Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors also approved a tuition increase and delayed a decision on ending the school's living-learning communities.
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The governor is up against a deadline to take action on all the legislation sent to her by the General Assembly. That work now includes her first veto.
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Sands says he has informed the rector of the Board of Visitors that he will stay on until a successor is in place.
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