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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 664<\/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 2 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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185509,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76167,"identifier":"23.1-909","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/4\/23.1-909","url":"\/23.1-909\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-909\/","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/4\/23.1-909","dublin_core":{"Title":"Combined cooperative degree program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-909","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Secretary of Education and the Executive Director of the Council<\/span>, in consultation with each public institution of higher education<\/span> and nonprofit private institution of higher education<\/span><\/span>, shall develop a plan to establish and advertise a cooperative degree program whereby any undergraduate student enrolled at any public institution of higher education<\/span> or nonprofit private institution of higher education<\/span><\/span> may complete, through the use of online courses at any such institution, the course credit requirements to receive a degree at a tuition cost not to exceed $4,000, or the lowest cost that is achievable, per academic year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No later than October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Education and the Executive Director of the Council<\/span> shall report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the progress made toward developing a cooperative degree program plan pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMBINED COOPERATIVE DEGREE PROGRAM (\u00a7 23.1-909)\n\nA. The Secretary of Education and the Executive Director of the Council, in\nconsultation with each public institution of higher education and nonprofit\nprivate institution of higher education, shall develop a plan to establish and\nadvertise a cooperative degree program whereby any undergraduate student\nenrolled at any public institution of higher education or nonprofit private\ninstitution of higher education may complete, through the use of online courses\nat any such institution, the course credit requirements to receive a degree at a\ntuition cost not to exceed $4,000, or the lowest cost that is achievable, per\nacademic year.\n\nB. No later than October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Education and the Executive\nDirector of the Council shall report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on\nAppropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on\nFinance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on\nthe progress made toward developing a cooperative degree program plan pursuant\nto this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 664, \u00a7 23-7.4:7; 2016, c. 588; 2025, c. 144.","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}}