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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355169</law_id><section_number>23.1-1702</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="62" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="17">Longwood University</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board shall appoint all teachers and agents and fix their salaries and generally direct the affairs of the University. <a id="paragraph-1322618" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1702/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board may confer degrees. <a id="paragraph-1322619" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1702/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 159, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-188, 23-190; 2002, cc. 158, 257; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
