                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS; RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION (§ 23.1-400)

A. To the extent allowed by state and federal law, a religious or political
student organization may determine that ordering the organization&#8217;s
internal affairs, selecting the organization&#8217;s leaders and members,
defining the organization&#8217;s doctrines, and resolving the
organization&#8217;s disputes are in furtherance of the organization&#8217;s
religious or political mission and that only persons committed to that mission
should conduct such activities.

B. No public institution of higher education that has granted recognition of and
access to any student organization or group shall discriminate against any such
student organization or group that exercises its rights pursuant to subsection
A.

HISTORY: 2013, cc. 696, 701, § 23-9.2:12; 2016, c. 588.