Authority: Title 23, Chapter 9.2, Code of Virginia.

A. Out of this appropriation shall be expended an amount estimated at $80,483 from the general fund and $36,130 from nongeneral funds the first year and $80,483 from the general fund and $36,130 from nongeneral funds the second year for the educational telecommunications project to provide graduate engineering education, subject to a plan approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

B. Included in Item 296, paragraph C 3 of this act is $921,511 from the general fund and $59,764 in nongeneral funds the first year and $773,052 from the general fund and $59,764 in nongeneral funds the second year to support the debt service on bonds issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment.

C. This appropriation authorizes Mary Washington College to charge students a technology service fee in conformity with § 4-2.01 c of this act. This appropriation includes $130,719 the first year and $130,719 the second year from nongeneral funds. The fee charged resident undergraduate students each year shall not exceed one percent of the total of resident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged nonresident undergraduate students shall not exceed three percent of the total of nonresident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged graduate and professional students shall not exceed three percent of the total of graduate and professional tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998.

D. The Department of Human Resource Management is authorized to implement a pilot project for classified employees at Mary Washington College. The pilot program shall develop alternative classifications for specific classes of employees for which the College has difficulty recruiting and retaining staff, due to the regional competitive labor market.