23-214 - Definitions.
§ 23-214. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Comprehensive community college" means an institution of highereducation which offers instruction in one or more of the following fields:
(1) Freshman and sophomore courses in arts and sciences acceptable fortransfer in baccalaureate degree programs;
(2) Diversified technical curricula including programs leading to theassociate degree;
(3) Career and technical education leading directly to employment;
(4) Courses in general and continuing education for adults in the abovefields;
(5) Noncredit training and retraining courses and programs of varying lengthsto meet the needs of business and industry in the Commonwealth.
(b) "State Board" or "Board" means the State Board for Community Colleges.
(c) "Local community college board" means the board established to act inan advisory capacity to the State Board and to perform such duties withrespect to the operation of a single comprehensive community college as maybe delegated to it by the State Board.
(d) "Career and technical education" means the training, or retraining,which is given in school classes (including field or laboratory workincidental thereto), under public supervision and control, exclusive of thosecareer and technical education programs provided and administered by, orthrough, the public school system and is conducted as part of a programdesigned to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled,workers or technicians in recognized occupations.
(e) "Area career and technical school" means a career or technical schoolused exclusively, or principally, for providing career and technicaleducation to persons who have completed, or left, high school, or arerecommended for transfer by the school last attended, and who are availablefor full-time study in preparation for entering the labor market, or forpart-time study after entering the labor market.
(f) "System" means the Virginia Community College System.
(1966, c. 679; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c. 483.)