Bill Text: VA HB1726 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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-Prefiled.html
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 as a local education agency to provide schools for adults to earn (i) (a) an industry-recognized credential or (b) dual college credit 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.