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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 679 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1996, chapters 134<\/a> and 486<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 337<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 63<\/a> and 86<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82055,"section_number":"23.1-1300","catch_line":"Members of governing boards; removal; terms; nonvoting, advisory representatives; residency","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":186765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84614,"identifier":"23.1-2905","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2905","url":"\/23.1-2905\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2905\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2905","dublin_core":{"Title":"State Board; powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2905","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1.<\/span> 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<\/span> may use for or in aid of any of its purposes; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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