February 18, 2005

Statehouse Digest

By KARIN FISCHER, SARA HEBEL, and PETER SCHMIDT

MORE FLEXIBILITY: Virginia lawmakers endorsed legislation last week that would grant the state's public colleges more operating flexibility and would lay out a process by which some institutions' governing boards could seek even greater management freedom from the state. However, the legislation -- which was approved in separate bills by both chambers of Virginia's legislature and is supported by Gov. MarkR. Warner, a Democrat -- stops short of allowing universities to form new,

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