Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 23.1. Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions |
SUBTITLE IV. Public Institutions of Higher Education |
CHAPTER 29. State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System |
SECTION 23.1-2907. Policy for the award of academic credit for military training |
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. |