{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/23.1-222.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/23.1-222.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/23.1-222.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/23.1-222.html"}],"law_id":77929,"edition_id":1,"section_id":77929,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-222","catch_line":"Emergency actions","history":"2002, c. 178, \u00a7 23-276.7; 2005, c. 447; 2016, c. 588; 2025, c. 144.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Council may, by regulation, authorize its Executive Director to take immediate action on its behalf in any instance in which a postsecondary school holding certification to operate in the Commonwealth is the subject of an adverse action by the U.S. Department of Education or the postsecondary school’s accrediting agency. When such adverse action threatens a disruption of the operation of the postsecondary school and exposes students to a loss of course or degree credit or financial loss, the Executive Director may:1\n\nSuspend new enrollment in specified programs or degree levels or all programs and degree levels that have been approved by the Council;2\n\nRequire the postsecondary school to provide a guaranty instrument in the amount necessary to cover the refund of unearned tuition to all students enrolled at the time of the action; or3\n\nTake such other actions as may be necessary to protect the rights of currently enrolled or future students.B\n\nAt its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall either ratify the Executive Director’s action or take such other actions as it deems necessary.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279461,"text":"The Council may, by regulation, authorize its Executive Director to take immediate action on its behalf in any instance in which a postsecondary school holding certification to operate in the Commonwealth is the subject of an adverse action by the U.S. Department of Education or the postsecondary school’s accrediting agency. When such adverse action threatens a disruption of the operation of the postsecondary school and exposes students to a loss of course or degree credit or financial loss, the Executive Director may:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":279462,"text":"Suspend new enrollment in specified programs or degree levels or all programs and degree levels that have been approved by the Council;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":279463,"text":"Require the postsecondary school to provide a guaranty instrument in the amount necessary to cover the refund of unearned tuition to all students enrolled at the time of the action; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":279464,"text":"Take such other actions as may be necessary to protect the rights of currently enrolled or future students.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"4":{"id":279465,"text":"At its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall either ratify the Executive Director’s action or take such other actions as it deems necessary.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15696,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Certain Private and Out-of-State Institutions of Higher Education","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14064,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:58:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:58:03","permalink":{"id":184705,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15696,"identifier":"3","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3","url":"\/23.1\/I\/2\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14064,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Council of Higher Education for Virginia","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13393,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:45","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:45","permalink":{"id":184639,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14064,"identifier":"2","token":"23.1\/I\/2","url":"\/23.1\/I\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13393,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13111,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:47","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:47","permalink":{"id":184583,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13393,"identifier":"I","token":"23.1\/I","url":"\/23.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13111,"edition_id":1,"name":"Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions","identifier":"23.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:18","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:18","permalink":{"id":184581,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13111,"identifier":"23.1","token":"23.1","url":"\/23.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":71294,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-213","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/23.1-213\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-213","metadata":false},{"id":61081,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-214","catch_line":"Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail","url":"\/23.1-214\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-214","metadata":false},{"id":60133,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-215","catch_line":"Authority of the Council; regulations; standards for postsecondary schools; delegation of authority to Executive Director","url":"\/23.1-215\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-215","metadata":false},{"id":64447,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-216","catch_line":"Career College Advisory Board established","url":"\/23.1-216\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-216","metadata":false},{"id":66073,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-217","catch_line":"Certification required","url":"\/23.1-217\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-217","metadata":false},{"id":61720,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-218","catch_line":"List of postsecondary schools holding valid certification","url":"\/23.1-218\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-218","metadata":false},{"id":74209,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-219","catch_line":"Council certification; requirements and prohibitions","url":"\/23.1-219\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-219","metadata":false},{"id":73720,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-220","catch_line":"Approval procedures","url":"\/23.1-220\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-220","metadata":false},{"id":84806,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-221","catch_line":"Refusal, suspension, and revocation of approval or certification","url":"\/23.1-221\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-221","metadata":false},{"id":77929,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-222","catch_line":"Emergency actions","url":"\/23.1-222\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-222","metadata":false},{"id":83508,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-223","catch_line":"Preservation of students' records","url":"\/23.1-223\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-223","metadata":false},{"id":84204,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-224","catch_line":"Fees","url":"\/23.1-224\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-224","metadata":false},{"id":61964,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-225","catch_line":"Prohibited acts","url":"\/23.1-225\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-225","metadata":false},{"id":74161,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-226","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/23.1-226\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-226","metadata":false},{"id":64724,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-227","catch_line":"Laws of the Commonwealth to apply to contracts","url":"\/23.1-227\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-227","metadata":false},{"id":76711,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-228","catch_line":"Violations; penalties; remedies","url":"\/23.1-228\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-228","metadata":false},{"id":71518,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-229","catch_line":"Postsecondary school closure procedures","url":"\/23.1-229\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-229","metadata":false},{"id":86216,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-230","catch_line":"Enrollment agreements required","url":"\/23.1-230\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-230","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84806,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-221","catch_line":"Refusal, suspension, and revocation of approval or certification","url":"\/23.1-221\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-221","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83508,"structure_id":15696,"section_number":"23.1-223","catch_line":"Preservation of students' records","url":"\/23.1-223\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-223","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/23.1-222\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 178<\/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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 447<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":184743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77929,"identifier":"23.1-222","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-222","url":"\/23.1-222\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-222\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-222","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emergency actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-222","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Council<\/span> may, by regulation, authorize its Executive Director to take immediate action on its behalf in any instance in which a postsecondary school<\/span> holding certification to operate in the Commonwealth is the subject of an adverse action by the U.S. Department of Education or the postsecondary school<\/span>’s accrediting agency. When such adverse action threatens a disruption of the operation of the postsecondary school<\/span> and exposes students to a loss of course or degree credit<\/span> or financial loss, the Executive Director may: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Suspend new enrollment in specified programs<\/span> or degree levels or all programs<\/span> and degree levels that have been approved by the Council<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Require the postsecondary school<\/span> to provide a guaranty instrument in the amount necessary to cover the refund of unearned tuition to all students enrolled at the time of the action; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Take such other actions as may be necessary to protect the rights of currently enrolled or future students. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council<\/span> shall either ratify the Executive Director’s action or take such other actions as it deems necessary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMERGENCY ACTIONS (\u00a7 23.1-222)\n\nA. The Council may, by regulation, authorize its Executive Director to take\nimmediate action on its behalf in any instance in which a postsecondary school\nholding certification to operate in the Commonwealth is the subject of an\nadverse action by the U.S. Department of Education or the postsecondary\nschool’s accrediting agency. When such adverse action threatens a\ndisruption of the operation of the postsecondary school and exposes students to\na loss of course or degree credit or financial loss, the Executive Director may:\n\n 1. Suspend new enrollment in specified programs or degree levels or all\n programs and degree levels that have been approved by the Council;\n\n 2. Require the postsecondary school to provide a guaranty instrument in the\n amount necessary to cover the refund of unearned tuition to all students\n enrolled at the time of the action; or\n\n 3. Take such other actions as may be necessary to protect the rights of\n currently enrolled or future students.\n\nB. At its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall either ratify the\nExecutive Director’s action or take such other actions as it deems\nnecessary.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 178, \u00a7 23-276.7; 2005, c. 447; 2016, c. 588; 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}}