Old Dominion University (221)

Authority: Title 23, Chapter 5.2, Code of Virginia.

A.1. This Item includes general and nongeneral fund appropriations to support institutional initiatives that help meet statewide goals described in the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act of 2005 (Chapters 933 and 945, 2005 Acts of Assembly).

2. Out of this appropriation, the university may allocate funds to expand enrollment capacity through expansion of distance learning, TELETECHNET and summer school.

B. Out of this appropriation, $431,013 the first year and $431,013 the second year from the general fund and $198,244 the first year and $198,244 the second year from nongeneral funds are designated for the educational telecommunications project to provide graduate engineering education.  The participating institutions and centers shall jointly submit an annual report and operating plan to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in support of these funded activities.

C.1. Out of this appropriation, $4,017,308 and 23.88 positions the first year and $4,017,308 and 23.88 positions the second year from the general fund and $1,440,000 and 12.62 positions the first year and $1,440,000 and 12.62 positions the second year from nongeneral funds are designated to operate distance learning sites across the Commonwealth.

2. Out of this appropriation, $60,527 the first year and $60,527 the second year from the general fund is designated for the expansion of distance learning to the Lord Fairfax Community College's Luray-Page Center to establish a bachelor's degree program.

D. Notwithstanding § 55-297, Code of Virginia, Old Dominion University is hereby designated as the administrative agency for the Virginia Coordinate System.

E. Notwithstanding § 23-7.4:2, Code of Virginia, the governing board of Old Dominion University may charge reduced tuition to any person enrolled in one of Old Dominion University's TELETECHNET sites or higher education centers who lives within a 50-mile radius of the site/center, is domiciled in, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges in the institutions of higher learning in any state, or the District of Columbia, which is contiguous to Virginia and which has similar reciprocal provisions for persons domiciled in Virginia.

F. As Virginia's public colleges and universities approach full funding of the base adequacy guidelines and as the General Assembly strives to fully fund the general fund share of the base adequacy guidelines, these funds are provided with the intent that, in exercising their authority to set tuition and fees, the Board of Visitors shall take into consideration the impact of escalating college costs for Virginia students and families.  In accordance with the cost-sharing goals set forth in § 4-2.01 b. of this act, the Board of Visitors is encouraged to limit increases on tuition and mandatory educational and general fees for in-state, undergraduate students to the extent possible.

G. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for a Center for Teacher Quality and Educational Leadership at Old Dominion University. The center will serve as a professional development facility that focuses on improving teacher quality and educational leadership through intensive, research-based, professional development for teachers and administrators in school divisions that have not met all of the standards for Virginia Standards of Learning accreditation and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

H. Old Dominion University shall collaborate with the Virginia Maritime Foundation in support of its maritime and sailing programs in the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Science and the Athletics Department. To that end, the General Assembly authorizes Old Dominion University to accept and utilize assets of the Virginia Maritime Foundation.

I. Out of this appropriation, $6,993,963 the first year and $6,993,963 the second year from the general fund is to support the institution’s approved six-year plan, consistent with the objectives of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011.

J. Out of this appropriation, $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the second year from the general fund is designated for the expansion of the Project Lead the Way program in Virginia, which is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the country.

K. Old Dominion University shall reallocate the equivalent of three percent the first year and the equivalent of five percent the second year of its FY 2012 educational and general fund appropriation to programs and strategies that serve to advance the objectives of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011.  The amounts to be reallocated for this purpose, estimated at $2,006,451 the first year and $3,344,810 the second year, shall remain unallotted until Old Dominion University submits a plan for the use of the funding and receives approval from the Secretary of Education.  Specific programs and strategies for this reallocation shall be identified and progress toward achievement of these objectives shall be documented within the institution’s six-year plan submission prior to the release of these funds.