{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/23.1-602.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/23.1-602.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/23.1-602.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/23.1-602.html"}],"law_id":66577,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66577,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-602","catch_line":"Payments to institutions of higher education for certain courses taken by law-enforcement officers","history":"1972, c. 697, \u00a7 23-9.2:4; 1974, c. 162; 1977, c. 162; 1982, c. 18; 1986, c. 236; 2016, c. 588.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department of Criminal Justice Services shall enter into contracts to make payments to public institutions of higher education and accredited private institutions of higher education whose primary campus is within the Commonwealth for tuition, books, and mandatory fees for any law-enforcement officer of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, departments, or authorities or any locality of the Commonwealth who (i) is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in courses included in an undergraduate or graduate program that leads to a degree or certificate in an area relating to law enforcement or suitable for law-enforcement officers and (ii) enters into an agreement to continue to serve as a law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth upon completion of his course of study for a period at least as long as the length of the course of study undertaken and paid for under the provisions of this section and, in the event that he does not complete such service, to repay the full amount of such payments on the terms and in the manner that the Department of Criminal Justice Services prescribes.B\n\nAny individual who receives the benefit of funds expended pursuant to this section shall reimburse such funds to the Department of Criminal Justice Services if he fails to satisfactorily complete the course for which the funds were expended.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Criminal Justice Services shall use such reimbursed funds in accordance with the purposes of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241576,"text":"The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall enter into contracts to make payments to public institutions of higher education and accredited private institutions of higher education whose primary campus is within the Commonwealth for tuition, books, and mandatory fees for any law-enforcement officer of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, departments, or authorities or any locality of the Commonwealth who (i) is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in courses included in an undergraduate or graduate program that leads to a degree or certificate in an area relating to law enforcement or suitable for law-enforcement officers and (ii) enters into an agreement to continue to serve as a law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth upon completion of his course of study for a period at least as long as the length of the course of study undertaken and paid for under the provisions of this section and, in the event that he does not complete such service, to repay the full amount of such payments on the terms and in the manner that the Department of Criminal Justice Services prescribes.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":241577,"text":"Any individual who receives the benefit of funds expended pursuant to this section shall reimburse such funds to the Department of Criminal Justice Services if he fails to satisfactorily complete the course for which the funds were expended.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Criminal Justice Services shall use such reimbursed funds in accordance with the purposes of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14594,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13397,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:48","permalink":{"id":184999,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14594,"identifier":"1","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1","url":"\/23.1\/II\/6\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13397,"edition_id":1,"name":"Financial Assistance","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13112,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:48","permalink":{"id":184997,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13397,"identifier":"6","token":"23.1\/II\/6","url":"\/23.1\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13112,"edition_id":1,"name":"Students and Campus","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13111,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:18","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:18","permalink":{"id":184847,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13112,"identifier":"II","token":"23.1\/II","url":"\/23.1\/II\/","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":71305,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-600","catch_line":"Participation in and eligibility for state-supported financial aid programs","url":"\/23.1-600\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-600","metadata":false},{"id":56934,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-601","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; grants for tuition, room and board, and fees for certain individuals; point of contact","url":"\/23.1-601\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-601","metadata":false},{"id":66577,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-602","catch_line":"Payments to institutions of higher education for certain courses taken by law-enforcement officers","url":"\/23.1-602\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-602","metadata":false},{"id":74634,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-603","catch_line":"State cadets; Mary Baldwin College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; financial assistance awards","url":"\/23.1-603\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-603","metadata":false},{"id":66583,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-604","catch_line":"Investment of funds donated for scholarships","url":"\/23.1-604\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-604","metadata":false},{"id":61488,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-605","catch_line":"Commissioned officers; waiver of tuition and mandatory fees","url":"\/23.1-605\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-605","metadata":false},{"id":75294,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-606","catch_line":"Service in Armed Forces of the United States; discharge of scholarship service obligations","url":"\/23.1-606\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-606","metadata":false},{"id":85029,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-607","catch_line":"Compensation