A. The Board of Trustees shall have, 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 shall also have the power to 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 shall have the authority to establish and administer agreements with public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to provide graduate level instructional programs at the Center and with Emory and Henry College for the provision of graduate degree instructional programs in education at the Center. The Board shall be empowered to establish and administer agreements with the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and Emory and Henry College for the provision of upper level undergraduate instructional programs at the Center and with Virginia Highlands Community College for the provision of associate degree instructional programs at the Center.

History

1991, c. 627; 1998, c. 78; 1999, cc. 424, 437.