                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SENIOR CITIZENS; REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT IN COURSES (§ 23.1-640)

A. Any senior citizen may, subject to any regulations prescribed by the Council:

   1. Register for and enroll in courses for academic credit as a full-time or
   part-time student if he had a taxable individual income not exceeding $23,850
   for Virginia income tax purposes for the year preceding the award year;

   2. Register for and audit up to three courses offered for academic credit in
   any one academic term, quarter, or semester for an unlimited number of
   academic terms, quarters, or semesters; and

   3. Register for and enroll in up to three courses not offered for academic
   credit in any one academic term, quarter, or semester for an unlimited number
   of academic terms, quarters, or semesters.

B. No senior citizen who enrolls in or audits courses pursuant to subsection A
shall pay tuition or fees except fees established for the purpose of paying for
course materials such as laboratory fees.

C. Senior citizens are subject to the admission requirements of the institution
and a determination by the institution of its ability to offer the course for
which the senior citizen registers.

D. The Council shall establish procedures to ensure that tuition-paying students
are accommodated in courses before senior citizens enroll in or audit courses
pursuant to subsection A. However, public institutions of higher education may
make individual exceptions to these procedures for any senior citizen who has
completed 75 percent of the requirements for a degree.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 463, §§ 23-38.56, 23-38.58; 1977, c. 281; 1982, c. 677;
1984, c. 371; 1988, c. 90; 1989, c. 101; 1999, c. 381; 2002, c. 521; 2015, c.
146; 2016, c. 588.