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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74288</law_id><section_number>23.1-2603</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="26">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board is charged with the care, preservation, and improvement of the property belonging to the University and with the protection and safety of students and other persons residing on such property. Pursuant to such duties, the board may change roads or driveways on the property belonging to the University or entrances to such property, close temporarily or permanently the roads and driveways on such property and entrances to such property, prohibit undesirable and disorderly persons from entering such property, eject such persons from such property, and <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> under state <span class="dictionary">law</span> trespassers and persons committing <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> on such property. <a id="paragraph-267090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2603/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board shall regulate the government and discipline of the students. <a id="paragraph-267091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2603/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 864, &#xA7; 23-122; 1924, p. 143; 1970, c. 98; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
