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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 679 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1977, chapter 413; in 1998, chapters 111<\/a> and 396<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 483<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64669,"section_number":"22.1-237.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-237.1\/"},{"id":79716,"section_number":"23.1-1303","catch_line":"Governing boards; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1303\/"},{"id":78236,"section_number":"46.2-1711","catch_line":"Government entities authorized to provide entry-level driver training","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1711\/"},{"id":66116,"section_number":"46.2-341.4","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186745,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85824,"identifier":"23.1-2900","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2900","url":"\/23.1-2900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2900\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/29\/23.1-2900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2900","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“Career and technical education<\/span>” means the training or retraining under public supervision and control that is (i) given in school classes, including field or laboratory work incidental to such training or retraining, exclusive of those career and technical education<\/span> programs provided and administered by or through the public school system<\/span> and (ii) conducted as part of a program designed to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled workers or technicians in recognized occupations.\n\t\t“Chancellor<\/span>” means the Chancellor<\/span> of the Virginia Community College System<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 23.1-2900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Career and technical education” means the training or retraining\nunder public supervision and control that is (i) given in school classes,\nincluding field or laboratory work incidental to such training or retraining,\nexclusive of those career and technical education programs provided and\nadministered by or through the public school system and (ii) conducted as part\nof a program designed to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled\nor skilled workers or technicians in recognized occupations.\n\t\t“Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the Virginia Community\nCollege System.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 679, \u00a7 23-214; 1977, c. 413; 1998, cc. 111, 396; 2001, c.\n483; 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}}