                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMBINED COOPERATIVE DEGREE PROGRAM (§ 23.1-909)

A. The Secretary of Education and the Executive Director of the Council, in
consultation with each public institution of higher education and nonprofit
private institution of higher education, shall develop a plan to establish and
advertise a cooperative degree program whereby any undergraduate student
enrolled at any public institution of higher education or nonprofit private
institution of higher education may complete, through the use of online courses
at any such institution, the course credit requirements to receive a degree at a
tuition cost not to exceed $4,000, or the lowest cost that is achievable, per
academic year.

B. No later than October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Education and the Executive
Director of the Council shall report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on
Finance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on
the progress made toward developing a cooperative degree program plan pursuant
to this section.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 664, § 23-7.4:7; 2016, c. 588; 2025, c. 144.