Title 14 — Education
85 chapters · 592 sections in this title.
14 Del. C. § 6501. Corporate status and membership.
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§ 6501. Corporate status and membership. (a) Delaware State University, hereafter in this part referred to as “the University,” is and shall be a corporation. (b) The members of the Board of Trustees of the University shall constitute the membership of the corporation.19 Del. Law…
14 Del. C. § 6502. Purpose and object.
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§ 6502. Purpose and object. The purpose and object of the University shall be to impart instruction in agriculture, the mechanical arts, the English language, the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their application…
14 Del. C. § 6503. Powers.
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§ 6503. Powers. (a) The University shall have all the powers and franchises incident to a corporation, including the power to take and hold real and personal estate by deed, devise, bequest, gift, grant or otherwise, and the same to alien, sell, transfer and dispose of as occasio…
14 Del. C. § 6504. Board of Trustees — Composition, appointment or election, term and vacancies.
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§ 6504. Board of Trustees — Composition, appointment or election, term and vacancies. (a) The Board of Trustees of the University shall consist of 15 members whose appointment or election is provided for in subsections (b) and (c) hereof and the Governor of the State and the Pres…
14 Del. C. § 6505. Board of Trustees — Powers; meetings; quorum; bylaws.
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§ 6505. Board of Trustees — Powers; meetings; quorum; bylaws. The Board of Trustees shall have the superintendence of the University, with power to appoint and remove the faculty and other officers and agents of the University and of its own body; to fill vacancies and to make by…
14 Del. C. § 6506. Faculty; powers.
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§ 6506. Faculty; powers. The faculty of the University, composed of the teachers whom the trustees shall employ, 1 of whom shall be President of the University and, ex officio, a member of the Board of Trustees, shall have the care, government and instruction of the students, sub…
14 Del. C. § 6507. Donations; misnomer.
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§ 6507. Donations; misnomer. Devises, bequests, grants and gifts to the University shall not be avoided by any misnomer if the description can be understood with reasonable certainty.19 Del. Laws, c. 119, § 6; Code 1915, § 2354; Code 1935, § 2798; 14 Del. C. 1953, § 6507; 69 Del.…
14 Del. C. § 6508. Annual payment from State Treasurer.
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§ 6508. Annual payment from State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall pay annually to the treasurer of the University, 20 percent or one-fifth part of the sum of money which the State Treasurer shall receive annually by virtue of an act of Congress, entitled “An Act to Apply a P…
14 Del. C. § 6509. Use of annual payments.
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§ 6509. Use of annual payments. The moneys received by the University as provided in § 6508 of this title shall be used by the University for the support and maintenance of the University.19 Del. Laws, c. 119, § 9; Code 1915, § 2356; Code 1935, § 2800; 14 Del. C. 1953, § 6509; 69…
14 Del. C. § 6510. Scholarships.
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§ 6510. Scholarships. (a) The General Assembly shall at each biennial session appropriate $50,000 of which $25,000 shall be paid annually to the University for the purpose of establishing scholarships at the University. (b) The minimum number of scholarships to be awarded in each…
14 Del. C. § 6511. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 301].
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§ 6511. Summer school for teachers and instructional aides [Operation suspended pending appropriations; see 85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 301]. The University shall maintain at the University, for a period of not less than 6 weeks during the summer of each year, a school for teachers an…
14 Del. C. § 6512. Authority to issue bonds.
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§ 6512. Authority to issue bonds. (a) The Board of Trustees of Delaware State University may provide by resolution, from time to time, for the issuance, in the name of Delaware State University, of revenue bonds of the University, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the …
14 Del. C. § 6513. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.
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§ 6513. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries. Bonds issued under this chapter are made securities in which all state and municipal officers and administrative departments, boards and commissions of the State, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust compani…
14 Del. C. § 6514. Credit of State not pledged.
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§ 6514. Credit of State not pledged. Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable exclusively from specified funds of the University. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the State is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and tha…