33-2107. GENERAL POWERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The board of trustees of each community college district shall have the power:

(1) To adopt policies and regulations for its own government and the government of the college;

(2) To employ legal counsel and other professional and nonprofessional persons, and to prescribe their qualifications;

(3) To acquire and hold, and to dispose of, real and personal property, and to construct, repair, remodel and remove buildings in the manner prescribed for trustees of school districts pursuant to sections 33-301 and 33-601, Idaho Code;

(4) To contract for the acquisition, purchase or repair of buildings in the manner prescribed for trustees of school districts pursuant to section 33-601, Idaho Code;

(5) To issue general obligation or revenue bonds in the manner now, or as may be, prescribed by law;

(6) To convey and transfer real property of the district upon which no college buildings used for instruction are situated, to nonprofit corporations, school districts, junior college housing commissions, counties or municipalities, with or without consideration; to rent real or personal property for the use of the college, its students or faculty, for such terms as may be determined by the board of trustees; to lease real property of the district not actually in use for college instructional purposes for such terms as may be determined by the board; and to lease real property and improvements to the Idaho state building authority, for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years, with or without consideration, and to enter into agreements with the Idaho state building authority for the Idaho state building authority to provide a facility, pursuant to section 67-6410, Idaho Code;

(7) To acquire, hold and dispose of water rights;

(8) To accept grants or gifts of money, materials or property of any kind from any governmental agency, or from any person, firm or association, on such terms as may be determined by the granter;

(9) To cooperate with any governmental agency, or any person, firm or association in the conduct of any educational program; to accept grants from any source for the conduct of such program; and to conduct such program on, or off, campus;

(10) To invest any funds of the district in such securities, and apply the interest or profits from such investment, as prescribed for the investment of the funds, and the application of the interest or profits, in the case of school district boards of trustees.

History:

[33-2107, added 1963, ch. 363, sec. 7, p. 1037; am. 2003, ch. 349, sec. 6, p. 936; am. 2016, ch. 108, sec. 1, p. 312.]