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2006 Uncodified Act - Chapter 518
Table of Contents » Chapter 518 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund; increases educational oppotunity.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.4, 2.2-3711, 30-231.1, 30-231.2, 30-231.3, and 30-231.8 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-231.01, and to repeal the second and third enactments of Chapter 753 and Chapter 834 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005, relating to Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund; penalty.
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1. That §§ 2.2-3705.4, 2.2-3711, 30-231.1, 30-231.2, 30-231.3, and 30-231.8 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted, and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-231.01 as follows:
3 4. Data, records or information of a proprietary nature produced or collected by or for faculty or staff of public institutions of higher education, other than the institutions' financial or administrative records, in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on medical, scientific, technical or scholarly issues, whether sponsored by the institution alone or in conjunction with a governmental body or a private concern, where such data, records or information has not been publicly released, published, copyrighted or patented.
4 5. All records of the University of Virginia or the University of Virginia Medical Center or Eastern Virginia Medical School, as the case may be, that contain proprietary, business-related information pertaining to the operations of the University of Virginia Medical Center or Eastern Virginia Medical School, as the case may be, including business development or marketing strategies and activities with existing or future joint venturers, partners, or other parties with whom the University of Virginia Medical Center or Eastern Virginia Medical School, as the case may be, has formed, or forms, any arrangement for the delivery of health care, if disclosure of such information would be harmful to the competitive position of the Medical Center or Eastern Virginia Medical School, as the case may be.
5 6. Personal information, as defined in § 2.2-3801, provided to the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan or its employees by or on behalf of individuals who have requested information about, applied for, or entered into prepaid tuition contracts or savings trust account agreements pursuant to Chapter 4.9 (§ 23-38.75 et seq.) of Title 23. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit disclosure or publication of information in a statistical or other form that does not identify individuals or provide personal information. Individuals shall be provided access to their own personal information.
"Approved education program" means an educational agency or transition program or services accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education Awards Committee.
"Dual enrollment" means the concurrent enrollment of a scholarship recipient in a General Education Development (GED) program, or an adult education program for the high school diploma, or a transition program or services, and a public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education.
"Educational agency" means any public school, public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education, General Education Development (GED) preparation program, College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), or accredited career and technical education postsecondary school in the Commonwealth that accepts for admission recipients of the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program.
There is hereby created, from such funds made available for this purpose, the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program, hereinafter referred to as the "Program." The Program shall be established for the purpose of assisting students who were enrolled in the public schools of Virginia between 1954 and 1964, in jurisdictions in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation, in obtaining a the adult high school diploma, the General Education Development certificate, College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit, career or technical education or training in an approved program at a Virginia community college or at an accredited career and technical education postsecondary school in the Commonwealth, or an undergraduate degree from an accredited public or private two-year or four-year institution of higher education in Virginia.
§ 30-231.2. Criteria for awarding and renewal of scholarships; awards made by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee; eligible students; Standards of Learning requirements and assessments waived for eligible students.
A. Within the funds made available from gifts, grants, donations, bequests, and other funds as may be received for such purpose, scholarships shall be awarded annually and may be renewed upon evidence of satisfactory academic achievement. Awards may be granted for part-time or full-time attendance for (i) no more than one year of study for students enrolled in adult education programs for the high school diploma and preparation programs for the General Education Development certificate or the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit, (ii) no more than two years of study for students enrolled in an approved career or technical education or training program at a Virginia community college, or at an accredited career and technical education postsecondary school in the Commonwealth, (iii) no more than two years of study for students enrolled in two-year undergraduate comprehensive community college programs, (iii) (iv) no more than four years of study for students enrolled in four-year undergraduate degree programs, and (iv) (v) no more than five years of study for students enrolled in recognized five-year undergraduate degree programs. Awards granted may also be used for the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations and costs related to preparation for the tests, transition programs and services, and dual enrollment programs as may be approved by the Committee, in accordance with § 30-231.8. Awards granted to applicants accepted for enrollment at accredited career and technical education postsecondary schools shall be made in accordance with Article VIII, section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia. In addition, no scholarship under this Program shall be used to obtain multiple baccalaureate degrees or a degree beyond the baccalaureate level.
