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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 661<\/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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapters 485<\/a> and 518<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 803<\/a> and 804<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1412287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355574,"identifier":"23.1-711","token":"23.1\/II\/7\/23.1-711","url":"\/23.1-711\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-711\/","token":"23.1\/II\/7\/23.1-711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Admission to institutions not guaranteed; coverage limitations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in this chapter or in any prepaid tuition contract<\/span> or savings trust agreement<\/span> entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as a promise or guarantee:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> By the board<\/span> or the Commonwealth of any admission to, continued enrollment at, or graduation from any public institution of higher education<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> That the beneficiary<\/span>’s cost of tuition at an institution of higher education will be covered in full by the proceeds of the beneficiary<\/span>’s prepaid tuition contract<\/span>, provided, however, that a prepaid tuition contract<\/span> will cover that portion of tuition that is required under the terms of any such contract based on the tuition prepayments made; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> That any qualified higher education expense will be covered in full by contributions to or earnings on any savings trust account<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMISSION TO INSTITUTIONS NOT GUARANTEED; COVERAGE LIMITATIONS (\u00a7 23.1-711)\n\nNothing in this chapter or in any prepaid tuition contract or savings trust\nagreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as a promise\nor guarantee:\n\n1. By the board or the Commonwealth of any admission to, continued enrollment\nat, or graduation from any public institution of higher education;\n\n2. That the beneficiary’s cost of tuition at an institution of higher\neducation will be covered in full by the proceeds of the beneficiary’s\nprepaid tuition contract, provided, however, that a prepaid tuition contract\nwill cover that portion of tuition that is required under the terms of any such\ncontract based on the tuition prepayments made; or\n\n3. That any qualified higher education expense will be covered in full by\ncontributions to or earnings on any savings trust account.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 661, \u00a7 23-38.86; 1999, cc. 485, 518; 2016, c. 588; 2019, cc.\n803, 804.","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"}}