                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF THE BOARD (§ 23.1-3127)

A. The board has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers
given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1, except in those cases
where, by the express terms of its provisions, it is confined to corporations
created under that title. The board may accept, execute, and administer any
trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the instrument
creating the trust.

B. The board may establish and administer agreements with (i) public
institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to
provide undergraduate-level and graduate-level instructional programs at the
Center and (ii) Virginia Highlands Community College and other public
institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to
provide freshman-level and sophomore-level courses and associate degrees. The
board shall seek opportunities to collaborate with local comprehensive community
colleges to meet specialized noncredit workforce training needs identified by
industry. However, if local community colleges are unable to meet identified
industry needs, then the board may seek to collaborate with other education
providers or may provide Center-delivered specialized noncredit workforce
training independent of local comprehensive community colleges.

C. The board may, on behalf of the Center, apply for, accept, and expend gifts,
grants, or donations from public or private sources to enable it to carry out
its objectives.

D. Attendant to the authority granted to the board pursuant to &#xA7;
23.1-3100.1 to establish and maintain a campus security department and to employ
campus security personnel therein, the board may permit such campus security
personnel to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties,
provided that such campus security personnel are qualified in accordance with
the provisions of &#xA7; 9.1-139 to be employed as an armed security officer and
are not otherwise prohibited by law from carrying a firearm. If the board so
permits such campus security personnel to carry firearms in the performance of
their duties, such campus security personnel shall be considered armed security
officers, as that term is defined &#xA7; 9.1-138, who are required to be
registered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to subsection
C of &#xA7; 9.1-139 and shall comply with all relevant provisions of Article 4
(&#xA7; 9.1-138 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 and regulations of the
Criminal Justice Services Board relating to armed security officers, including
any compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice
Services Board pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; 9.1-141.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 627, §§ 23-231.4, 23-231.6; 1998, c. 78; 1999, cc. 424, 437;
2016, c. 588; 2019, c. 766; 2025, cc. 113, 174.