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Such credit may be from one day to five days for each month he has been engaged in such career and technical education or other training or has applied himself in excess of minimal work assignment requirements. Any credit accumulated prior to June 1, 1975, toward the term of confinement may, in the discretion of the Director, be credited toward such prisoner’s parole eligibility date.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":298570,"text":"Every person sentenced to the Department, while in a local or state correctional facility, who participates in career and technical education or other training while confined, or who shows such interest and application in his work assignment as to exhibit unusual progress toward rehabilitation, may, in the discretion of the Director be allowed a credit toward his parole eligibility date and upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced. Such credit may be from one day to five days for each month he has been engaged in such career and technical education or other training or has applied himself in excess of minimal work assignment requirements. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1968, chapter 302; in 1973, chapter 204; in 1975, chapter 244; in 1976, chapter 180; in 1982, chapter 636; in 2001, chapter 483<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81762,"section_number":"53.1-151","catch_line":"Eligibility for parole","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-151\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83331,"identifier":"53.1-197","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-197","url":"\/53.1-197\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-197\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-197","dublin_core":{"Title":"Credit allowed for career and technical educational or other educational training","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-197","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every person sentenced to the Department<\/span>, while in a local or state correctional facility<\/span>, who participates in career and technical education or other training while confined, or who shows such interest and application in his work assignment as to exhibit unusual progress toward rehabilitation, may, in the discretion of the Director<\/span> be allowed a credit toward his parole<\/span> eligibility date and upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced. Such credit may be from one day to five days for each month he has been engaged in such career and technical education or other training or has applied himself in excess of minimal work assignment requirements. Any credit accumulated prior to June 1, 1975, toward the term of confinement may, in the discretion of the Director<\/span>, be credited toward such prisoner’s parole<\/span> eligibility date.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDIT ALLOWED FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL\nTRAINING (\u00a7 53.1-197)\n\nEvery person sentenced to the Department, while in a local or state correctional\nfacility, who participates in career and technical education or other training\nwhile confined, or who shows such interest and application in his work\nassignment as to exhibit unusual progress toward rehabilitation, may, in the\ndiscretion of the Director be allowed a credit toward his parole eligibility\ndate and upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced. Such\ncredit may be from one day to five days for each month he has been engaged in\nsuch career and technical education or other training or has applied himself in\nexcess of minimal work assignment requirements. Any credit accumulated prior to\nJune 1, 1975, toward the term of confinement may, in the discretion of the\nDirector, be credited toward such prisoner’s parole eligibility date.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-213.1; 1968, c. 302; 1973, c. 204; 1975, c. 244; 1976,\nc. 180; 1982, c. 636; 2001, c. 483.","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}}