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1996 SESSION
960931388Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 23-218 and 40.1-118 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 23-218. Plan for comprehensive community colleges; appropriations; tuition fees and charges; grants or contributions; apprenticeships.
(a) A. The Board is authorized and directed to prepare and
administer a plan providing standards and policies for the establishment,
development and administration of comprehensive community colleges under its
authority. It shall determine the need for comprehensive community colleges,
develop a statewide plan for their location and a time schedule for their
establishment. In the development of such plan, a principal objective shall be
to provide and maintain a system of comprehensive community colleges through
which appropriate educational opportunities and programs to accomplish the
purposes set forth in subdivision (a) of § 23-214 shall be made available
throughout the Commonwealth. In providing these offerings, the Board shall
recognize the need for excellence in all curricula and shall endeavor to
establish and maintain standards appropriate to the various purposes the
respective programs are designed to serve.
(b) B. The Board shall have the authority to control and expend
funds appropriated by law, and to fix tuition fees and charges. The Board may
exercise the powers conferred by Chapter 3 (§ 23-14 et seq.) of this title
as any other educational institution as defined in § 23-14.
(c) C. The Board shall be authorized, with the approval of the
Governor, to accept from any government or governmental department or agency or
any public or private body or from any other source, grants or contributions of
money or property which the Board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes.
D. The Board shall establish policies to coordinate apprenticeship-related instruction delivered by state and local public education agencies. The Chancellor, with the approval of the State Board for Community Colleges, shall provide for the administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices.
§ 40.1-118. Authority of Council.
The Council may:
(1)1. Determine standards for apprentice agreements, which
standards shall not be lower than those prescribed by this chapter;
(2)2. Appoint the secretary of the Apprenticeship Council to act
as secretary of each state joint apprenticeship committee;
(3)3. Approve, if in their opinion approval is for the best
interest of the apprentice, any apprentice agreement which meets the standards
established under this chapter;
(4)4. Terminate or cancel any apprentice agreement in accordance
with the provisions of such agreement;
(5)5. Keep a record of apprentice agreements and their
disposition;
(6)6. Issue certificates of journeymanship upon the completion
of the apprenticeship;
(7)7. Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out
the intent of this chapter;
(8)8. Review decisions of local and state joint apprenticeship
committees adjusting apprenticeship disputes pursuant to § 40.1-119
(3);
(9)9. Initiate deregistration proceedings when the
apprenticeship program is not conducted, operated and administered in
accordance with the registered provisions except that deregistration
proceedings for violation of equal opportunity requirements shall be processed
in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia State Plan for Equal
Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship; and
(10) Establish policies governing the provision of related 10.
Advise the State Board for Community Colleges on policies to coordinate
apprenticeship-related instruction through provided by state
and local public education agencies.