§ 23.1-2907 Policy for the award of academic credit for military training
A. The State Board shall adopt a policy for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled in a comprehensive community college who has successfully completed a military training course or program as part of his military service that is applicable to the student’s certificate of degree requirements and is:
1. Recommended for academic credit by a national higher education association that provides academic credit recommendations for military training courses or programs;
2. Noted on the student’s military transcript issued by any of the Armed Forces of the United States; or
3. Otherwise documented in writing by any of the Armed Forces of the United States.
1. Develop a procedure for each comprehensive community college to receive the documentation necessary to identify and verify the military training course or program for which the student has applied for academic credit; and
2. Develop, maintain, and disseminate to each comprehensive community college a list of military training courses and programs that it has deemed qualified for the award of academic credit.
C. Each comprehensive community college shall provide a copy of the State Board’s policy for the award of academic credit for military training courses or programs to each student applicant.
History
This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 384 and 581 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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588.
2015, cc. 384, 581, § 23-220.5; 2016, c. 588.