Bill Text: VA HB1726 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453) [HB1726 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB1726-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 453 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-225.1, relating to Department of Education; Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, and high school diplomas. [H 1726] Approved March 24, 2023

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-225.1 as follows:

§22.1-225.1. Department; Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, and high school diplomas.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department shall authorize a Virginia-based nonprofit organization with demonstrated evidence of positive student outcomes to provide schools for adults to earn (i) (a) an industry-recognized credential awarded through a partnership with a Virginia-based community college or an approved training provider or (b) dual college credit awarded through a partnership with a Virginia-based community college and (ii) a high school diploma on one or more diploma pathways set forth in subdivision 3 of 8VAC20-30-20 in which enrollment is open, on a space-available basis, to adults who reside throughout the Commonwealth.