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2007 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1650 (Committee Approved)

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Southern Virginia HEC Faculty (language only)

Item 247 #1h

Item 247 #1h

Education: Higher Education
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center

Language
Page 252, after line 35, insert:
"D. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 23-231.27, Code of Virginia, the Executive Director of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center shall be authorized to hire faculty and staff into positions with the sa
me authority as those positions designated in § 2.2-2905, Code of Virginia.  Such positions shall be exempt from the
Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq, Code of Virginia.)."


Explanation
(This amendment would authorize the Executive Director of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center to hire faculty and staff into positions exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act similar to other institutions of higher education. This exemption is necessary in order to recruit and retain highly qualified individuals.)