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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 627 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 1991 \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 1992, chapter 132; in 1999, chapters 424<\/a> and 437<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 1000<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60296,"section_number":"58.1-439.6:1","catch_line":"Worker training tax credit","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-439.6_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70021,"identifier":"23.1-3125","token":"23.1\/V\/31\/7\/23.1-3125","url":"\/23.1-3125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-3125\/","token":"23.1\/V\/31\/7\/23.1-3125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center established; duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-3125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (the Center) is established as an educational institution in the Commonwealth. The Center shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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4.<\/span> Develop, in coordination with the Council<\/span>, specific goals for higher education in Southwest Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER ESTABLISHED; DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-3125)\n\nThe Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (the Center) is established as an\neducational institution in the Commonwealth. The Center shall:\n\n1. Encourage the expansion of higher education degrees, adult and continuing\neducation, workforce training, and professional development through partnerships\nwith public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher\neducation;\n\n2. Facilitate the delivery of teacher training programs leading to licensure and\nundergraduate and graduate degrees;\n\n3. Serve as a resource and referral center by maintaining and disseminating\ninformation on existing educational programs and resources; and\n\n4. Develop, in coordination with the Council, specific goals for higher\neducation in Southwest Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 627, \u00a7 23-231.2; 1992, c. 132; 1999, cc. 424, 437; 2004, c.\n1000; 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}}