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 § 30-231.2, terms and
   conditions of scholarships awarded pursuant to § 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.