(A)
The board of
trustees may:
(1)
Own and operate a state community
college.
(2)
Hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase
or condemn, construct, own, lease, use, and sell real and personal property as
necessary for the conduct of the state community college program on whatever
terms and for whatever consideration may be appropriate for the purpose of the
college.
(3)
Accept gifts, grants, bequests, and devises absolutely
or in trust for support of the college.
(4)
Employ a
president, faculty, and such other employees as necessary and proper for the
college and fix their compensation.
(5)
Provide for the
college necessary lands, buildings or other structures, equipment, means, and
appliances.
(6)
Establish schedules of fees and
tuition.
(7)
Grant appropriate associate degrees to students
successfully completing the state community college's programs and certificates
of achievement to those students who complete other programs.
(8)
Prescribe rules
and regulations for the effective operation of the college and exercise such
powers as are necessary for the efficient management of the
college.
(9)
Enter into contracts and conduct state community
college programs or technical courses outside the college
district.
(10)
Purchase a policy or policies of insurance insuring the
district against loss or damage to property, whether real, personal, or mixed,
which is owned by the district or leased by it as lessee or which is in the
process of construction by or for the district. Purchase a policy or policies
of fidelity insurance in such amounts and covering such trustees, officers, and
employees of the district as the board may consider necessary or
desirable.
Purchase a policy or policies of
insurance insuring its officers and employees against liability on account of
damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of
death or accident by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor
vehicle, motor vehicles, or auxiliary equipment, or self-propelling equipment
or trailers while any such vehicle, equipment, or trailer is being used or
operated in the course of the business of the district. Purchase a policy or
policies of insurance insuring the district against any liabilities to which it
may be subject on account of damage or injury to persons or property, including
liability for wrongful death.
(B)
The board of
trustees, on its own behalf, reserves unto itself, without limitation, all
powers, right and authority, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon and
vested in by the laws and constitution of the state of Ohio and of the United
States in the executive management and administrative control of the college
and its properties and facilities and of its employees.
