West Virginia Code 18B-2C-6 – Powers and duties of governing board for the West Virginia community and technical college
(a) The council created pursuant to article two-b of this chapter is the governing board for the West Virginia community and technical college.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18B-2C-6
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- boards: means the institutional boards of governors created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- college: means the statewide, accredited entity created pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 18B-2C-2
- commission: means the commission created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- Community and technical college education: means the programs, faculty, administration, and funding associated with the delivery of community and technical college education programs. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- council: means the council established pursuant to section three, article two-b of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 18B-2C-2
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Governing board: means the West Virginia council for community and technical college education when acting as the governing board for the West Virginia community and technical college created pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 18B-2C-2
- Sponsoring institution: means a state institution of higher education that maintained an administrative link to a community and technical college providing essential services prior to July 1, 2008. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) The powers and duties of the governing board are as follows:
(1) To assist the public community and technical colleges, branches, centers, regional centers and other delivery sites with a community and technical college mission in any way practicable to meet the goals and objectives set forth in section one-a, article one of this chapter;
(2) To assist in meeting any other goals or objectives adopted by the commission as part of its public policy agenda;
(3) To accept and expend any gift, grant, contribution, bequest, endowment or other money for the purposes of this article;
(4) To exercise all the powers and duties ascribed to governing boards in section four, article two-a of this chapter; and
(5) To meet annually between the months of October and December with the advisory committee of community and technical college presidents and provosts created pursuant to section eight, article two-b of this chapter to discuss those matters relating to community and technical college education in which advisory committee members or the council may have an interest.
(c) The governing board has the following powers and duties as to all institutions:
(1) To coordinate public community and technical colleges, branches, centers, regional centers, and other delivery sites with a community and technical college mission including, but not limited to, those that are free-standing or administratively-linked to a sponsoring institution.
(2) To negotiate arrangements with individual entities who may elect to become units of the college for academic and accreditation purposes while retaining certain administrative links to a sponsoring institution;
(3) To develop the college as a statewide, accredited institution through which multiple, affiliated entities and sites may achieve accreditation;
(4) To provide directly to community and technical colleges, branches, centers, regional centers and other delivery sites with a community and technical college mission, certain support services including, but not limited to, student information systems, registration, financial and accounting systems and employee recordkeeping; and
(5) To exercise all the powers and duties assigned to the council pursuant to the provisions of article two-b of this chapter or by the commission.
(d) Subject to the supervision of the commission, the governing board has the following powers and duties as to any entity meeting the conditions of transfer pursuant to section four of this article:
(1) To govern and have direct academic and administrative responsibility for any public community and technical college, branch, center, regional center, or other delivery site with a community and technical college mission.
(2) To require the entities to seek independent accreditation through the college.
(3) To allocate state budgetary resources to the entity; and
(4) With the advice and consent of the commission, to appoint the administrative heads of institutions governed by the governing board.