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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56789</law_id><section_number>23.1-618</section_number><catch_line>Loans to 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="6">Financial Assistance</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Student Loan Funds</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">institution</span> may make loans from its <span class="dictionary">fund</span> only to needy <span class="dictionary">students</span> who might be unable to attend such <span class="dictionary">institution</span> without such loans and who are duly admitted into degree or certificate programs at the <span class="dictionary">institution</span>. Such loans shall be made upon such terms and according to such rules as may be prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of the <span class="dictionary">institution</span>. <a id="paragraph-207804" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-618/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In any one academic year, no <span class="dictionary">student</span> shall receive a loan from the <span class="dictionary">fund</span> of an <span class="dictionary">institution</span> that would result in such <span class="dictionary">student</span> owing a net outstanding amount at the end of that year in excess of the tuition and mandatory fees charged by the <span class="dictionary">institution</span>. <a id="paragraph-207805" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-618/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The rate of interest charged on loans to <span class="dictionary">students</span> from a <span class="dictionary">fund</span> is three percent annually. <a id="paragraph-207806" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-618/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1978, c. 745, &#xA7; 23-38.10:3; 1991, c. 590; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
