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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355177</law_id><section_number>23.1-1902</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="7" identifier="19">Norfolk State University</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board shall (i) make all provisions for teachers, staff members, and agents, fix their salaries, and prescribe their duties and (ii) generally direct the affairs of the University. <a id="paragraph-1322640" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1902/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the University for the uses and purposes designated by the donor, or if not so designated, for the general purposes of the board. <a id="paragraph-1322641" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1902/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The board may confer degrees. <a id="paragraph-1322642" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1902/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 532, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-174.5, 23-174.6, 23-174.7; 1979, c. 146; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
