The State Board for Community Colleges is a corporation under the style of “the State Board for Community Colleges” that shall establish, control, and administer a statewide system of publicly supported comprehensive community colleges, which shall be known as the Virginia Community College System.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 23.1-2901

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • State Board: means the State Board for Community Colleges. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • System: means the Virginia Community College System. See Virginia Code 23.1-100

1966, c. 679, § 23-215; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c. 483; 2002, cc. 586, 625; 2004, c. 146; 2016, c. 588.