the Commonwealth under and in accordance with the act of Congress approved August 30, 1890, and shall pay one-third to the treasurer of Virginia State University and two-thirds to the treasurer of the University, who shall receive and disburse the sums as required by section two of such act of Congress.
Code 1919, § 853, § 23-137; 1920, p. 493; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2640. Experimental farms

A. A portion of the fund, not exceeding 10 percent of each sum assigned to Virginia State University and the University, may be expended, in the discretion of the board of visitors of each institution, in the purchase of lands for experimental farms.
B. The respective boards of visitors may use a portion of the accruing interest from such fund to purchase suitable and appropriate laboratories.
Code 1919, § 868, §§ 23-138, 23-139; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2641. Reversion of property on withdrawal of annuity

If at any time such annuity should be withdrawn from the University, the property, real and personal, conveyed and appropriated to its use and benefit by the trustees of the Preston and Olin Institute and the County of Montgomery under the provisions of Chapter 234 of the Acts of Assembly of 1871-1872 shall revert to the trustees and the county, respectively, from which it was conveyed and appropriated.
Code 1919, § 855, § 23-140; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University › § 23.1-2642. County subscriptions and individual donations

The board may accept (i) the subscription of any county made under the act to authorize subscriptions in aid of the University approved March 21, 1872 and (ii) individual donations in aid of the purposes and objects of the University. Such donations and subscriptions shall be held by the board in trust for the benefit of the University and shall revert to the donors and subscribers if the Commonwealth withdraws from the use of the University the interest accruing on the proceeds of the land scrip as provided in § 23.1-2638.
Code 1919, § 867, § 23-141; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2700. Corporate name; name of the University

A. The board of visitors of Virginia State University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of "The Visitors of Virginia State University" and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly.
B. The institution shall be known as Virginia State University (the University).
C. All laws relating to Virginia State College or the board of visitors of Virginia State College shall be construed as relating to the University or the board, respectively.
Code 1919, §§ 948, 969, §§ 23-165.1, 23-165.2, 23-166, 23-174; 1930, pp. 768, 769; 1946, p. 74; 1964, c. 70; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2701. Membership

A. The board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Governor, of whom at least three shall be alumni of the University and at least 10 shall be residents of the Commonwealth.
B. The alumni association of the University may submit to the Governor a list of three nominees for each vacancy on the board, whether the vacancy occurs by expiration of a term or otherwise. The Governor may appoint a member from the list of nominees.
1964, c. 70, § 23-165.4; 1979, c. 147; 1993, c. 697; 1999, c. 752; 2008, cc. 465, 477; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2702. Powers and duties

A. The board shall appoint all professors, teachers, and agents and fix their salaries and generally direct the affairs of the University.
B. The board may confer degrees.
1964, c. 70, §§ 23-165.6, 23-165.8; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c. 314.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2703. Courses of study

The curriculum of the University shall include agriculture, business, education, engineering, the liberal arts and sciences, and military science.
1964, c. 70, § 23-165.9; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2704. Cooperative Extension Service

A. For the purposes of this section:
"Cooperative extension service" means the function traditionally associated with the term "extension" that traditionally focuses on agriculture, including horticulture and silviculture, agribusiness, home economics, community resource development, and 4-H Clubs.
"Extension" means the joint federal, state, and local program designed to aid the transfer of information and research capabilities of land-grant universities to citizens.
B. As provided in Article 2 (§ 23.1-2608 et seq.) of Chapter 26 and subject to the federally required plan, the Cooperative Extension Service Program within the University, (the Program) is recognized. The University may accept grants, gifts, or donations for the Program from the local governing bodies of the Commonwealth, other public or private agencies, and individual donors. The Service shall be operated cooperatively by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the University, with agreed-upon areas of program and service emphasis as set forth in the unified plan submitted by the two institutions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The University shall file such reports on the activities of the Program as may be required by law or requested by the Governor, and the two institutions shall file such reports on the unified plan as may be required by law or requested by the Governor.
1994, c. 433, § 23-165.11; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 27 - Virginia State University › § 23.1-2705. Gifts, grants, devises, and bequests; governmental aid

A. The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the board or to or for the benefit of the University. Any such gift, grant, devise, or bequest shall be used for the purposes designated by the donor, or if no purposes are so designated, for the general purposes of the board.
B. The University shall receive the governmental aid designated in §§ 23.1-2638 and 23.1-2639.
Code 1919, § 957, § 23-170; 1930, p. 769; 1964, c. 70; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2800. Corporate name; name of the University

