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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 686 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185825,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83471,"identifier":"23.1-1221","token":"23.1\/III\/12\/2\/23.1-1221","url":"\/23.1-1221\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1221\/","token":"23.1\/III\/12\/2\/23.1-1221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration of policy and purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that (i) this and future generations of youth be given the fullest opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual and mental capacities and (ii) participating institutions<\/span> be provided with appropriate additional means to assist such youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The purpose of this article is to provide a measure of assistance and an alternative method to enable participating institutions<\/span> to provide the facilities and structures that are sorely needed to accomplish the purposes of this article, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner provided in this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION OF POLICY AND PURPOSE (\u00a7 23.1-1221)\n\nA. For the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth, the increase of their\ncommerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and\nliving conditions, it is essential that (i) this and future generations of youth\nbe given the fullest opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual and\nmental capacities and (ii) participating institutions be provided with\nappropriate additional means to assist such youth in achieving the required\nlevels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities.\n\nB. The purpose of this article is to provide a measure of assistance and an\nalternative method to enable participating institutions to provide the\nfacilities and structures that are sorely needed to accomplish the purposes of\nthis article, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner\nprovided in this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 686, \u00a7 23-30.39; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}