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SENATE BILL NO. 71 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled December 28, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-407.2, relating to public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. ---------- Patron-- McPike ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23.1-407.2 as follows:

§ 23.1-407.2. Admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited.

A. As used in this section, "legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to an institution of higher education to an alumnus of such institution.

B. No public institution of higher education shall provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution.