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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 518<\/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 3 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 2009, chapter 444<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 579<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 84<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83396,"section_number":"23.1-203","catch_line":"Duties of Council","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-203\/"},{"id":76366,"section_number":"58.1-344.3","catch_line":"Voluntary contributions of refunds requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-344.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71294,"section_number":"23.1-213","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-213\/"},{"id":74209,"section_number":"23.1-219","catch_line":"Council certification; requirements and prohibitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-219\/"}],"permalink":{"id":200139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86901,"identifier":"30-231.01","token":"30\/34.1\/30-231.01","url":"\/30-231.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-231.01\/","token":"30\/34.1\/30-231.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-231.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:\n\t\t“Accredited career and technical education postsecondary school<\/span>” means (i) a privately owned and managed, academic-vocational school, noncollege degree school, postsecondary school, or a vocational school, as defined in \u00a7 23.1-213<\/a>; (ii) formed, incorporated, or chartered within the Commonwealth and whose administrative office and principal campus is located in Virginia; (iii) accredited by a national or regional organization or agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education for accrediting purposes; and (iv) certified by the State Council of Higher Education to award certificates and diplomas or to confer degrees, pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-219<\/a>.\n\t\t“Approved education program<\/span>” means an educational agency<\/span> or transition program or services accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee<\/span>.\n\t\t“College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)” means a program consisting of a series of general and subject examinations in undergraduate college courses that measures an individual’s college level knowledge gained through course work, independent study, cultural pursuits, travel, special interests, military service, and professional development, for the purpose of earning college credit.\n\t\t“Committee<\/span>” means the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee<\/span>.\n\t\t“Dual enrollment<\/span>” means the concurrent enrollment of a scholarship recipient in an adult education program for the high school diploma and a public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education.\n\t\t“Educational agency<\/span>” means any (i) public school in the Commonwealth, (ii) public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education that is in compliance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation standards for institutions and academic programs<\/span> or other national or regional organization or agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education for accrediting purposes, (iii) high school equivalency preparation program<\/span> in compliance with Board of Education guidelines, (iv) College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) in compliance with the requirements of the College Board governing college level examination programs<\/span>, or (v) accredited career and technical education postsecondary school<\/span> in the Commonwealth, that accepts for admission recipients of the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program.\n\t\t“Graduate degree program<\/span>” means an accredited academic program of study offered by a Virginia institution of higher education that has been accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee<\/span> to which scholarship recipients are accepted for admission and successful completion of the academic program culminates in the awarding of the masters or doctoral degree.\n\t\t“High school equivalency preparation program<\/span>” means a program of preparation and instruction for adults who did not complete high school, and for youth who have been granted permission by the division superintendent of the school in which they are enrolled, to take a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education.\n\t\t“Professional degree program<\/span>” means an accredited graduate level program of study offered by a Virginia institution of higher education that has been accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee<\/span> to which scholarship recipients are accepted for admission and successful completion of the academic program culminates in the award of a degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, law<\/span>, pharmacy, optometry, engineering, architecture, veterinary medicine, or other discipline approved by the Committee<\/span>.\n\t\t“Program” means the Brown v. 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Board of Education Scholarship Committee.\n\t\t“College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)” means a program\nconsisting of a series of general and subject examinations in undergraduate\ncollege courses that measures an individual’s college level knowledge\ngained through course work, independent study, cultural pursuits, travel,\nspecial interests, military service, and professional development, for the\npurpose of earning college credit.\n\t\t“Committee” means the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship\nCommittee.\n\t\t“Dual enrollment” means the concurrent enrollment of a scholarship\nrecipient in an adult education program for the high school diploma and a public\nor private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher\neducation.\n\t\t“Educational agency” means any (i) public school in the\nCommonwealth, (ii) public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia\ninstitution of higher education that is in compliance with the Southern\nAssociation of Colleges and Schools accreditation standards for institutions and\nacademic programs or other national or regional organization or agency\nrecognized by the United States Secretary of Education for accrediting purposes,\n(iii) high school equivalency preparation program in compliance with Board of\nEducation guidelines, (iv) College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) in\ncompliance with the requirements of the College Board governing college level\nexamination programs, or (v) accredited career and technical education\npostsecondary school in the Commonwealth, that accepts for admission recipients\nof the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program.\n\t\t“Graduate degree program” means an accredited academic program of\nstudy offered by a Virginia institution of higher education that has been\naccepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education\nScholarship Committee to which scholarship recipients are accepted for admission\nand successful completion of the academic program culminates in the awarding of\nthe masters or doctoral degree.\n\t\t“High school equivalency preparation program” means a program of\npreparation and instruction for adults who did not complete high school, and for\nyouth who have been granted permission by the division superintendent of the\nschool in which they are enrolled, to take a high school equivalency examination\napproved by the Board of Education.\n\t\t“Professional degree program” means an accredited graduate level\nprogram of study offered by a Virginia institution of higher education that has\nbeen accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of\nEducation Scholarship Committee to which scholarship recipients are accepted for\nadmission and successful completion of the academic program culminates in the\naward of a degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, law, pharmacy, optometry,\nengineering, architecture, veterinary medicine, or other discipline approved by\nthe Committee.\n\t\t“Program” means the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship\nProgram and Fund.\n\t\t“Transition program and services” means individualized instruction\nor a compensatory education program designed to provide remediation,\nacceleration, or fundamental basic life skills to assist scholarship recipients\nin overcoming learning problems or to prepare such persons for academic success\nin an approved education program.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 518; 2009, c. 444; 2010, c. 579; 2014, c. 84.","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}}