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2013 SESSION
13104671DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23-2.1:3 as follows:
§23-2.1:3. Accrediting agencies; certification.
Any communication between a public university of higher education in the Commonwealth and any national or regional accrediting agency is a public record as defined in §2.2-3701 and is subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). Further, an accrediting agency shall be deemed to be a public body and subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to the extent records of the accrediting agency relate to communications between a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and the accrediting agency.