§ 23.1-3116 Duties of the Authority
The Authority shall:
1. Expand access to higher education in the Roanoke Valley by providing for adult and continuing education and degree-granting programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, through partnerships with the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education;
2. Serve as a resource and referral center on existing educational programs and resources by maintaining and disseminating information;
3. Develop, in coordination with the Council, specific goals for higher education access and availability in the Roanoke Valley; and
4. Accept, administer, and account for any state grant to a nonstate entity that may be provided in the name of the Roanoke Higher Education Center (the Center) or the Authority.
History
This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 813 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 360; in 2016, chapter 588.
1997, c. 813, § 23-231.14; 1998, c. 360; 2016, c. 588.