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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355528</law_id><section_number>23.1-616</section_number><catch_line>Stephen J. Wright Scholars Program established</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="2" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="6">Financial Assistance</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Scholarships</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>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&#x2019;s graduate students and retaining the Commonwealth&#x2019;s outstanding and promising young adults through awards based on scholarship and achievement.</p></section></text><history>1997, cc. 713, 746, &#xA7; 23-38.53:11; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