of cooperating teachers","url":"\/23.1-607\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-607","metadata":false},{"id":72542,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-607.1","catch_line":"Veterans; withdrawal; tuition refund","url":"\/23.1-607.1\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-607.1","metadata":false},{"id":67057,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-608","catch_line":"Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers","url":"\/23.1-608\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-608","metadata":false},{"id":84803,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-608.1","catch_line":"Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund; stipends","url":"\/23.1-608.1\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-608.1","metadata":false},{"id":87358,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-609","catch_line":"Surviving spouses and children of certain individuals; tuition and fee waivers","url":"\/23.1-609\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-609","metadata":false},{"id":56098,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-610","catch_line":"Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; grants","url":"\/23.1-610\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-610","metadata":false},{"id":76741,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-610.1","catch_line":"Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program","url":"\/23.1-610.1\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-610.1","metadata":false},{"id":86445,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-611","catch_line":"Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs; tuition and fee waivers","url":"\/23.1-611\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-611","metadata":false},{"id":74608,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-611.1","catch_line":"Financial aid award notification","url":"\/23.1-611.1\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-611.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":56934,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-601","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; grants for tuition, room and board, and fees for certain individuals; point of contact","url":"\/23.1-601\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-601","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74634,"structure_id":14594,"section_number":"23.1-603","catch_line":"State cadets; Mary Baldwin College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; financial assistance awards","url":"\/23.1-603\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-603","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/23.1-602\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 697 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1974, chapter 162; in 1977, chapter 162; in 1982, chapter 18; in 1986, chapter 236; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185009,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66577,"identifier":"23.1-602","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-602","url":"\/23.1-602\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-602\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/1\/23.1-602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payments to institutions of higher education for certain courses taken by law-enforcement officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall enter into contracts<\/span> to make payments to public institutions of higher education and accredited private institutions of higher education whose primary campus is within the Commonwealth for tuition, books, and mandatory fees for any law<\/span>-enforcement officer of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, departments, or authorities or any locality of the Commonwealth who (i) is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in courses included in an undergraduate or graduate program that leads to a degree or certificate in an area relating to law<\/span> enforcement or suitable for law<\/span>-enforcement officers and (ii) enters into an agreement to continue to serve as a law<\/span>-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth upon completion of his course of study for a period at least as long as the length of the course of study undertaken and paid for under the provisions of this section and, in the event that he does not complete such service, to repay the full amount of such payments on the terms and in the manner that the Department of Criminal Justice Services prescribes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any individual who receives the benefit of funds expended pursuant to this section shall reimburse such funds to the Department of Criminal Justice Services if he fails to satisfactorily complete the course for which the funds were expended.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Criminal Justice Services shall use such reimbursed funds in accordance with the purposes of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR CERTAIN COURSES TAKEN BY\nLAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (\u00a7 23.1-602)\n\nA. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall enter into contracts to\nmake payments to public institutions of higher education and accredited private\ninstitutions of higher education whose primary campus is within the Commonwealth\nfor tuition, books, and mandatory fees for any law-enforcement officer of the\nCommonwealth or its political subdivisions, departments, or authorities or any\nlocality of the Commonwealth who (i) is enrolled on a full-time or part-time\nbasis in courses included in an undergraduate or graduate program that leads to\na degree or certificate in an area relating to law enforcement or suitable for\nlaw-enforcement officers and (ii) enters into an agreement to continue to serve\nas a law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth upon completion of his course\nof study for a period at least as long as the length of the course of study\nundertaken and paid for under the provisions of this section and, in the event\nthat he does not complete such service, to repay the full amount of such\npayments on the terms and in the manner that the Department of Criminal Justice\nServices prescribes.\n\nB. Any individual who receives the benefit of funds expended pursuant to this\nsection shall reimburse such funds to the Department of Criminal Justice\nServices if he fails to satisfactorily complete the course for which the funds\nwere expended.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Criminal Justice Services shall use such reimbursed funds\nin accordance with the purposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 697, \u00a7 23-9.2:4; 1974, c. 162; 1977, c. 162; 1982, c. 18;\n1986, c. 236; 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}}