A. The board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of "The College of William and Mary in Virginia" and has, in addition to its other powers, (i) all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1 and (ii) all powers conferred by the ancient royal charter of The College of William and Mary in Virginia. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly.
B. The institution shall be known as The College of William and Mary in Virginia (the University).
Code 1919, § 936; 1960, c. 180, § 23-39; 1962, c. 69; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2801. Membership

A. The board shall consist of 17 members appointed by the Governor, of whom at least 13 shall be residents of the Commonwealth.
B. The alumni association of the university may submit to the Governor a list of at least three nominees for each vacancy on the board, whether the vacancy occurs by expiration of a term or otherwise. The Governor may appoint a member from the list of nominees.
Code 1919, § 935, §§ 23-41, 23-42; 1938, p. 443; 1944, pp. 401, 402; 1945, p. 51; 1960, c. 180; 1962, c. 69; 1966, c. 14; 1974, c. 29; 1975, c. 484; 1992, c. 53; 2004, c. 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2802. Powers and duties

A. The board shall generally direct the affairs of the university and Richard Bland College.
B. The board may confer degrees.
Code 1919, §§ 935, 936, §§ 23-44, 23-46; 1938, p. 444; 1944, p. 402; 1945, p. 52; 1960, c. 180; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2804. Program of instruction to educate and train teachers

The university shall maintain a program of instruction to educate and train teachers for the public elementary and secondary schools of the Commonwealth without excluding other programs of instruction.
Code 1919, § 934, § 23-47; 1960, c. 180; 1962, c. 69; 1972, c. 35; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2805. Duties; student admissions; degrees

The university shall admit properly prepared individuals and upon completion of the requirements shall grant them degrees.
1918, p. 424; Michie Code 1942, § 938b; 1960, c. 180, § 23-49; 1962, c. 69; 1972, c. 35; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2806. Richard Bland College

A. Richard Bland College is a separate college under the supervision, management, and control of the board. Richard Bland College shall report to the board in such manner as the board may coordinate and direct.
B. The board shall establish and publish bylaws for Richard Bland College that define the school's functions.
C. All property, property rights, duties, contracts, and agreements of Richard Bland College are vested in the board.
D. The board shall designate a chief executive officer of Richard Bland College.
E. The board shall care for and preserve all property belonging to Richard Bland College.
F. The board shall (i) fix tuition, mandatory fees, and other necessary charges; (ii) appoint, remove, and define the responsibilities of the chief executive officer; and (iii) make such rules and regulations as it deems appropriate for Richard Bland College.
1958, c. 15; 1960, cc. 56, 180, § 23-49.1; 1962, cc. 69, 610; 1966, cc. 14, 707; 1976, c. 21; 1992, c. 103; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 28 - The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College › § 23.1-2807. Virginia Institute of Marine Science

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (the Institute) is subject to the supervision, management, and control of the board. The university shall provide for the administration of the Institute and appoint and remove its administrative and professional staff.
1979, c. 294, § 23-49.1:1; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2900. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Career and technical education" means the training or retraining under public supervision and control that is (i) given in school classes, including field or laboratory work incidental to such training or retraining, exclusive of those career and technical education programs provided and administered by or through the public school system and (ii) conducted as part of a program designed to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled workers or technicians in recognized occupations.
"Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System.
1966, c. 679, § 23-214; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c. 483; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2901. State Board for Community Colleges established; purpose; Virginia Community College System

The State Board for Community Colleges is a corporation under the style of "the State Board for Community Colleges" that shall establish, control, and administer a statewide system of publicly supported comprehensive community colleges, which shall be known as the Virginia Community College System.
1966, c. 679, § 23-215; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c. 483; 2002, cc. 586, 625; 2004, c. 146; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2902. State Board; membership

A. The State Board shall consist of 15 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.
B. Each member shall be a resident of the Commonwealth. No officer, employee, or member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education or of any school subject to the control of the State Board and no member of the Board of Education is eligible for appointment to the State Board. All members of the State Board are members at large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interests of the whole Commonwealth, and no member shall act as the representative of any particular region or institution of higher education.
1966, c. 679, § 23-216; 1972, c. 136; 1983, c. 148; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2903. State Board; officers, meetings, and regulations

A. The State Board shall elect a chairman from its membership and may provide for the election of one of its members as vice-chairman.
B. The State Board shall meet at least four times annually and on the call of the chairman when in his opinion additional meetings are expedient or necessary.
C. Eight members of the State Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
D. The main office of the State Board shall be in the Commonwealth.
E. The State Board may adopt necessary regulations for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
1966, c. 679, § 23-217; 1980, c. 728; 2014, c. 652; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c. 314.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2905. State Board; powers

In addition to the powers of governing boards of public institutions of higher education set forth in Chapter 13 (§ 23.1-1300 et seq.), the State Board may:
1. With the approval of the Governor, accept from any government or governmental department or agency or any public or private body or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property that the State Board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes;
2. Control and expend funds appropriated by law;
3. Fix tuition, mandatory fees, and other necessary charges;
4. Establish policies and guidelines providing for reduced tuition rates at comprehensive community colleges for employees of the System; and
5. Confer diplomas, certificates, and associate degrees.
1966, c. 679, §§ 23-218, 23-219; 1996, cc. 134, 486; 2006, c. 337; 2015, cc. 63, 86; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2906. Comprehensive community colleges; duties; workforce

Each comprehensive community college shall:
1. Maximize noncredit course offerings made available to business and industry at a time and place that meet current and projected workforce needs and minimize the cost of noncredit offerings to business and industry to the extent feasible;
2. Deal directly with employers in designing and offering courses to meet real, current, and projected workforce training needs; and
3. Maximize the availability and use of distance learning courses addressing workforce training needs.
1966, c. 679, § 23-215; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c. 483; 2002, cc. 586, 625; 2004, c. 146; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2906.1. Dual enrollment; high school equivalency; workforce training

Each comprehensive community college shall enter into agreements with the local school divisions it serves to facilitate dual enrollment of eligible students into a Career Pathways program preparing students to pass a high school equivalency examination offered by the local school division and a postsecondary credential, certification, or license attainment program offered by the comprehensive community college.
2016, c. 645.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2906.2. Certain comprehensive community colleges; veterans advisors and veterans resource centers

A. Each of the seven comprehensive community colleges with the highest number of enrolled students who are veterans shall employ at least one full-time veterans advisor to provide comprehensive and intensive enrollment and advising services to current and prospective students who are veterans.
B. Each of the seven comprehensive community colleges with the highest number of enrolled students who are veterans shall establish a veterans resource center on campus to:
1. Provide access to federal and state veterans resources;
2. Serve as a quiet place for veterans to study;
3. Enable veterans to connect to other veterans, helping them renew the bonds of military service; and
4. Be the central hub for all activities on campus related to veterans.
2016, c. 503.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2907. Policy for the award of academic credit for military training

A. The State Board shall adopt a policy for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled in a comprehensive community college who has successfully completed a military training course or program as part of his military service that is applicable to the student's certificate of degree requirements and is:
1. Recommended for academic credit by a national higher education association that provides academic credit recommendations for military training courses or programs;
2. Noted on the student's military transcript issued by any of the Armed Forces of the United States; or
3. Otherwise documented in writing by any of the Armed Forces of the United States.
B. The State Board shall:
1. Develop a procedure for each comprehensive community college to receive the documentation necessary to identify and verify the military training course or program for which the student has applied for academic credit; and
2. Develop, maintain, and disseminate to each comprehensive community college a list of military training courses and programs that it has deemed qualified for the award of academic credit.
C. Each comprehensive community college shall provide a copy of the State Board's policy for the award of academic credit for military training courses or programs to each student applicant.
2015, cc. 384, 581, § 23-220.5; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2907.1. Policy for award of academic credit for apprenticeship credentials

The State Board shall require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled in a comprehensive community college who has successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential in a field that is aligned with a credit-bearing program of study at the comprehensive community college in which the student is enrolled. Such policies shall ensure that academic credit is awarded only to students who have achieved the same outcomes and with the same academic rigor as in the equivalent courses offered by the institution.
2017, cc. 21, 130.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2907.2. Registered apprenticeships; uniform instruction

The System, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, shall develop and deliver uniform, related instruction for registered apprenticeships in high-demand programs, as determined by the Virginia Board of Workforce Development and the Virginia Employment Commission, and for which coursework is not otherwise available. Such instruction shall be available statewide and shall be delivered in a face-to-face, online, or blended format.
2019, c. 580.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2909. Bonds of agents and System employees

Proper bonds shall be required of all agents and employees who handle any funds that may come into the custody of the System. The premiums on the bonds shall be paid from funds appropriated by the Commonwealth for the administration of the provisions of this chapter.
1966, c. 679, § 23-226; 1977, c. 413; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2910. Extension programs; similar courses of study

In any area served by a comprehensive community college, no public institution of higher education that conducts extension programs shall offer courses of study similar to those offered by a comprehensive community college, except as authorized by the Council. Whenever practicable, the State Board shall provide facilities to such public institutions of higher education for conducting extension programs not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
1966, c. 679, § 23-221; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2911. Community College Week

