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NECESSARY FOR ITS EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION. HE
SHALL RECOMMEND THE DISCHARGE OF SUCH EM-
PLOYEES FOR GOOD CAUSE, PROVIDED THOSE WITH TEN-
URE SHALL HAVE REASONABLE NOTICE OF THE GROUNDS
FOR THEIR DISMISSAL AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HEARD. HE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT
OF THE COLLEGE AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
SUPERVISION OF ITS DEPARTMENTS.

(d)  To purchase, lease, condemn, or in any other manner acquire
real and personal property deemed necessary by the board of trustees
for the operation of the community college,

(e)  To sell, lease, or in any other manner dispose of community
college assets, real or personal, at public or private sale; provided
that the president of the community college and the chairman of the
board of trustees are authorized to execute legal conveyances and
other documents pursuant to an appropriate resolution of the board
of trustees.

(f)  To utilize, if permission is duly granted, any land, buildings,
personal assets, or other facilities of the board of education of the
county or Baltimore City.

(g)  To receive local, state, and federal funds to defray the cost of
the college program authorized by this sub-title and to accept both
conditional and unconditional gifts, as the case may be, from private
persons.

(h) To determine entrance requirements and the courses of study
TO APPROVE CURRICULA, subject to minimum standards fixed
by the State Department of Education. If such minimum standards
are not met, no certificate of approval shall be issued by the State
Department of Education.

(i) To charge reasonable fees to students with a view to making
college education available at low cost to all qualified persons.

(j) To create by resolution an advisory board for the community
college, with staggered terms of office, and to appoint the member-
ship of this board. The board of trustees shall meet with the advi-
sory board, if such is created, at least once annually to review the
problems of the community college.

(k) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person, firm,
or corporation, or with any county, state, federal or governmental
agencies which are deemed by the board of trustees to be necessary
or advisable to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the
community college. This power includes agreements between or
among the counties and Baltimore City, their county commissioners
or councils and boards of trustees designed to create and support a
community college for two or more counties, or Baltimore City.

301. For the purposes of this sub-title a Community College is
defined as an institution of higher education, offering at least one
two-year program of post high school education and performing one
or more of the following functions:

(1) Offering terminal vocational, technical and semi-professional
programs;