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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 550 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. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83396,"section_number":"23.1-203","catch_line":"Duties of Council","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":186013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87327,"identifier":"23.1-1503","token":"23.1\/IV\/15\/23.1-1503","url":"\/23.1-1503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1503\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/15\/23.1-1503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The board shall appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents and fix their salaries and generally direct the affairs of the University. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The board may confer degrees and, subject to the provisions of § 23.1-203<\/a>, approve new academic programs and discontinue academic programs offered by the University. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-1503)\n\nA. The board shall appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents and fix their\nsalaries and generally direct the affairs of the University.\n\nB. The board may confer degrees and, subject to the provisions of §\n23.1-203, approve new academic programs and discontinue academic programs\noffered by the University.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 550, \u00a7\u00a7 23-91.29, 23-91.31, 23-91.32; 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}}