The Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments, (the Commission) is established as an advisory commission in the executive branch of state government.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 2.2-2518

  • 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

The purpose of the Commission shall be to review and evaluate potential appointees to the governing bodies of Virginia’s public institutions of higher education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and to make recommendations to the Governor.

2005, cc. 933, 945.