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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66690</law_id><section_number>23.1-636</section_number><catch_line>Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; Council to adopt regulations</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="6">Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program and Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program is created to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible students for the costs of attending a <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span>. Funds may be paid to any <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> on behalf of students who have been awarded grants pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Eligibility; amount of grants; renewals" href="/23.1-638/">23.1-638</a>. <a id="paragraph-241885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-636/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Council</span> shall adopt regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this article. <a id="paragraph-241886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-636/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 879, &#xA7; 23-38.53:4; 1994, c. 789; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
