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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 6 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 1977, chapter 413; in 1998, chapters 111<\/a> and 396<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 483<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 586<\/a> and 625<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 146<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56100,"section_number":"23.1-2904","catch_line":"State Board; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2904\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71710,"identifier":"23.1-2906","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2906","url":"\/23.1-2906\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2906\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2906","dublin_core":{"Title":"Comprehensive community colleges; duties; workforce","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2906","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1.<\/span> 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; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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