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_____ 768 measure for the new area of operational authority. Each education-related measure and its respective target shall be developed in consultation with the Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Education, the appropriate Cabinet Secretary, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Each education-related measure and its respective target must be approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The development and administration of education-related measures described in paragraph b. and in § 23.1-1003 A.3. are suspended through 2024-2026. c. Subject to review of its Shared Services Center by the Department of General Services, and approval to proceed with decentralized procurement of authority by the Department of General Services, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is authorized, for a period of five years, to exercise additional financial and administrative authority as set out in each of the three functional areas of information technology, procurement and capital projects as set forth and subject to all the conditions in §§ 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 of the second enactment of Chapter 824 and 829 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008 except that (i) any effective dates contained in Chapter 824 and 829 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008 are superseded by the provisions of this item. The State Board for Community Colleges may request any subsequent delegation of procurement authority after consultation with and positive recommendation by the Department of General Services. d. Notwithstanding the small purchase thresholds set forth in the Rules Governing Procurement for institutions of higher education that have operational authority in the area of procurement, the small purchases thresholds shall be the same thresholds set forth in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2- 4300 et seq). Where small purchase thresholds in the Rules Governing Procurement for such institutions exceed those in 2.2-4300 et seq, the Rules Governing Procurement shall be the authorized procurement threshold. e. Consistent with the 2019 updates to the Virginia Public Procurement Act, institutions of higher education that have operational authority in the area of procurement are permitted to conform their Request for Proposal advertising rules to that of § 2.2- 4302.2.A.2. f. As part of a five-year pilot program, Virginia State University is authorized, for a period of five years, to exercise additional financial and administrative authority as set out in each of the two functional areas of information technology and procurement as set forth and subject to all the conditions in §§ 2.0 and 3.0 of the second enactment of Chapter 824 and 829 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008 except that any effective dates contained in Chapter 824 and 829 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008 are superseded by the provisions of this item. § 4-9.03 LEVEL III AUTHORITY a. The Management Agreements negotiated by the institutions contained in Chapters 675 and 685 of the 2009 Acts of Assembly shall continue in effect unless the Governor, the General Assembly, or the institutions determine that the Management Agreements need to be renegotiated or revised. b. Notwithstanding the small purchase thresholds set forth in the Rules Governing Procurement the small purchases thresholds for Level III institutions shall be the small purchase thresholds set forth in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq). Where small purchase thresholds under Rules Governing Procurement for Level III institutions exceed those in 2.2-4300 et seq, the Rules Governing Procurement shall be the authorized procurement threshold. c. Consistent with the 2019 updates to the Virginia Public Procurement Act, institutions of higher education that have Management Agreements are permitted to conform their Request for Proposal advertising rules to that of § 2.2-4302.2.A.2 d. References in this act to public institutions of higher education that have a Management Agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act shall include those governed by Chapters 933 and 943 of the 2006 Acts of Assembly, Chapters 594 and 616 of the 2008 Acts of Assembly, Chapters 675 and 685 of the 2009 Acts of Assembly, Chapters 124 and 125 of the 2019 Acts of Assembly, and Chapters 76 and 77 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. § 4-9.04 IMPLEMENT JLARC RECOMMENDATIONS a. The Boards of Visitors at each Virginia public four-year higher education institution, to the extent practicable, shall: 1. require their institutions to clearly list the amount of the athletic fee on their website's tuition and fees information page. The page should include a link to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's tuition and fee information. The boards should consider requiring institutions to list the major components of all mandatory fees, including the portion attributable to athletics, on a separate page attached to student invoices; 2. assess the feasibility and impact of raising additional revenue through campus recreation and fitness enterprises to reduce reliance on mandatory student fees. The assessments should address the feasibility and impact of raising additional revenue through charging for specialized programs and services, expanding membership, and/or charging all users of recreation facilities; 3. direct staff to perform a comprehensive review of the institution's organizational structure, including an analysis of spans of control and a review of staff activities and workload, and identify opportunities to streamline the organizational structure. Boards should further direct staff to implement the recommendations of the review to streamline their organizational structures where possible;