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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72541</law_id><section_number>23.1-1001</section_number><catch_line>Financial and administrative management standards for public institutions of higher education</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>23.1-1002</reference><reference>23.1-1004</reference><reference>23.1-1006</reference><reference>30-133.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Management and Financing</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Financial and Administrative Standards, Authority, and Incentives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall meet the following financial and administrative management standards: <a id="paragraph-261190" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An unqualified <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> from the Auditor of Public Accounts upon the audit of the public institution&#x2019;s financial statements; <a id="paragraph-261191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No significant audit deficiencies attested to by the Auditor of Public Accounts; <a id="paragraph-261192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Substantial compliance with all financial reporting standards approved by the State Comptroller; <a id="paragraph-261193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Substantial attainment of accounts receivable standards approved by the State Comptroller, including any standards for outstanding receivables and bad debts; <a id="paragraph-261194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Substantial attainment of accounts payable standards approved by the State Comptroller including any standards for accounts payable past due; and <a id="paragraph-261195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Other financial and administrative management standards established by the Governor or included in the general appropriation act currently in effect. <a id="paragraph-261196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> that does not meet all of the financial management standards in subsection A according to the written certification of the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional certifications for public institutions of higher education" href="/30-133.1/">30-133.1</a> shall develop and implement a written plan of corrective action to meet such standards as soon as practicable. The chairman or rector of the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of the <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall promptly provide a copy of the completed written plan to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Secretaries of Education, Finance, and Administration. <a id="paragraph-261197" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> that does not meet all of the administrative management standards established by the Governor and such standards currently in effect for such institutions according to the written certification of the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional certifications for public institutions of higher education" href="/30-133.1/">30-133.1</a> shall develop and implement a written plan of corrective action to meet such standards as soon as practical. The chairman or rector of the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of the <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall promptly provide a copy of the completed written plan to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Secretaries of Education, Finance, and Administration. <a id="paragraph-261198" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1001/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
