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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71460</law_id><section_number>23.1-904</section_number><catch_line>Course credit; veterans; active duty military 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="9">Academic Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Course Credit</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall implement policies that provide students called to active military duty during an academic semester with the opportunity to earn full course credit. Such policies shall provide, as one option, that such students who have completed 75 percent of the course requirements at the time of activation and who meet other specified requirements receive full course credit. <a id="paragraph-257594" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-904/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall, in accordance with guidelines developed by the <span class="dictionary">Council</span>, implement policies for the purpose of awarding academic credit to students for education, experience, training, and credentials gained from service in the Armed Forces of the United States. <a id="paragraph-257595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-904/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall, in accordance with guidelines developed by the <span class="dictionary">Council</span>, implement policies that recognize the scheduling difficulties and obligations encountered by active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States. <a id="paragraph-257596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-904/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, c. 190, &#xA7; 23-9.2:3.7; 2012, cc. 167, 169; 2016, c. 588; 2022, c. 330.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
