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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0515\">515<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185431,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75078,"identifier":"23.1-900.01","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/1\/23.1-900.01","url":"\/23.1-900.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-900.01\/","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/1\/23.1-900.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Diplomas; proof of education; method","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-900.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">public institution of higher education<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">private institution of higher education<\/span> may provide any diploma or other proof of education to requesting individuals or entities using the method that it deems most appropriate, in either electronic or paper form. <a id=\"paragraph-269673\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-900.01\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Council<\/span> shall post on its website a statement in accordance with the provisions of subsection A. <a id=\"paragraph-269674\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-900.01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDIPLOMAS; PROOF OF EDUCATION; METHOD (\u00a7 23.1-900.01)\n\nA. Each public institution of higher education and private institution of higher\neducation may provide any diploma or other proof of education to requesting\nindividuals or entities using the method that it deems most appropriate, in\neither electronic or paper form.\n\nB. The Council shall post on its website a statement in accordance with the\nprovisions of subsection A.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 515.","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}}