                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT CONTRACTS; REDUCED RATE TUITION CHARGES (§ 23.1-508)

A. Public institutions of higher education may enter into special arrangement
contracts with employers in the Commonwealth or authorities controlling federal
installations or agencies located in the Commonwealth for the purpose of
providing reduced rate tuition charges for the employees of such employers or
authorities who are non-Virginia students at such institutions when such
employers or authorities assume the liability for paying, to the extent
permitted by federal law, the tuition charges for such employees.

B. Such special arrangement contracts may be (i) for group instruction in
facilities provided by the employer or federal authority or in the
institution&#8217;s facilities or (ii) on a student-by-student basis for
specific employment-related programs.

C. Special arrangement contracts are valid for a period not to exceed two years
and shall be reviewed for legal sufficiency by the Office of the Attorney
General prior to signing. All tuition charges agreed to by the public
institutions shall be at least equal to in-state tuition and shall be granted
only by the institution with which the employer or the federal authorities have
a valid contract for students for whom the employer or federal authority is
paying the tuition charges.

D. All special arrangement contracts with authorities controlling federal
installations or agencies shall include a specific number of students to be
charged reduced tuition rates.

E. Subject to the restrictions provided in subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, public
institutions of higher education may enter into special arrangement contracts
with the Department of Military Affairs for the purpose of providing reduced
rate tuition charges for any member of the Virginia National Guard receiving
state tuition assistance pursuant to § 23.1-610.

   1. No more than 50 non-Virginia students in any year shall receive reduced
   rate tuition charges pursuant to this subsection. In the event that the number
   of eligible students in any year exceeds 50, the Department of Military
   Affairs shall allocate such reduced rate tuition benefits on a first-come,
   first-served basis.

   2. No non-Virginia student shall receive reduced rate tuition pursuant to this
   subsection unless he has been enrolled as a non-Virginia student in a public
   institution of higher education in the Commonwealth for at least two years
   prior to receiving such reduced rate tuition. Additionally, a non-Virginia
   student shall be eligible to receive reduced rate tuition pursuant to this
   subsection for no more than two years.

   3. The Department of Military Affairs shall develop guidelines for
   implementing the provisions of this subsection. Such guidelines shall be
   exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000
   et seq.).

F. Nothing in this section shall change the domicile of any student for the
purposes of enrollment reporting or calculating the proportions of general funds
and tuition and fees contributed to the cost of education.

HISTORY: 1996, cc. 931, 981, § 23-7.4:2; 1998, cc. 62, 79; 1999, cc. 424, 437;
2000, c. 196; 2001, c. 483; 2004, cc. 501, 520; 2006, cc. 783, 797; 2007, cc.
76, 102, 112; 2008, c. 723; 2009, c. 470; 2011, c. 376; 2013, cc. 166, 243, 302;
2014, cc. 341, 762; 2016, c. 588; 2023, c. 638.