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§ 23.1-407.2 Admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited

A. As used in this section, “legacy status” means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to an institution of higher education to an alumnus of such institution.

B. No public institution of higher education shall provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student’s legacy status or such student’s familial relationship to any donor to such institution.

History

This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 2 and 15 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2024, cc. 2, 15.

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