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If the salaried nonfaculty covered employee does not make an election within such prescribed period, he shall be deemed to have elected to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program. Elections to participate in the human resources program established by the covered institution are irrevocable. At least once every two years, each covered institution that establishes a human resources program pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall provide salaried nonfaculty employees who elected to participate and be governed by the state human resources program with (a) a comparison of the state program and the institution&#8217;s program, including an assessment of compensation and benefits, and (b) an opportunity to participate in and be governed by the institution&#8217;s human resources program.B\n\nA salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; 2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2 shall continue to be governed by all state human resources and benefit plans, programs, policies, and procedures that apply to and govern state employees.C\n\nA salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be governed by the human resources program or programs established by the governing board of the covered institution pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall be deemed to have elected to be eligible to participate in and be governed by the human resources plans, programs, policies, and procedures adopted by the covered institution for his employment classification pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 23.1-1024, 23.1-1025, and 23.1-1026.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219048,"text":"If the governing board of a covered institution establishes a human resources program or programs pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021, a salaried nonfaculty covered employee who was employed by the covered institution on the day prior to the effective date of the initial management agreement, except employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center, may elect within a prescribed period of the establishment of the human resources program to participate in and be governed by either (i) the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; 2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2 or (ii) the human resources program or programs established by the governing board of the covered institution pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021. If the salaried nonfaculty covered employee does not make an election within such prescribed period, he shall be deemed to have elected to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program. Elections to participate in the human resources program established by the covered institution are irrevocable. At least once every two years, each covered institution that establishes a human resources program pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall provide salaried nonfaculty employees who elected to participate and be governed by the state human resources program with (a) a comparison of the state program and the institution&#8217;s program, including an assessment of compensation and benefits, and (b) an opportunity to participate in and be governed by the institution&#8217;s human resources program.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":219049,"text":"A salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; 2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2 shall continue to be governed by all state human resources and benefit plans, programs, policies, and procedures that apply to and govern state employees.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":219050,"text":"A salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be governed by the human resources program or programs established by the governing board of the covered institution pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall be deemed to have elected to be eligible to participate in and be governed by the human resources plans, programs, policies, and procedures adopted by the covered institution for his employment classification pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 23.1-1024, 23.1-1025, and 23.1-1026.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14810,"edition_id":1,"name":"Restructured Financial and Administrative Authority; Covered Institutions; Management Agreements","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14809,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:04","permalink":{"id":185539,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14810,"identifier":"4","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4","url":"\/23.1\/III\/10\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14809,"edition_id":1,"name":"Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14060,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:04","permalink":{"id":185515,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14809,"identifier":"10","token":"23.1\/III\/10","url":"\/23.1\/III\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14060,"edition_id":1,"name":"Management and Financing","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13111,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:44","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:44","permalink":{"id":185513,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14060,"identifier":"III","token":"23.1\/III","url":"\/23.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13111,"edition_id":1,"name":"Institutions of Higher Education; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0933\">933<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0945\">945<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84746,"section_number":"23.1-1000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1000\/"},{"id":67808,"section_number":"23.1-1023","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; grievance procedures","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1023\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68109,"section_number":"2.2-2800","catch_line":"Disability to hold state office","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2800\/"},{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"},{"id":78983,"section_number":"23.1-1021","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; establishment of a human resources program","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1021\/"},{"id":75091,"section_number":"23.1-1024","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; miscellaneous personnel matters","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1024\/"},{"id":76407,"section_number":"23.1-1025","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; certain insurance plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1025\/"},{"id":64122,"section_number":"23.1-1026","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; severance policies","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1026\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59817,"identifier":"23.1-1022","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1022","url":"\/23.1-1022\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1022\/","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1022","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; election