Section 188-F:6 Authority of the Board of Trustees.
The trustees shall have the management and control of all the property and affairs of the community college system, all of its colleges, divisions, and departments. In addition to this authority, the trustees are authorized to:
I. Develop and adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of business and to adopt an official seal and alter it as necessary or convenient.
II. Oversee the administration of the community college system of New Hampshire and its colleges, divisions, and departments, and to determine the organizational structure and operational policies and procedures for the community college system.
III. (a) Appoint and fix the compensation of a chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the community college system, as the community college system's primary liaison with the general court and other elements of state government, and as chief spokesperson for the community college system. The chancellor shall be qualified by education and experience and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
(b) Approve the nomination by the chancellor, and fix the compensation of a vice-chancellor who shall be qualified by education and experience and who shall serve at the pleasure of the chancellor.
(c) Approve the nomination by the chancellor, and fix the compensation of a president of each community college system of New Hampshire college, who shall be the chief academic and administrative officer of his or her institution. The president, who shall report to the chancellor, shall be the chief executive officer of his or her college, and shall have the authority for and be responsible for the general administration and supervision of all operations of that college, and shall have such other duties as the board of trustees may determine. The president shall be qualified by education and experience and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
(d) Appoint and fix the compensation and duties of such other community college system of New Hampshire administrators as are needed to provide a well-coordinated system of public higher education.
(e) Employ and prescribe the duties of personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes for which the community college system of New Hampshire has been created.
IV. Accept legacies and other gifts to or for the benefit of the community college system.
V. Accept any moneys accruing to the community college system and its colleges, or moneys appropriated by or received from the United States government or the state of New Hampshire, including federal financial aid, and any grant moneys from state or federal governmental agencies, public or private corporations, foundations or organizations for the benefit and support of the community college system.
VI. Prepare and adopt a biennial operating budget for presentation to the governor and the general court. Each college within the community college system of New Hampshire and the chancellor's office shall be considered a separate budgetary unit. The community college system of New Hampshire shall submit its budget in the same format and at the same time as other state agencies. All claims to be presented for the issuance of warrants submitted by the colleges and the system office of the community college system of New Hampshire shall be pre-audited by the community college system of New Hampshire, and such certification shall be sufficient evidence for the director of the division of accounting services to fulfill such responsibilities relative to the debt incurred by the community college system of New Hampshire.
VII. Prepare and adopt a biennial capital improvements budget for presentation to the governor and the general court.
VIII. Receive, expend, allocate, and transfer funds within the community college system of New Hampshire as necessary to fulfill the purposes of the community college system. The community college system of New Hampshire shall report the amount and purpose of all transfers from one program appropriation unit of the budget to a different program appropriation unit to the fiscal committee of the general court by November 1 of each year. Copies of such reports shall be sent to the house education committee and the senate education committee. The trustees shall have no authority over funds in the police standards and training council training fund established in RSA 188-F:30, or any other funds appropriated to the police standards and training council or to the McAuliffe-Shepard discovery center, which shall not be commingled with any funds of the community college system of New Hampshire.
IX. Invest any funds not needed for immediate use, including any funds held in reserve, in property and securities in which fiduciaries in the state may legally invest funds.
X. Establish and collect tuition, room and board, and fees, and to set policies related to these and other charges, including fees for the reasonable use of community college system of New Hampshire facilities.
XI. Enter into any contracts, leases, and any other instruments or arrangements that are necessary, incidental, or convenient to the performance of its duties and responsibilities.
XII. Acquire consumable supplies, materials, and services through cash purchases, sole-source purchase orders, bids, or contracts as necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
XIII. Acquire by purchase, gift, lease, or rent any property, lands, buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
XIV. Grant or otherwise transfer utility easements.
XV. Authorize and enter any contracts, leases, and any other instruments or arrangements that are necessary, incidental, or related to the construction, maintenance, renovation, reconstruction, or other necessary improvements of community college system of New Hampshire buildings, structures, and facilities.
XVI. Develop and adopt personnel policies and procedures for the community colleges. The board of trustees shall determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of its employees and shall allocate and transfer personnel within the community college system of New Hampshire as necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
XVII. Appoint or identify college or program advisory committees to advise the community colleges with respect to strategic directions, general, professional, career, and training policies and programs and their modification to meet the needs of the state's economy and the changing job market.
XVIII. Adopt principles of effective self-governance and to assess board processes, policies, and operations in light of such principles.
XIX. Delegate duties and responsibilities as necessary for the efficient operation of the community college system of New Hampshire and to do other acts or things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers and duties set forth in this chapter.
XX. By and with the consent of the governor and council, borrow on the credit of the community college system of New Hampshire in anticipation of income for the purpose of forwarding its building program, not exceeding $500,000 in any one fiscal year. All amounts so obtained in any fiscal year shall be repaid from the income of the next succeeding year.
Source. 2007, 361:2, eff. July 17, 2007. 2009, 13:6, eff. April 17, 2009.