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In order to assist the Council in its assessment, each public institution of higher education, and each nonprofit private institution of higher education eligible for and seeking to qualify for state general funds, shall furnish periodic reports, including copies of institutional financial aid audit reports and audited financial statements, and such other pertinent information, including student-level data, as may be required by the Council.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254627,"text":"The Council shall annually assess the degree to which each institution has satisfied any goals or criteria developed by the Higher Education Advisory Committee pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-309 and no later than October 1 of each fiscal year provide a certified written report of the results of such annual assessment to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Education and Health. 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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":72882,"section_number":"23.1-1003","catch_line":"Memoranda of understanding","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1003\/"},{"id":56640,"section_number":"23.1-1006","catch_line":"Management agreement; contents and scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1006\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70221,"section_number":"23.1-309","catch_line":"Higher Education Advisory Committee established; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-309\/"}],"permalink":{"id":184843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70567,"identifier":"23.1-310","token":"23.1\/I\/3\/23.1-310","url":"\/23.1-310\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-310\/","token":"23.1\/I\/3\/23.1-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assessment and certification of institutions by the Council","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Council<\/span> shall annually assess the degree to which each institution has satisfied any goals or criteria developed by the Higher Education Advisory Committee pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-309<\/a> and no later than October 1 of each fiscal year<\/span> provide a certified written report of the results of such annual assessment to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Education and Health. In order<\/span> to assist the Council<\/span> in its assessment, each public institution of higher education<\/span>, and each nonprofit private institution of higher education<\/span><\/span> eligible for and seeking to qualify for state general funds, shall furnish periodic reports, including copies of institutional financial aid audit reports and audited financial statements, and such other pertinent information, including student<\/span>-level data, as may be required by the Council<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS BY THE COUNCIL (\u00a7 23.1-310)\n\nThe Council shall annually assess the degree to which each institution has\nsatisfied any goals or criteria developed by the Higher Education Advisory\nCommittee pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-309 and no later than October 1 of each fiscal\nyear provide a certified written report of the results of such annual assessment\nto the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and\nEducation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on\nEducation and Health. In order to assist the Council in its assessment, each\npublic institution of higher education, and each nonprofit private institution\nof higher education eligible for and seeking to qualify for state general funds,\nshall furnish periodic reports, including copies of institutional financial aid\naudit reports and audited financial statements, and such other pertinent\ninformation, including student-level data, as may be required by the Council.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 828, 869, \u00a7 23-38.87:21; 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}}