§ 23-38.53:12. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
"Council" shall mean the Virginia Workforce Council, created in § 2.2-2669.
"Degree" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23-276.1.
"Degree-granting institution" shall mean an institution authorized to confer degrees pursuant to Chapter 21.1 (§ 23-276.1 et seq.) of this title and regulations promulgated under the authority of that chapter.
"Degree program" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23-276.1.
"Eligible degree programs" shall mean degree programs that the Council shall designate as eligible for the Advantage Virginia Incentive Program pursuant to § 23-38.53:16.
"Eligible institutions" shall mean two or four-year Virginia (i) public institutions of higher education and (ii) private, nonprofit and for-profit, nonsectarian, degree-granting institutions of higher education that are institutionally accredited by an accrediting commission recognized by the United States Department of Education, and whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, technical or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education.
"Foundation" shall mean Advantage Virginia Incentive Program Foundation as created by this chapter.
"Planning district" means a contiguous area within the boundaries established by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
"Qualified job" means a job that is so designated by the Council, pursuant to § 23-38.53:16, as being in high demand in the Commonwealth.
(2000, c. 765; 2001, c. 765; 2004, c. 872.)
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