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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84808</law_id><section_number>23.1-2907</section_number><catch_line>Policy for the award of academic credit for military training</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="29">State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> shall adopt a policy for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled in a <span class="dictionary">comprehensive community college</span> who has successfully completed a military training course or program as part of his military service that is applicable to the student&#x2019;s certificate of degree requirements and is: <a id="paragraph-303876" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Recommended for academic credit by a national higher education association that provides academic credit recommendations for military training courses or programs; <a id="paragraph-303877" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Noted on the student&#x2019;s military <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> issued by any of the Armed Forces of the United States; or <a id="paragraph-303878" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Otherwise documented in writing by any of the Armed Forces of the United States. <a id="paragraph-303879" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-303880" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Develop a procedure for each <span class="dictionary">comprehensive community college</span> to receive the documentation necessary to identify and verify the military training course or program for which the student has applied for academic credit; and <a id="paragraph-303881" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Develop, maintain, and disseminate to each <span class="dictionary">comprehensive community college</span> a list of military training courses and programs that it has deemed qualified for the award of academic credit. <a id="paragraph-303882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">comprehensive community college</span> shall provide a copy of the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>&#x2019;s policy for the award of academic credit for military training courses or programs to each student applicant. <a id="paragraph-303883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2907/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, cc. 384, 581, &#xA7; 23-220.5; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
