Virginia Code 23.1-1001: Financial and administrative management standards for public institutions of higher education.
A. Each public institution of higher education shall meet the following financial and administrative management standards:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 23.1-1001
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Governing board: includes the State Board and the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
- Public institution of higher education: includes the System as a whole and each associate-degree-granting and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
1. An unqualified opinion from the Auditor of Public Accounts upon the audit of the public institution’s financial statements;
2. No significant audit deficiencies attested to by the Auditor of Public Accounts;
3. Substantial compliance with all financial reporting standards approved by the State Comptroller;
4. Substantial attainment of accounts receivable standards approved by the State Comptroller, including any standards for outstanding receivables and bad debts;
5. Substantial attainment of accounts payable standards approved by the State Comptroller including any standards for accounts payable past due; and
6. Other financial and administrative management standards established by the Governor or included in the general appropriation act currently in effect.
B. Each public institution of higher education that does not meet all of the financial management standards in subsection A according to the written certification of the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to § 30-133.1 shall develop and implement a written plan of corrective action to meet such standards as soon as practicable. The chairman or rector of the governing board of the public institution of higher education shall promptly provide a copy of the completed written plan to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Secretaries of Education, Finance, and Administration.
C. Each public institution of higher education that does not meet all of the administrative management standards established by the Governor and such standards currently in effect for such institutions according to the written certification of the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to § 30-133.1 shall develop and implement a written plan of corrective action to meet such standards as soon as practical. The chairman or rector of the governing board of the public institution of higher education shall promptly provide a copy of the completed written plan to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Secretaries of Education, Finance, and Administration.
2016, c. 588.