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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 638<\/a> and 639<\/a> 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. 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 2025, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69909,"section_number":"2.2-3705.4","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; educational records and certain records of educational institutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59984,"section_number":"23.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82449,"identifier":"23.1-1239","token":"23.1\/III\/12.1\/23.1-1239","url":"\/23.1-1239\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1239\/","token":"23.1\/III\/12.1\/23.1-1239","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1239","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Designated reviewers<\/span>” means the Secretaries of Education and Finance, the director of the Department of Planning and Budget, the Executive Director of the Council<\/span>, the president of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and the staff directors of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees.\n\t\t“Eligible degree<\/span>” means a new bachelor’s or master’s degree, or a certificate issued by a baccalaureate public institution of higher education<\/span><\/span> in association with a bachelor’s degree, in the field of computer science, computer engineering, or other closely related fields of study, or that otherwise aligns with traded-sector, technology-focused growth opportunities identified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.\n\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Tech Talent Investment Fund<\/span>.\n\t\t“Grant<\/span>” means a grant<\/span> paid from the Tech Talent Investment Fund<\/span>.\n\t\t“Memorandum of understanding<\/span>” means the negotiated instrument entered into by a qualified institution<\/span> and the Commonwealth, regardless of whether the terms of the memorandum of understanding<\/span> are encompassed or included within any other institutional partnership or performance agreement required by law<\/span>. A memorandum of understanding<\/span> shall contain criteria for eligible degrees<\/span>, eligible expenses, and degree production goals for a period ending in 2039.\n\t\t“New bachelor’s and master’s degrees” means the awarding of eligible degrees<\/span> produced by a qualified institution<\/span> to meet the degree production goals set forth in a qualified institution<\/span>’s memorandum of understanding<\/span>.\n\t\t“Qualified institution<\/span>” means (i) any associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education<\/span><\/span>, as defined in \u00a7 23.1-100<\/a>, that has a transfer plan that culminates in an eligible degree<\/span> and (ii) any baccalaureate public institution of higher education<\/span><\/span>, as defined in \u00a7 23.1-100<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 23.1-1239)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Designated reviewers” means the Secretaries of Education and\nFinance, the director of the Department of Planning and Budget, the Executive\nDirector of the Council, the president of the Virginia Economic Development\nPartnership, and the staff directors of the House Committee on Appropriations\nand the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees.\n\t\t“Eligible degree” means a new bachelor’s or master’s\ndegree, or a certificate issued by a baccalaureate public institution of higher\neducation in association with a bachelor’s degree, in the field of\ncomputer science, computer engineering, or other closely related fields of\nstudy, or that otherwise aligns with traded-sector, technology-focused growth\nopportunities identified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership\nAuthority.\n\t\t“Fund” means the Tech Talent Investment Fund.\n\t\t“Grant” means a grant paid from the Tech Talent Investment Fund.\n\t\t“Memorandum of understanding” means the negotiated instrument\nentered into by a qualified institution and the Commonwealth, regardless of\nwhether the terms of the memorandum of understanding are encompassed or included\nwithin any other institutional partnership or performance agreement required by\nlaw. A memorandum of understanding shall contain criteria for eligible degrees,\neligible expenses, and degree production goals for a period ending in 2039.\n\t\t“New bachelor’s and master’s degrees” means the\nawarding of eligible degrees produced by a qualified institution to meet the\ndegree production goals set forth in a qualified institution’s memorandum\nof understanding.\n\t\t“Qualified institution” means (i) any associate-degree-granting\npublic institution of higher education, as defined in \u00a7 23.1-100, that has a\ntransfer plan that culminates in an eligible degree and (ii) any baccalaureate\npublic institution of higher education, as defined in \u00a7 23.1-100.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 638, 639; 2025, c. 144.","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}}