23-91.29:1 - (Contingent expiration date July 1, 2012) Establishment of branch campus in the Republic of Korea...

§ 23-91.29:1. (Contingent expiration date July 1, 2012) Establishment ofbranch campus in the Republic of Korea.

In recognition that global educational opportunities benefit the intellectualand economic interests of the Commonwealth, the board of visitors of GeorgeMason University is authorized to create a corporation or other legal entitycontrolled by George Mason University to establish and operate a branchcampus of George Mason University in the Republic of Korea. Establishment ofthe branch campus shall be subject to State Council of Higher Education forVirginia guidelines governing the approval of branch campuses, pursuant to §23-9.6:1. The board of visitors shall have the same powers with respect tooperation and governance of its branch campus in Korea as are vested in theboard by the Code of Virginia with respect to George Mason University inVirginia, including, but not limited to, fixing of fees and charges, theestablishment of academic standards, and the conferral of degrees. Nocorporation or other legal entity created for the above purpose shall bedeemed a state or governmental agency, advisory agency, public body oragency, or other instrumentality. Further, no director, officer, or employeeof any such corporation or other legal entity shall be deemed an officer oremployee of the Commonwealth for any purpose. In operating the branch campus,the board of visitors shall provide for appropriate professionalopportunities for Virginia-based faculty to teach or conduct research on thecampus and educational opportunities for Virginia-based students to study orconduct research on the Republic of Korea campus.

Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed a waiver of the sovereignimmunity of the Commonwealth or of George Mason University.

(2010, c. 694.)