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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60615</law_id><section_number>23.1-631</section_number><catch_line>Eligibility; duration</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="5">Tuition Assistance Grant Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Virginia students</span> who are obligated to pay tuition as full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students at an eligible institution are eligible to receive a grant for the academic year for which they enroll. <a id="paragraph-221543" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-631/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Eligibility for grants under the Program is limited to a total of four academic years for undergraduate students, pharmacy students, and medical students and a total of three academic years for other graduate students and professional school students. The academic years for which grants are awarded need not be in succession. <a id="paragraph-221544" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-631/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Grants under the Program shall be used only for undergraduate, graduate, or professional collegiate work in educational programs other than those providing religious training or theological education. <a id="paragraph-221545" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-631/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 18, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-38.15, 23-38.16; 1973, c. 2; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101; 1981, c. 257; 1987, c. 600; 2000, cc. 94, 660; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
