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HOUSE BILL NO. 2914 Offered January 21, 1997 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 4.4:3, consisting of a section numbered 23-38.53:11, relating to the Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program. ---------- Patrons-- Jones, J.C. and Christian ---------- Consent to introduce ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 4.4:3, consisting of a section numbered 23-38.53:11, as follows:

CHAPTER 4.4:3. STEPHEN J. WRIGHT SCHOLARS PROGRAM.

§ 23-38.53:11. Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program established.

The Graduate Fellows Program and the Southern Regional Education Board Minority Doctoral Program, currently established only in the appropriations act, are hereby renamed and established as the Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program for the purpose of fostering scholarship among the Commonwealth's graduate students, and retaining Virginia's outstanding and promising young adults through awards based on scholarship and achievement.