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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70848</law_id><section_number>23.1-2802</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="28">The College of William and Mary in Virginia; Richard Bland College</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board shall generally direct the affairs of the university. <a id="paragraph-255474" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2802/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board may confer degrees. <a id="paragraph-255475" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2802/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7;&#xA7; 935, 936, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-44, 23-46; 1938, p. 444; 1944, p. 402; 1945, p. 52; 1960, c. 180; 2016, c. 588; 2025, c. 607.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
