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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355247</law_id><section_number>23.1-227</section_number><catch_line>Laws of the Commonwealth to apply to contracts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="62" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Council of Higher Education for Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="3">Regulation of Certain Private and Out-of-State Institutions of Higher Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth shall govern any agreement, <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, or instrument of indebtedness executed between a <span class="dictionary">postsecondary school</span> and any person who enrolls in any course or <span class="dictionary">program</span> offered or to be offered by such school in the Commonwealth or any person who is employed or offered employment by such school in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 23-276; 1980, c. 658; 2002, c. 178, &#xA7; 23-276.11; 2004, c. 991; 2005, c. 447; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c. 314.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
