                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT; VIRGINIA-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS TO EARN
CREDENTIALS, COLLEGE CREDIT, AND HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS (§ 22.1-225.1)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department shall
authorize a Virginia-based nonprofit organization with demonstrated evidence of
positive student outcomes to provide schools for adults to earn (i) (a) an
industry-recognized credential awarded through a partnership with a
Virginia-based community college or an approved training provider or (b) dual
college credit awarded through a partnership with a Virginia-based community
college and (ii) a high school diploma on one or more diploma pathways set forth
in subdivision 3 of 8VAC20-30-20 in which enrollment is open, on a
space-available basis, to adults who reside throughout the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 453, 454.