§ 23.1-2907 — Policy for the award of academic credit for military training

Virginia § 23.1-2907

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 23.1: INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
• Subtitle IV: PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
• Ch. 29: STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

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A. The State Board shall adopt a policy for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled in a comprehensive community college who has successfully completed a military training course or program as part of his military service that is applicable to the student's certificate of degree requirements and is:

1. Recommended for academic credit by a national higher education association that provides academic credit recommendations for military training courses or programs;

2. Noted on the student's military transcript issued by any of the Armed Forces of the United States; or

3. Otherwise documented in writing by any of the Armed Forces of the United States.

B. The State Board shall:

1. Develop a procedure for each comprehensive community college to receive the documentation necessary to identify and verify the military training course or program for which the student has applied for academic credit; and

2. Develop, maintain, and disseminate to each comprehensive community college a list of military training courses and programs that it has deemed qualified for the award of academic credit.

C. Each comprehensive community college shall provide a copy of the State Board's policy for the award of academic credit for military training courses or programs to each student applicant.

Legislative History

2015, cc. 384, 581, § 23-220.5; 2016, c. 588.