Virginia Code 23.1-3116: Duties of the Authority.
The Authority shall:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 23.1-3116
- Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
- Council: means the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. 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. Expand access to higher education in the Roanoke Valley by providing for adult and continuing education and degree-granting programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, through partnerships with the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education;
2. Serve as a resource and referral center on existing educational programs and resources by maintaining and disseminating information;
3. Develop, in coordination with the Council, specific goals for higher education access and availability in the Roanoke Valley; and
4. Accept, administer, and account for any state grant to a nonstate entity that may be provided in the name of the Roanoke Higher Education Center (the Center) or the Authority.