by certain covered employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1022","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing board<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> establishes a human resources program or programs pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; establishment of a human resources program\" href=\"\/23.1-1021\/\">23.1-1021<\/a>, a salaried nonfaculty <span class=\"dictionary\">covered employee<\/span> who was employed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> on the day prior to the effective date of the initial <span class=\"dictionary\">management agreement<\/span>, except employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center, may elect within a prescribed period of the establishment of the human resources program to participate in and be governed by either (i) the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Disability to hold state office\" href=\"\/2.2-2800\/\">2.2-2800<\/a> et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-2900\/\">2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2 or (ii) the human resources program or programs established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing board<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; establishment of a human resources program\" href=\"\/23.1-1021\/\">23.1-1021<\/a>. If the salaried nonfaculty <span class=\"dictionary\">covered employee<\/span> does not make an election within such prescribed period, he shall be deemed to have elected to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program. Elections to participate in the human resources program established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> are irrevocable. At least once every two years, each <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> that establishes a human resources program pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; establishment of a human resources program\" href=\"\/23.1-1021\/\">23.1-1021<\/a> shall provide salaried nonfaculty employees who elected to participate and be governed by the state human resources program with (a) a comparison of the state program and the institution&#8217;s program, including an assessment of compensation and benefits, and (b) an opportunity to participate in and be governed by the institution&#8217;s human resources program. <a id=\"paragraph-219048\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-1022\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> A salaried nonfaculty <span class=\"dictionary\">covered employee<\/span> who elects to participate in and be governed by the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Disability to hold state office\" href=\"\/2.2-2800\/\">2.2-2800<\/a> et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-2900\/\">2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2 shall continue to be governed by all state human resources and benefit plans, programs, policies, and procedures that apply to and govern state employees. <a id=\"paragraph-219049\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-1022\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A salaried nonfaculty <span class=\"dictionary\">covered employee<\/span> who elects to participate in and be governed by the human resources program or programs established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing board<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; establishment of a human resources program\" href=\"\/23.1-1021\/\">23.1-1021<\/a> shall be deemed to have elected to be eligible to participate in and be governed by the human resources plans, programs, policies, and procedures adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> for his employment classification pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; miscellaneous personnel matters\" href=\"\/23.1-1024\/\">23.1-1024<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; certain insurance plans\" href=\"\/23.1-1025\/\">23.1-1025<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; severance policies\" href=\"\/23.1-1026\/\">23.1-1026<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-219050\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-1022\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; HUMAN RESOURCES; ELECTION BY\nCERTAIN COVERED EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 23.1-1022)\n\nA. If the governing board of a covered institution establishes a human resources\nprogram or programs pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021, a salaried nonfaculty covered\nemployee who was employed by the covered institution on the day prior to the\neffective date of the initial management agreement, except employees of the\nUniversity of Virginia Medical Center, may elect within a prescribed period of\nthe establishment of the human resources program to participate in and be\ngoverned by either (i) the state human resources program set forth in Chapters\n28 (&#xA7; 2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2 or\n(ii) the human resources program or programs established by the governing board\nof the covered institution pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021. If the salaried\nnonfaculty covered employee does not make an election within such prescribed\nperiod, he shall be deemed to have elected to participate in and be governed by\nthe state human resources program. Elections to participate in the human\nresources program established by the covered institution are irrevocable. At\nleast once every two years, each covered institution that establishes a human\nresources program pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall provide salaried nonfaculty\nemployees who elected to participate and be governed by the state human\nresources program with (a) a comparison of the state program and the\ninstitution&#8217;s program, including an assessment of compensation and\nbenefits, and (b) an opportunity to participate in and be governed by the\ninstitution&#8217;s human resources program.\n\nB. A salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be\ngoverned by the state human resources program set forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7;\n2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2 shall continue\nto be governed by all state human resources and benefit plans, programs,\npolicies, and procedures that apply to and govern state employees.\n\nC. A salaried nonfaculty covered employee who elects to participate in and be\ngoverned by the human resources program or programs established by the governing\nboard of the covered institution pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-1021 shall be deemed to\nhave elected to be eligible to participate in and be governed by the human\nresources plans, programs, policies, and procedures adopted by the covered\ninstitution for his employment classification pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;\n23.1-1024, 23.1-1025, and 23.1-1026.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, \u00a7 23-38.115; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}