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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67192</law_id><section_number>23.1-2509</section_number><catch_line>Conferring of degrees</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="25">Virginia Military Institute</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Governor, the board, the superintendent, and the faculty of the Institute may confer a degree upon any qualified graduate. <a id="paragraph-243578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2509/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As a board of a military institute, the board shall not confer honorary degrees. <a id="paragraph-243579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2509/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 848, &#xA7; 23-110; 1926, p. 718; 1927, p. 201; 1952, c. 272; 2016, c. 588; 2020, c. 1047.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
