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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355210</law_id><section_number>23.1-212</section_number><catch_line>Effect upon powers of governing boards of public institutions of higher education; endowment funds</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="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Council of Higher Education for Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Powers and Duties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The powers of the <span class="dictionary">governing boards</span> of public institutions of higher education over the affairs of such institutions are not impaired by the provisions of this chapter except to the extent that powers and duties are specifically conferred upon the <span class="dictionary">Council</span> in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1322766" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-212/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Council</span> shall have no authority over the solicitation, investment, or expenditure of endowment funds now held or in the future received by any <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span>. <a id="paragraph-1322767" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-212/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1956, c. 311, &#xA7; 23-9.14; 1974, c. 544; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
