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Table of Contents » Tuition Assistance Grant Act
Code of Virginia3/29/2017Tuition Assistance Grant Act§ 23-38.11. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Tuition Assistance Grant Act."1972, c. 18; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101.§ 23-38.12. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Program of tuition assistance established.There is hereby established, from funds provided by law, a program of tuition assistance in the form of grants, as hereinafter provided, to or on behalf of bona fide residents of Virginia who attend private nonprofit institutions of collegiate education in the Commonwealth whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. Eligible institutions not admitted to this program before January 1, 2011, shall also (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. Individuals who have failed to meet the federal requirement to register for the Selective Service shall not be eligible to receive these grants. However, a person who has failed to register for the Selective Service shall not be denied a right, privilege, or benefit under this section if: (a) the requirement to so register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person and (b) the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register. The State Council of Higher Education shall be assisted in enforcing this provision by the private institutions of higher education whose students benefit from this program.For the purposes of this section, the "principal place of business" of a nonprofit institution of collegiate education 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: (1) the state in which the primary executive and administrative offices of the institution are located; (2) the state in which the principal office of the chief executive officer of the institution is located; (3) the state in which the board of trustees, or similar governing person or persons, of the institution conducts a majority of its meetings; and (4) the state from which the overall operations of the institution are directed.1972, c. 18; 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.§ 23-38.13. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) State Council of Higher Education designated as administering agency; power to define certain terms.The State Council of Higher Education is hereby designated as the administering agency for the program established by this chapter, and authorized to promulgate regulations consistent therewith and appropriate to the administration of the program. The administering agency shall have the power to define by regulation such terms as, but not limited to, "full-time," "undergraduate," "graduate," "professional," "successful academic year," "financial aid," "meritorious extenuating circumstances," and "incapacity" as used in this chapter.1972, c. 18; 1973, c. 2; 1981, c. 257.§ 23-38.14. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Maximum amount of tuition assistance per student.The amount of tuition assistance, in the form of a grant pursuant to this chapter, which shall be available annually to a bona fide resident of Virginia attending a qualified private institution, as described in § 23-38.12, shall not exceed in amount the annual average appropriation per full-time equivalent student for the previous year from the general fund of the state treasury for operating costs at two- and four-year public institutions of collegiate education in Virginia.1972, c. 18; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101.§ 23-38.15. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) To whom grants made.Under this program, grants shall be made to or on behalf of eligible Virginia residents for the academic year for which they enroll and are obligated to pay tuition as full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students at a qualified private institution, as described in § 23-38.12.1972, c. 18; 1973, c. 2; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101; 1981, c. 257; 2000, cc. 94, 660.§ 23-38.16. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Duration of eligibility; grants to be used only for undergraduate, graduate, or professional work.Eligibility for tuition assistance under this program shall be limited to a total of four academic years for undergraduate students, pharmacy students, and medical students, and three academic years for graduate students and other professional school students, which years need not be in succession. Tuition grants under this program shall be used only for undergraduate, graduate, or professional collegiate work in educational programs other than those providing religious training or theological education of an indoctrinating nature.1972, c. 18; 1973, c. 2; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101; 1981, c. 257; 1987, c. 600; 2000, cc. 94, 660.§ 23-38.17. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Receipt by student of other financial aid.Tuition assistance received by a student under this program shall not be reduced by the receipt by such student of other financial aid from any source, provided, however, that in no case shall a student receive a grant pursuant to this chapter which when added to said other financial aid, would enable the student to receive total assistance in excess of the estimated cost to the student of attending the institution in which he is enrolled.1972, c. 18; 1973, c. 2; 1975, c. 400; 1980, c. 101.§ 23-38.17:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Prompt crediting and expeditious refunding of funds.Institutions acting as agents for students receiving awards under this program shall promptly credit disbursed funds to student accounts following verification of eligibility by the relevant institution. These institutions shall also expeditiously distribute any refunds due recipients.1985, c. 359; 2000, cc. 94, 660.§ 23-38.18. (Repealed effective October 1, 2016) Determination of bona fide residence.For the purposes of determining the eligibility of a student for a tuition assistance grant, domicile shall be determined by the enrolling institution, as provided in § 23-7.4, and the State Council of Higher Education's guidelines for domiciliary status determinations. In addition, in order to ensure consistency and fairness, the State Council of Higher Education shall require all participating institutions to file student specific data, shall monitor the domiciliary status decisions of these institutions, and shall make final decisions on any disputes between the institutions and the grant recipients. The Council shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, as the Council deems necessary, on issues related to domiciliary status determinations for students receiving tuition assistance grants.1972, c. 18; 1973, c. 2; 1985, c. 359; 1995, c. 663.§ 23-38.19. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.§§ 23-38.19:1, 23-38.19:2. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2014, c. 484, cl. 2.§ 23-38.19:2. Amount and use of awards; terms and conditions.A. Funds for these grants and fellowships shall be apportioned to institutions of higher education to equal interest earned by institutional endowment funds created specifically for this purpose after June 30, 1991. The Virginia Graduate and Undergraduate Assistance Program shall be developed by the Council to be phased in over a four-year period, the first awards to be made after July 1, 1992.B. Only students who are enrolled or accepted as full-time graduate or undergraduate students in an eligible institution and have demonstrated scholarship and achievements in a postsecondary institution shall be eligible to compete for and receive such awards.1990, c. 785; 1992, c. 311 .§§ 23-38.19:3 through 23-38.19:5. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 872, cl. 8, effective May 4, 2005.