                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE (§ 30-231.8)

The Committee shall have the following powers and duties:

1. Establish criteria for the awarding of scholarships, including, but not
limited to, eligibility for and the renewal of scholarships, evidence of
satisfactory academic achievement in accordance with &#xA7; 30-231.2, terms and
conditions of scholarships awarded pursuant to &#xA7; 30-231.3, the
cancellation, rescindment, and recovery of scholarship awards, and conditions
for which repayment of scholarships, or any part thereof, may be required;

2. Evaluate applications for and select recipients of the Brown v. Board of
Education scholarships, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

3. Establish standards and determine approved education programs to ensure that
the Program is implemented and administered in a manner that preserves the
purpose for which it was created;

4. Establish, revise as necessary, and implement policies and standards to
govern all aspects of the Program;

5. Confer with the Board of Education, Virginia Community College System, State
Council of Higher Education, and Private College Advisory Board to the State
Council of Higher Education to establish a protocol to facilitate the dual
enrollment of eligible students in two-year and four-year degree programs, and
the conventional enrollment of such students in public and private two-year and
four-year accredited institutions of higher education;

6. Develop and implement a system to provide individualized transition programs
and services, including, but not limited to, remediation, acceleration, and
fundamental basic life skills, designed to prepare eligible students for
academic success in the preparation program for a high school equivalency
examination approved by the Board of Education, earning college credit through
the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations, adult basic education
programs, two-year, four-year, graduate, and professional degree programs;

7. Determine annually the sum of any gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or
other funds in the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund, and set
the annual maximum scholarship award, and the maximum number of scholarships
that may be awarded each year;

8. Seek, receive, and expend gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other funds
from any source on behalf of the Program for its support and to facilitate its
purpose;

9. Make the first awards of the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program
to eligible students between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2006, but no later than
July 1, 2006; and

10. Perform such other duties, functions, and activities as may be necessary to
facilitate and implement the objectives of this chapter.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 753, 834; 2006, c. 518; 2008, c. 680; 2009, c. 444; 2010, c.
579; 2014, c. 84.