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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57437</law_id><section_number>23.1-302</section_number><catch_line>Public institutions of higher education; funding</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="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">The Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall receive funds from the state general fund or sources other than the state general fund, or both, for each <span class="dictionary">fiscal year</span> of each biennium for:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Basic operations and instruction, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Calculation of state general fund share of an institution's basic operations and instruction funding need; cost of education" href="/23.1-303/">23.1-303</a>; <a id="paragraph-210466" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Each Virginia undergraduate <span class="dictionary">student</span> actually enrolled at the institution, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Per student enrollment-based funding at public institutions of higher education" href="/23.1-304/">23.1-304</a>; <a id="paragraph-210467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Need-based financial aid, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public institutions of higher education; six-year plans; institutional partnership performance agreements" href="/23.1-306/">23.1-306</a>; and <a id="paragraph-210468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Support for targeted financial incentives that encourage and reward progress toward the policy objectives specified in this chapter, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public institutions of higher education; targeted economic and innovation incentives" href="/23.1-305/">23.1-305</a>. <a id="paragraph-210469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-302/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, cc. 828, 869, &#xA7; 23-38.87:12; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
