§ 30-231.01. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Accredited career and technical education postsecondary school" means (i) a privately owned and managed, academic-vocational school, noncollege degree school, postsecondary school, or a vocational school, as defined in § 23-276.1; (ii) formed, incorporated, or chartered within the Commonwealth and whose administrative office and principal campus is located in Virginia; (iii) accredited by a national or regional organization or agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education for accrediting purposes; and (iv) certified by the State Council of Higher Education to award certificates and diplomas or to confer degrees, pursuant to § 23-276.4.
"Approved education program" means an educational agency or transition program or services accepted for participation in the Program by the Brown v. Board of Education Awards Committee.
"College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)" means a program consisting of a series of general and subject examinations in undergraduate college courses that measures an individual's college level knowledge gained through course work, independent study, cultural pursuits, travel, special interests, military service, and professional development, for the purpose of earning college credit.
"Dual enrollment" means the concurrent enrollment of a scholarship recipient in a General Education Development (GED) program, or an adult education program for the high school diploma, or a transition program or services, and a public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education.
"Educational agency" means any public school, public or private accredited two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education, General Education Development (GED) preparation program, College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), or accredited career and technical education postsecondary school in the Commonwealth that accepts for admission recipients of the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program.
"General Education Development (GED) program" means a program of preparation and instruction for adults who did not complete high school and for youth who have been granted permission by the division superintendent of the school in which they are enrolled to take the test for the general educational development certificate.
"Program" means the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund.
"Transition program and services" means individualized instruction or a compensatory education program designed to provide remediation, acceleration, or fundamental basic life skills to assist scholarship recipients in overcoming learning problems or to prepare such persons for academic success in an approved education program.
(2006, c. 518.)
Sections: 30-231.01 30-231.1 30-231.2 30-231.3 30-231.4 30-231.5 30-231.6 30-231.7 30-231.8 30-231.9 30-231.10 NextLast modified: April 16, 2009