                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR (§ 66-3)

A. The Director of the Department shall have the following general powers:

   1. To employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the purposes of
   this title.

   2. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental
   to the performance of his duties and the execution of his powers under this
   title, including, but not limited to, contracts and agreements with the United
   States, other states, and agencies and governmental subdivisions of the
   Commonwealth.

   3. With the prior approval of the Governor, to enter into agreements with a
   public or private entity to operate a work program for children committed to
   the Department.

   4. With the prior approval of the Governor, to acquire real property, by
   purchase or gift, needed for new or existing state juvenile correctional
   facilities and for administrative and other facilities necessary to the
   operations of the Department, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Board
   to ensure adequate public notice and local hearing.

   5. To establish and maintain schools of the appropriate grades, levels, and
   types in the institutions for persons committed to juvenile correctional
   centers.

   6. To enter into such agreements with private entities, nonprofit civic
   organizations, school divisions, and public and private two-year and four-year
   institutions of higher education as it may deem necessary to provide
   age-appropriate educational programs and training, including career and
   technical education; career development opportunities; public service
   projects; restricted Internet access to online courses of institutions of
   higher education and approved or accredited online secondary education or
   adult education and literacy programs leading to a diploma or achieving a
   passing score on a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board
   of Education; access to postsecondary education that includes college credit,
   certification through an accredited vocational training program, or other
   accredited continuing education program using videoconferencing technology;
   and other learning experiences in the furtherance of its duties and
   responsibilities under this chapter for persons committed to the institutions
   comprising the Department.

   7. To designate employees of the Department with internal investigations
   authority to have the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer in
   the investigation of allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations
   of the Department. Such employees shall be subject to any minimum training
   standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services under
   &#xA7; 9.1-102 for law-enforcement officers prior to exercising any
   law-enforcement power granted under this subdivision. Nothing in this section
   shall be construed to grant the Department any authority over the operation
   and security of detention homes not specified in any other provision of law.
   The Department shall investigate allegations of criminal behavior in
   accordance with a written agreement entered into with the Department of State
   Police. The Department shall not investigate any action falling within the
   authority vested in the Office of the State Inspector General pursuant to
   Chapter 3.2 (&#xA7; 2.2-307 et seq.) of Title 2.2 unless specifically
   authorized by the Office of the State Inspector General.

   8. To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this
   title.

B. The Director shall comply with and require all school facilities within the
Department to comply with applicable regulations and statutes, both state and
federal.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 733; 1993, cc. 460, 487; 1995, c. 701; 2012, cc. 803, 835;
2013, cc. 143, 214; 2014, c. 84.