B. The Standard Standards of Learning requirements and all related assessments shall be waived for any student awarded a scholarship under this Program and enrolled in a preparation program for the General Education Development certificate or in an adult basic education program to obtain the high school diploma.
C. No student pursuing a course of religious training or theological education or a student enrolled in any institution whose primary purpose is to provide religious training or theological education shall be eligible to receive scholarship awards. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a student from taking courses of a religious or theological nature to satisfy undergraduate elective requirements for a liberal arts nonreligious degree.
D. Only students who are domiciled residents of Virginia as defined by § 23-7.4 shall be eligible to receive such awards. However, to facilitate the purposes of this Program only, the Committee may establish a list of acceptable documents from among those included in regulations promulgated by the Department of Motor Vehicles governing legal presence in the Commonwealth to obtain a driver's license or identification card, and regulations promulgated by the State Health Department governing requests for and access to vital records.
F G. For the purpose of this chapter, "eligible student" means a person who resided in a jurisdiction in Virginia between 1954 and 1964 in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation, and who (i) was unable during such years to (a) begin, continue, or complete his education in the public schools of the Commonwealth, (b) ineligible to attend a private academy or foundation, whether in state or out of state, established to circumvent desegregation, or (c) pursue postsecondary education opportunities or training because of the inability to obtain a high school diploma; or (ii) was required to relocate within or outside of the Commonwealth to begin, continue, or complete his public education during such years because public schools were closed to avoid desegregation.
A. Scholarships shall be awarded from gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other funds made available to the Program. No scholarship awarded under this Program shall exceed the annual cost costs of tuition and textbooks, excluding fees and expenses assessed or other conditions required by the educational agency, for the specific program in which the student is enrolled, except as provided in subsection B.
B. The full amount of each scholarship awarded to each a recipient shall be used solely for the payment of tuition and textbooks, or for a one-time only payment of the costs of a preparation program, instructional materials, and examination for the General Education Development certificate or the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations.
D. No scholarship under this Program shall be used to obtain multiple baccalaureate degrees or a degree beyond the baccalaureate level.
E. Before any scholarship is awarded, the applicant shall sign an acceptance form under the terms of which the applicant affirms the accuracy of the information he has provided and agrees to pursue the approved education program for which the scholarship is awarded until his graduation or the completion of the program, as appropriate. Following verification of enrollment by the relevant educational agency to the State Council of Higher Education, educational agencies acting as agents for students receiving awards under this chapter shall promptly credit disbursed funds to student accounts. Whenever a student withdraws from an educational agency or otherwise fails, regardless of reason, to complete the program in which he is enrolled, the educational agency shall surrender promptly to the Commonwealth the balance of the scholarship award, in accordance with the tuition refund policy in effect at the time of the student's admission to the educational agency.
C G. This chapter shall not be construed as creating any legally enforceable right or entitlement on the part of any person or any right or entitlement to participation in the Program. Scholarships shall be awarded to the extent funds are made available to the Program through gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other funds.
1. Establish criteria for the awarding of scholarships, including, but not limited to, eligibility for and the renewal of scholarships, including evidence of satisfactory academic achievement in accordance with § 30-231.2, terms and conditions of scholarships awarded pursuant to § 30-231.3, and the cancellation, rescindment, and recovery of scholarship awards, and conditions for which repayment of scholarships, or any part thereof, may be required;
4. Confer with the Board of Education, Virginia Community College System, State Council of Higher Education, and Private College Advisory Board to the State Council of Higher Education to establish a protocol to facilitate the dual enrollment of eligible students in adult basic education programs and two-year and four-year degree programs, and the conventional enrollment of such students in public and private two-year and four-year accredited institutions of higher education;
5. Develop and implement a system to provide individualized transition programs and services, including, but not limited to, remediation, acceleration, and fundamental basic life skills, designed to prepare eligible students for academic success in the preparation programs program for the General Education Development certificate, earning college credit through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations, and adult basic education and two-year and four-year degree programs;
6. Determine annually the sum of any gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other funds in the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund, and set the annual maximum scholarship award, and the maximum number of scholarships that may be awarded each year;
2. That the second and third enactments of Chapter 753 and Chapter 834 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005 are repealed.