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HOUSE BILL NO. 1463 Offered January 17, 2018 A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-904 of the Code of Virginia, relating to service in the Armed Forces of the United States; course credit; transfer. ---------- Patrons-- Tran and Reid ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 23.1-904 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23.1-904. Course credit; veterans; active duty military students.

A. The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall implement policies that provide students called to active military duty during an academic semester with the opportunity to earn full course credit. Such policies shall provide, as one option, that such students who have completed 75 percent of the course requirements at the time of activation and who meet other specified requirements receive full course credit.

B. The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall, in accordance with guidelines developed by the Council, implement policies for the purpose of awarding academic credit to students for educational experience gained from service in the Armed Forces of the United States. The policies implemented by each baccalaureate public institution of higher education shall provide for the acceptance of academic credit awarded by any associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education pursuant to its policies developed in accordance with this subsection.

C. The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall, in accordance with guidelines developed by the Council, implement policies that recognize the scheduling difficulties and obligations encountered by active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States.