23-9.6:2 - Tuition relief, refunds, and reinstatement for certain students - Virginia Statutes

§ 23-9.6:2. Tuition relief, refunds, and reinstatement for certain students.

The Council shall issue and from time to time revise guidelines for tuitionrelief, refunds, and reinstatement for students whose active military dutyduring a defense crisis has required their sudden withdrawal or prolongedabsence from their enrollment in a public institution of higher education andshall provide for the required reenrollment of such students by the relevantinstitution. These guidelines shall be excluded from the provisions of theAdministrative Process Act pursuant to § 2.2-4002.

The Council shall appoint an advisory committee of at least 10representatives of the public institutions to assist in the development andsubsequent revision of these guidelines. The Council shall consult with theOffice of the Attorney General and shall provide opportunity for publiccomment prior to issuing any such guidelines.

The first set of guidelines shall be issued by July 1, 1991, and shall beimmediately incorporated by all public institutions of higher education intheir tuition and enrollment policies. These guidelines shall be applied toall persons whose active military duty during a defense crisis required theirsudden withdrawal or prolonged absence after January 1, 1990.

The guidelines shall include procedures for the required reenrollment ofstudents whose call to active duty military service precluded theircompletion of a semester or equivalent term and policies for the requiredreenrollment of such military students.

(1991, c. 80; 2004, c. 740.)