The fourth week in January of every year is declared "Community College Week" and the State Board may approve such activities in observance of this week as it deems appropriate.
1985, c. 161, § 23-231.1; 2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 29 - State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System › § 23.1-2911.1. Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers

A. Northern Virginia Community College, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall contract with a partner organization to develop, market, and implement high-quality and effective computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers throughout the Commonwealth for the purpose of improving the computer science literacy of all public school students in the Commonwealth.
B. Northern Virginia Community College shall also establish an advisory committee for the purpose of advising the college and its partner organization on the development, marketing, and implementation of training and professional development activities pursuant to subsection A. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Administration shall each submit to the college a list of names of qualified individuals, and the college shall appoint members to such advisory committee from such lists.
2017, cc. 779, 823; 2020, c. 738.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3000. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the board of visitors of Eastern Virginia Medical School.
"Bonds" includes bonds, notes, revenue certificates, lease participation certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness, payment obligations, or deferred purchase financing arrangements.
"Costs" means (i) costs of construction, reconstruction, renovation, site work, and acquisition of lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests; (ii) costs of demolition, removal, or relocation of buildings or structures; (iii) costs of labor; (iv) costs of materials, machinery, and all other kinds of equipment; (v) financing charges; (vi) costs of issuance of bonds, including printing, engraving, advertising, legal, and other similar expenses; (vii) credit enhancement and liquidity facility fees; (viii) fees for interest rate caps, collars, and swaps; (ix) interest on bonds and other borrowing in connection with a project prior to and during construction of the project and for a period not exceeding one year after the completion of such construction; (x) costs of engineering, inspection, financial, legal, and accounting services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of costs and revenues, and feasibility studies; (xi) administrative expenses, including administrative expenses during the start-up of any project; (xii) working capital to be used in connection with any project; (xiii) reserve funds and other reserves for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds; and (xiv) all other expenses necessary, desirable, or incidental to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, acquisition, financing, refinancing, or placing in operation of projects.
"Medical School" means the Eastern Virginia Medical School.
"Operating project" means any project (i) owned, in whole or in part; (ii) controlled, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part; or (iii) operated, directly or indirectly, by the Medical School, including parking, utility, and similar essential and related facilities operated by the Medical School or its agents either for itself or for itself and other health-related entities and institutions on a shared-support basis.
"Project" means any medical educational institution and medical facility, including colleges, schools, and divisions offering undergraduate and graduate programs for the health professions and sciences and such other courses of study as may be appropriate; medical and paramedical facilities; such other facilities deemed by the board as consistent with the powers and purposes of Eastern Virginia Medical School; all related and supporting facilities; and all necessary, desirable, or incidental lands, buildings, improvements, and other appurtenances and equipment.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3001. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Eastern Virginia Medical School established

Eastern Virginia Medical School is established as a public instrumentality, public body politic and corporate, and political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The primary offices and facilities of the Medical School shall be located in the Hampton Roads area of the Commonwealth.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3002. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Board; membership; officers; meetings; committees

A. The Medical School shall be governed by a board of visitors composed of 17 members as follows: two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor; two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; three nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; six nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation; and four nonlegislative citizen members appointed by their respective city councils as follows: two members for the City of Norfolk, one member for the City of Virginia Beach, and one member appointed by the following city councils in a rotating manner: the City of Chesapeake, the City of Hampton, the City of Portsmouth, the City of Suffolk, and the City of Newport News.
B. Members shall serve for terms of three years, commencing on July 1 of the appointment year. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the unexpired term. No member shall serve for more than two consecutive three-year terms; however, (i) a member appointed to serve an unexpired term is eligible to serve two consecutive three-year terms immediately succeeding such unexpired term and (ii) an officer is eligible to serve up to three additional one-year terms. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no member who has served two consecutive three-year terms is eligible to serve on the board until at least one year has passed since the end of his second consecutive three-year term. Members shall continue to hold office until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
C. Members shall receive no salaries but are entitled to reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of their duties.
D. Each appointing authority has the right to remove any member it appointed for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty.
E. The board shall annually elect a rector, vice-rector, treasurer, and secretary from among its membership and may elect assistant secretaries and treasurers who are not required to be members of the board. The same member may serve as both secretary and treasurer.
F. The board shall meet at least four times each year and may hold such special meetings as it deems necessary. The rector or any three members may call special meetings of the board.
G. The board may appoint an executive committee composed of at least three but no more than five members for the transaction of business in the recess of the board.
2016, c. 588; 2018, c. 202.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3003. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Board; duties and powers

