Title 14 — Education

§ 5108. Board of Trustees — Quorum and failure to attend meetings or accept appointment. (a) Nine members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn. Officers may be appointed for the occasion in the absence of the regular off…

§ 5109. Audit of accounts. The accounting records of the University may be audited by the Auditor of Accounts of the State or such other auditing official as the General Assembly may from time to time appoint. Neither this nor any other law of this State, however, shall hereafter…

§ 5110. President’s report. The President of the University shall each year, not later than December 1, make a report of all the activities of the University, instructional, administrative and financial, for the preceding scholastic and fiscal year, to the Board of Trustees, who …

§ 5111. Faculty; powers. The faculty, consisting of the professors, instructors and others employed by the Board of Trustees, 1 of whom shall be President of the University, shall have the care, control, government and instruction of the students, subject, however, to the bylaws.…

§ 5112. Endowment fund. The college fund, created by resolution of the General Assembly of January 28, 1824, and transferred by Act of February 5, 1833, to “The Trustees of Newark College,” and all other funds, stock, money or property belonging to or appropriated for, or raised,…

§ 5113. Donations; misnomer. Devises, bequests, gifts and grants to the University shall not be avoided by any misnomer if the description can be understood with reasonable certainty.Code 1852, § 788; 13 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 9; Code 1915, § 2342; 32 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; Code 1…

§ 5114. Eminent domain; condemnation. Whenever the Board of Trustees of the University cannot agree with the owner or owners for the purchase of any land, with the improvements thereon, in New Castle County, deemed by the Board necessary for the purpose of erecting any building o…

§ 5115. Authority to issue bonds. (a) The Board of Trustees may provide by resolution, from time to time, for the issuance in the name of the University of Delaware of revenue bonds of the University, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs, including financing cos…

§ 5116. 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…

§ 5117. 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…

§ 5301. School of Education. The University may maintain a School of Education which shall have for its object the education of teachers for the public schools of this State.27 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 8; Code 1915, § 2328; 28 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 32 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; Code 1…

§ 5302. 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…

§ 5303. Course on Delaware history and government. The University shall provide a course on Delaware history and government that shall be elective by undergraduates, required for social studies teachers, and offered as an in-service program for teachers coming to this State from …

§ 5304. School of Agriculture — General scope and objects. (a) The University shall maintain a School of Agriculture which shall include a Division of Instruction, a Division of Short Courses, a Division of Research and a Division of Agricultural Extension. (b) The objectives of …

§ 5305. School of Agriculture — Division of Instruction. The University shall determine the courses of study in which instruction shall be offered by the Division of Instruction of the School of Agriculture.14 Del. C. 1953, § 5305;

§ 5306. School of Agriculture — Division of Short Courses. There shall be given at the University a short course of instruction in agriculture. The course shall be arranged by the University and shall offer to on-campus or off-campus groups instruction in practical agriculture, h…

§ 5307. School of Agriculture — Division of Research, Agricultural Experiment Station. (a) The University shall maintain the Agricultural Experiment Station. The function of the Experiment Station shall be to conduct research, both fundamental and applied, in all phases of agricu…

§ 5308. School of Agriculture — Division of Agricultural Extension. The function of the Division of Agricultural Extension shall be to aid in diffusing among the people of the State useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics and to enc…

§ 5309. Department of Physical Education. The University shall maintain a Department of Physical Education. The objects and purposes of the Department shall be the teaching of physical education and other allied subjects.37 Del. Laws, c. 208, § 1; Code 1935, § 2789; 14 Del. C. 19…

§ 5310. Copies of public documents for University library. The Secretary of State shall transmit to the University library a copy of all public documents of which the Secretary of State may receive duplicates, whenever the same shall not have been already appropriated.Code 1852, …

§ 5701. Designation of University as land-grant college. The University of Delaware is the institution provided by the State in accordance with an act of Congress entitled “An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the benef…

§ 5702. Annual report. The University shall, annually, on or before February 1 in each year make up and distribute the reports required by paragraph 4 of § 5 of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130, 12 Stat. 504 [7 U.S.C. § 305].13 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 7; Code 1915, §…

§ 5703. Proceeds of sale of land scrip; investment. The $83,000 received by the University from the sale of land scrip pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130 [7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.], shall be invested in securities selected by the Governor and State Treasurer, which se…

§ 5704. Separate fund. The securities purchased under § 5703 of this title shall be held by the State Treasurer in a separate fund, as investments of the State are held, and the income shall be collected and disbursed as provided in this chapter.37 Del. Laws, c. 207, § 3; 14 Del.…

§ 5705. Disbursement of income. The State Treasurer shall pay semiannually to the Treasurer of the University the income accrued upon the securities invested pursuant to § 5703 of this title.13 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 5; 15 Del. Laws, c. 373; Code 1915, § 2331; 32 Del. Laws, c. 166,…

§ 5706. Expending income. The income referred to in § 5704 of this title shall be devoted to the maintenance of such course or courses in the University as shall carry out the intent of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, Chapter 130 [7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.].13 Del. Laws, c. 137…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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.…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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 …

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 7101. District library commissions requesting exemption. Any district library commission, heretofore established to administer and supervise a free public library established by a school district pursuant to this chapter that requests and qualifies for exemption from § 6(a) and…

§ 7102. Appointment, term, etc., of district library commission. Each district library commission shall be composed of 5 members who are residents of the school district in which the public library is established. The 5 members serving on any such district library commission as o…

§ 7103. Election of officers; meetings; failure to hold or attend meetings. A district library commission shall annually, from its members, elect a president, secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may be one and the same person. The district library commission shal…

§ 7104. Librarian and other employees. The district library commission shall select a librarian and other employees necessary for the proper conduct of the library. The district library commission may fix the compensation of its employees.60 Del. Laws, c. 285, § 1;

§ 7105. Powers of district library commission. (a) The district library commission shall have the custody and management of the library and all property owned or leased, or donated, relating thereto. All money, from whatever source, shall be placed in the care and custody of the …

§ 7106. Reports. (a) The district library commission shall make a detailed report to the county library advisory board annually of all its receipts and expenditures, and of all the property of the district in its care and custody, including a statement of any unexpended balance o…

§ 7107. Rules and regulations. The district library commission may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of the persons employed by it, and for the care and use of the books, newspapers, magazines, reviews and other media in the library by the persons using the library,…

§ 7108. Consolidated districts. A district library commission located in a consolidated school district and responsible for the operation of more than 1 library may request the Resident Judge to appoint separate library commissions for each library in that district. Upon written …

§ 7201. Library collection development policy for school libraries. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Classroom library” means materials donated to, purchased by, or acquired by an individual teacher, which are made available in the teacher’s classroom to students assigned t…

§ 7202. School Library Review Committee; procedures. (a) There is established a School Library Review Committee. Membership is composed as follows: (1) The President of the School Chiefs’ Association, or the President’s designee. (2) The State Librarian, or the State Librarian’s …