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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82228</law_id><section_number>23.1-1803</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="IV">Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">University of Mary Washington</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board shall appoint all teachers and fix their salaries, provide for the employment of other personnel as required, and generally direct the affairs of the University. <a id="paragraph-294676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1803/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board may confer degrees and, subject to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duties of Council" href="/23.1-203/">23.1-203</a>, approve new academic programs and discontinue academic programs offered by the University. <a id="paragraph-294677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1803/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 861, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-91.40, 23-91.42, 23-91.43; 2004, cc. 176, 195; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
