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2017 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. It is the intent of the General Assembly that
in order to support a strong Commonwealth and to fulfill the principles of the
federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 and Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (7
U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the Commonwealth's two land-grant universities, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University, shall
maintain strong programs of instruction, research, and the extension of
knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences,
community viability, youth development, and such other fields as are necessary
to fulfill their respective land-grant missions. Therefore, it is incumbent on
these two institutions to ensure that these objectives will be addressed in all
strategic plans for the future.