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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59812</law_id><section_number>23.1-1305</section_number><catch_line>Governing boards; student accounts; collections</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="13">Governing Boards of Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> shall refer a student account to collections for nonpayment before such referral is required by the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Utilization of certain collection techniques" href="/2.2-4806/">2.2-4806</a>. This section shall not apply to public institutions of higher education that have entered into management agreements with the Commonwealth pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/23.1-1000/">23.1-1000</a> et seq.).</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 197, &#xA7; 23-9.2:3; 1985, c. 520; 1987, c. 109; 1992, c. 630; 1997, c. 827; 1998, cc. 39, 362, 483, 784; 2001, cc. 664, 673; 2005, c. 818; 2006, c. 121; 2008, cc. 441, 495; 2012, cc. 448, 658, 716; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c. 314.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
