                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PURPOSE (§ 23.1-1221)

A. For the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth, the increase of their
commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and
living conditions, it is essential that (i) this and future generations of youth
be given the fullest opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual and
mental capacities and (ii) participating institutions be provided with
appropriate additional means to assist such youth in achieving the required
levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities.

B. The purpose of this article is to provide a measure of assistance and an
alternative method to enable participating institutions to provide the
facilities and structures that are sorely needed to accomplish the purposes of
this article, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner
provided in this article.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 686, § 23-30.39; 2016, c. 588.