                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM (§ 23.1-628)

A. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
			&#8220;Eligible institution&#8221; means a nonprofit private institution of
higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or
professional education and not to provide religious training or theological
education.
			&#8220;Grant&#8221; means a Tuition Assistance Grant.
			&#8220;Principal place of business&#8221; means the single state in which the
natural persons who establish policy for the direction, control, and
coordination of the operations of the institution as a whole primarily exercise
that function, considering the following factors: (i) the state in which the
primary executive and administrative offices of the institution are located;
(ii) the state in which the principal office of the chief executive officer of
the institution is located; (iii) the state in which the board of trustees or
similar governing board of the institution conducts a majority of its meetings;
and (iv) the state from which the overall operations of the institution are
directed.
			&#8220;Program&#8221; means the Tuition Assistance Grant Program.

B. From such funds as may be provided for such purpose, the Tuition Assistance
Grant Program is established to provide Tuition Assistance Grants to or on
behalf of Virginia students who attend eligible institutions.

C. Eligible institutions admitted to this program on or after January 1, 2011,
shall (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the
Commonwealth; (ii) have their principal place of business within the
Commonwealth; (iii) conduct their primary educational activity within the
Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional
accrediting agency.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 18, § 23-38.12; 1973, c. 2; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101; 1981,
c. 257; 1985, c. 520; 1998, c. 483; 1999, c. 434; 2011, cc. 419, 421; 2016, c.
588.