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Recommendations regarding such Virginia undergraduate student enrollment growth incentive shall be developed and reviewed as provided in subdivision B 1 of § 23.1-309.B\n\nThe Governor shall consider and may recommend and the General Assembly shall consider and may provide additional general fund appropriations to address the unfunded enrollment growth that occurred between the 2005-2006 fiscal year and July 1, 2011.C\n\nTo assist the General Assembly in determining the per student amount provided for in subsection A and its relation to the per student amount provided to nonprofit private institutions of higher education pursuant to the Tuition Assistance Grant Act (§ 23.1-628 et seq.), each nonprofit private institution of higher education eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program shall submit to the Council its Virginia student enrollment projections for that fiscal year and its actual Virginia student enrollment for the prior fiscal year in a manner determined by the Council. 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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 828<\/a> and 869<\/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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57437,"section_number":"23.1-302","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; funding","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-302\/"},{"id":77331,"section_number":"23.1-303","catch_line":"Calculation of state general fund share of an institution's basic operations and instruction funding need; cost of education","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-303\/"},{"id":64815,"section_number":"23.1-305","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; targeted economic and innovation incentives","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-305\/"},{"id":68012,"section_number":"23.1-306","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; six-year plans; institutional partnership performance agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-306\/"},{"id":73297,"section_number":"23.1-307","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; tuition and fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-307\/"},{"id":70221,"section_number":"23.1-309","catch_line":"Higher Education Advisory Committee established; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-309\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82458,"section_number":"23.1-628","catch_line":"Tuition Assistance Grant Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-628\/"}],"permalink":{"id":184819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55707,"identifier":"23.1-304","token":"23.1\/I\/3\/23.1-304","url":"\/23.1-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-304\/","token":"23.1\/I\/3\/23.1-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Per student enrollment-based funding at public institutions of higher education","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> To incentivize undergraduate Virginia student enrollment<\/span> growth at the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education in furtherance of the increased degree conferral purpose of this chapter, the Governor shall recommend and the General Assembly shall determine and appropriate to such institutions a per student amount that follows each Virginia undergraduate student to the public institution of higher education<\/span> in which the student enrolls. Recommendations regarding such Virginia undergraduate student enrollment<\/span> growth incentive shall be developed and reviewed as provided in subdivision B 1 of § 23.1-309<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Governor shall consider and may recommend and the General Assembly shall consider and may provide additional general fund appropriations to address the unfunded enrollment growth that occurred between the 2005-2006 fiscal year<\/span> and July 1, 2011. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> To assist the General Assembly in determining the per student amount provided for in subsection A and its relation to the per student amount provided to nonprofit private institutions of higher education pursuant to the Tuition Assistance Grant Act (§ 23.1-628<\/a> et seq.), each nonprofit private institution of higher education<\/span><\/span> eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program shall submit to the Council<\/span> its Virginia student enrollment<\/span> projections for that fiscal year<\/span> and its actual Virginia student enrollment<\/span> for the prior fiscal year<\/span> in a manner determined by the Council<\/span>. The student admissions policies for such private institutions and their specific programs shall remain the sole responsibility of the governing boards<\/span> of such individual institutions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPER STUDENT ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION\n(\u00a7 23.1-304)\n\nA. To incentivize undergraduate Virginia student enrollment growth at the\nCommonwealth’s public institutions of higher education in furtherance of\nthe increased degree conferral purpose of this chapter, the Governor shall\nrecommend and the General Assembly shall determine and appropriate to such\ninstitutions a per student amount that follows each Virginia undergraduate\nstudent to the public institution of higher education in which the student\nenrolls. Recommendations regarding such Virginia undergraduate student\nenrollment growth incentive shall be developed and reviewed as provided in\nsubdivision B 1 of § 23.1-309.\n\nB. The Governor shall consider and may recommend and the General Assembly shall\nconsider and may provide additional general fund appropriations to address the\nunfunded enrollment growth that occurred between the 2005-2006 fiscal year and\nJuly 1, 2011.\n\nC. To assist the General Assembly in determining the per student amount provided\nfor in subsection A and its relation to the per student amount provided to\nnonprofit private institutions of higher education pursuant to the Tuition\nAssistance Grant Act (§ 23.1-628 et seq.), each nonprofit private\ninstitution of higher education eligible to participate in the Tuition\nAssistance Grant Program shall submit to the Council its Virginia student\nenrollment projections for that fiscal year and its actual Virginia student\nenrollment for the prior fiscal year in a manner determined by the Council. The\nstudent admissions policies for such private institutions and their specific\nprograms shall remain the sole responsibility of the governing boards of such\nindividual institutions.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 828, 869, \u00a7 23-38.87:14; 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}}