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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 753<\/a> and 834<\/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 4 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 2006, chapter 518<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 444<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 579<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 84<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59058,"section_number":"30-231.2","catch_line":"Criteria for awarding and renewal of scholarships; awards made by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee; eligible students; Standards of Learning requirements and assessments waived for eligible students","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-231.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":200143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69453,"identifier":"30-231.1","token":"30\/34.1\/30-231.1","url":"\/30-231.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-231.1\/","token":"30\/34.1\/30-231.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program created; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-231.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created, from such funds made available for this purpose, the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program<\/span>, hereinafter referred to as the “Program<\/span>.” The Program<\/span> shall be established for the purpose of assisting students who were enrolled in the public schools of Virginia between 1954 and 1964, in jurisdictions<\/span> in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation, in obtaining: the adult high school diploma; a passing score on a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education; College-Level Examination Program<\/span> (CLEP) credit; career or technical education or training in an approved program<\/span> at a comprehensive community college or at an accredited career and technical education postsecondary school<\/span> in the Commonwealth; an undergraduate degree from an accredited associate-degree-granting or baccalaureate (i) private institution of higher education or (ii) public institution of higher education; a graduate degree at the masters or doctoral level; or a professional degree from an accredited baccalaureate private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CREATED; PURPOSE (\u00a7 30-231.1)\n\nThere is hereby created, from such funds made available for this purpose, the\nBrown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program, hereinafter referred to as the\n“Program.” The Program shall be established for the purpose of\nassisting students who were enrolled in the public schools of Virginia between\n1954 and 1964, in jurisdictions in which the public schools were closed to avoid\ndesegregation, in obtaining: the adult high school diploma; a passing score on a\nhigh school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education;\nCollege-Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit; career or technical education\nor training in an approved program at a comprehensive community college or at an\naccredited career and technical education postsecondary school in the\nCommonwealth; an undergraduate degree from an accredited\nassociate-degree-granting or baccalaureate (i) private institution of higher\neducation or (ii) public institution of higher education; a graduate degree at\nthe masters or doctoral level; or a professional degree from an accredited\nbaccalaureate private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or\nbaccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 753, 834; 2006, c. 518; 2009, c. 444; 2010, c. 579; 2014, c.\n84.","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}}