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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 146<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81547,"identifier":"23.1-903","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/2\/23.1-903","url":"\/23.1-903\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-903\/","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/2\/23.1-903","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distance learning","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-903","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each public institution of higher education<\/span> shall include in its strategic plan information indicating to what extent, if any, it will use distance learning to expand access to, improve the quality of, and minimize the cost of education at such institution. For institutions that use distance learning or plan to use distance learning in the future, such information shall include the degree to which distance learning will be integrated into the curriculum, benchmarks for measuring such integration, and a schedule for the evaluation of distance learning courses.\n\t\tThe Council<\/span> shall assist the governing board<\/span> of each public institution of higher education<\/span> in the development of such information.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTANCE LEARNING (\u00a7 23.1-903)\n\nEach public institution of higher education shall include in its strategic plan\ninformation indicating to what extent, if any, it will use distance learning to\nexpand access to, improve the quality of, and minimize the cost of education at\nsuch institution. For institutions that use distance learning or plan to use\ndistance learning in the future, such information shall include the degree to\nwhich distance learning will be integrated into the curriculum, benchmarks for\nmeasuring such integration, and a schedule for the evaluation of distance\nlearning courses.\n\t\tThe Council shall assist the governing board of each public institution of\nhigher education in the development of such information.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 146, \u00a7 23-9.2:7; 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}}