A. The board shall generally direct the affairs of the Medical School and adopt such regulations and bylaws for its own government and procedures as it shall determine.
B. The board shall appoint a president of the Medical School who shall be the chief executive officer with such duties as may be prescribed by the board.
C. The board shall appoint a dean and a provost of the Medical School.
D. The board may appoint such vice presidents, administrative and academic officers, professors, teachers, staff members, agents, and other personnel as it deems proper and necessary for the transaction of its business within and outside the Commonwealth or the United States.
E. The board may confer degrees, including honorary degrees, consistent with the approval authority of the Council pursuant to § 23.1-203.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3005. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Medical School; exercise of powers

A. The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter are for the benefit of the residents of the Commonwealth and the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, knowledge, benefit, convenience, and prosperity.
B. The operation and maintenance of any project that the Medical School may undertake constitutes the performance of an essential governmental function.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3006. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Medical School; duties

The Medical School shall deliver and support the delivery of high-quality medical and health care and related services to residents of the Commonwealth and such other persons as may be served by the Medical School regardless of their ability to pay, provide educational opportunities, and conduct and facilitate research.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3008. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Medical School; additional powers; revenues, fees, rents, and other charges for projects

A. The Medical School may fix, revise, charge, and collect revenues, fees, rents, and other charges for the use of any project. Such revenues, fees, rents, and other charges shall be fixed and adjusted to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues to pay the principal of and any interest on bonds secured by or otherwise to be paid by such revenues as such principal and interest become due and payable; to create reserves for such purposes and for other purposes of the Medical School; and to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project. Such revenues, fees, rents, and charges are not subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, or agency of the Commonwealth or any such participating political subdivision.
B. The revenues, fees, rents, and other charges received by the Medical School may be applied and set aside in such order and manner as may be provided in such trust indenture, trust, or other agreement, or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds, including application to a sinking fund that may be pledged to and charged with the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as such principal and interest become due and the redemption price or purchase price of such bonds retired by call or purchase as provided in such trust indenture, trust, or other agreement, or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds.
C. All pledges of such revenues, fees, rents, and other charges to payment of bonds are valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made.
D. The revenues, fees, rents, and charges pledged and received by the Medical School are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the Medical School, regardless of whether such parties have notice of the lien.
E. No trust indenture, trust, or other agreement, or resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, by which a pledge is created is required to be filed or recorded except in the records of the Medical School.
F. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such sinking fund are subject to the provisions of such trust indenture, trust, or other agreement, or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds. Except as otherwise provided in such trust indenture, trust, or other agreement, or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds, such sinking fund is a fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over another.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3009. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Cooperation of localities

In addition to the powers granted by general law or by its charter, any locality in the Commonwealth may cooperate with the Medical School to:
1. Make such appropriations and provide such funds by outright donation, loan, or agreement with the Medical School for operating and carrying out the purposes of the Medical School as the local governing body may deem proper;
2. Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in property or grant liens, easements, licenses, or any other privileges in or on the property to or for the benefit of the Medical School;
3. Cause parks, playgrounds, or recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities or any other works that it may undertake to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with any property, facility, or project of the Medical School;
4. Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places;
5. Plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the locality in connection with the use of any property of the Medical School or property adjacent to the property of the Medical School or its facilities or projects;
6. Furnish services to the Medical School;
7. Purchase any of the bonds of the Medical School or legally invest in such bonds any funds belonging to or within the control of the locality and exercise all the rights of any holder of such bonds;
8. Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid or cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of any of the plans, projects, or facilities of the Medical School; and
9. Enter into agreements with the Medical School regarding action to be taken by the locality pursuant to any of the powers set forth in this section.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3010. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Proceeds; trust funds

All moneys received by the Medical School pursuant to this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3011. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Discrimination prohibited

In hiring practices and in the procurement of goods and services, the Medical School shall not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, or disability.
2016, c. 588; 2020, c. 1137.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3012. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Exemptions

The provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.), the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), and the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) do not apply to the Medical School in its exercise of any power conferred under this chapter.
2016, c. 588.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions › Chapter 30 - Eastern Virginia Medical School › § 23.1-3013. (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Taxation

A. The Medical School is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project acquired and constructed by the Medical School under the provisions of this chapter.
B. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, the income from such bonds, and the income from the transfer of such bonds, including any profit made on the sale of such bonds, are exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
2016, c. 588.