                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHANCELLOR OF THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§ 23.1-2908)

A. The State Board shall appoint a Chancellor of the Virginia Community College
System to be the chief executive officer of the System and secretary to the
State Board, fix his salary, and prescribe his duties in addition to those
duties set forth in subsection B.

B. The Chancellor shall:

   1. Formulate such policies and regulations and provide for such assistance in
   his office as are necessary for the proper performance of the duties
   prescribed by the provisions of this chapter;

   2. Designate an employee of the State Board to serve as its liaison to the
   Board of Education;

   3. Appoint agents and employees and fix their functions, powers, duties,
   titles, and salaries, subject to the approval of the State Board and the
   provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.);

   4. Submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before
   November 1 of each year. Such report shall be submitted as a report document
   as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems
   for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on
   the General Assembly&#8217;s website. Such report shall contain, at a minimum,
   the annual financial statements for the year ending the preceding June 30 and
   the accounts and status of any ongoing capital projects;

   5. Prescribe the forms of applications, reports, affidavits, and such other
   forms as may be required in the administration of this chapter;

   6. Cooperate with agencies of the United States in relation to matters set
   forth in this chapter and in any reasonable manner that may be necessary for
   the Commonwealth to qualify for and to receive grants or aid from such federal
   agencies, subject to the direction of the State Board; and

   7. Enforce the standards established by the State Board for personnel employed
   in the administration of this chapter and remove or cause to be removed each
   employee who does not meet such standards.

C. The Chancellor may receive, for and on behalf of the Commonwealth and its
subdivisions, from the United States and agencies of the United States and any
other source grants-in-aid and gifts made for the purpose of providing or
assisting in providing any career and technical or other education or
educational programs authorized by this chapter, including expenses of
administration. All such funds shall be paid into the state treasury. However,
nothing in this chapter shall preclude any other agency, board, or officer of
the Commonwealth from being designated as the directing or allocating agency,
board, or officer for the distribution of federal grants-in-aid or the
performance of other duties to the extent necessary to qualify for and to
receive grants-in-aid for programs and institutions under the administration of
the State Board.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 679, §§ 23-223, 23-224, 23-225, 23-227, 23-228, 23-229,
23-230, 23-231; 1970, c. 728; 1977, c. 413; 1984, c. 734; 1985, c. 146; 2001, c.
483; 2004, c. 650; 2015, c. 140; 2016, c. 588.