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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79244</law_id><section_number>23.1-507.1</section_number><catch_line>Norfolk State University and Virginia State University; reduced rate tuition charges for certain students</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="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">In-State Tuition and Reduced Rate Tuition Eligibility</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Norfolk State University Board of Visitors and the Virginia State University Board of Visitors may charge reduced rate tuition to any <span class="dictionary">non-<span class="dictionary">Virginia student</span></span> who has completed at least 30 credit hours of coursework and who is enrolled in a program at the relevant institution that leads to employment in a high-demand field, as determined by the board of visitors of the relevant institution based on data compiled and provided by the Virginia Office of Education Economics. <a id="paragraph-283732" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-507.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">non-<span class="dictionary">Virginia student</span></span> who is charged reduced rate tuition pursuant to subsection A shall forfeit eligibility for such reduced rate tuition charge and shall be charged tuition at the full rate for <span class="dictionary">non-<span class="dictionary">Virginia students</span></span> in the event that such student withdraws from the program at the relevant institution that leads to employment in a high-demand field and enrolls in a program at the relevant institution that does not lead to employment in a high-demand field according to the criteria set forth in subsection A. <a id="paragraph-283733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-507.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">non-<span class="dictionary">Virginia student</span></span> who is enrolled in a program at Norfolk State University or Virginia State University that does not lead to employment in a high-demand field and who withdraws from such program and subsequently enrolls in a program at the relevant institution that leads to employment in a high-demand field according to the criteria set forth in subsection A may be charged reduced rate tuition pursuant to subsection A. <a id="paragraph-283734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-507.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 696, 697.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
