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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 713<\/a> and 746<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1412089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355528,"identifier":"23.1-616","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/2\/23.1-616","url":"\/23.1-616\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-616\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/2\/23.1-616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Graduate Student Recruitment Program and the Southern Regional Education Board Minority Doctoral Program established in the general appropriation act are renamed and established as the Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program for the purpose of fostering scholarship among the Commonwealth’s graduate students and retaining the Commonwealth’s outstanding and promising young adults through awards based on scholarship and achievement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTEPHEN J. WRIGHT SCHOLARS PROGRAM ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 23.1-616)\n\nThe Graduate Student Recruitment Program and the Southern Regional Education\nBoard Minority Doctoral Program established in the general appropriation act are\nrenamed and established as the Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program for the\npurpose of fostering scholarship among the Commonwealth’s graduate\nstudents and retaining the Commonwealth’s outstanding and promising young\nadults through awards based on scholarship and achievement.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 713, 746, \u00a7 23-38.53:11; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}