                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EDUCATION CONSORTIUM CREATED; REGION DEFINED;
GOVERNING BOARD (§ 22.1-350)

A. The Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium is hereby established and
shall be referred to in this chapter as the Consortium. For the purposes of this
chapter and the work of the Consortium, &#8220;Southwest Virginia&#8221; shall
include the Counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee,
Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe, and the Cities of
Bristol, Galax, and Norton. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist
of the school superintendents of the named localities; the chancellor or his
designee of the University of Virginia&#8217;s College at Wise; the presidents
or their designees of Emory and Henry College, Virginia Intermont College,
Bluefield College, Mountain Empire Community College, Virginia Highlands
Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, and Wytheville
Community College; and the Director of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education
Center. The region&#8217;s legislators shall serve as nonvoting, advisory
members of the board.

B. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties in the work of the Consortium, except that
legislative members shall be reimbursed pursuant to &#xA7; 30-19.16. The board
shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 785; 1994, c. 276; 1999, cc. 424, 437.