CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY (§ 23.1-3116)

The Authority shall:

   1.  Expand access to higher education in the Roanoke Valley by providing for
   adult and continuing education and degree-granting programs, including
   undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, through partnerships with
   the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education and private
   institutions of higher education;

   2.  Serve as a resource and referral center on existing educational programs
   and resources by maintaining and disseminating information;

   3.  Develop, in coordination with the Council, specific goals for higher
   education access and availability in the Roanoke Valley; and

   4.  Accept, administer, and account for any state grant to a nonstate entity
   that may be provided in the name of the Roanoke Higher Education Center (the
   Center) or the Authority.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 813, § 23-231.14; 1998, c. 360; 2016, c. 588.