Chap. 263.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 993 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to scholarships in State educational institutions, so as to prescribe
certain limitations and restrictions upon the granting of such scholarships,
and to prohibit the remission of special fees and charges in such institutions
except in certain designated cases, and to repeal sections 854, 858 and 938,
and 945 and 953, as heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to
the remission of certain fees and charges to students in such institutions,
and to repeal an act entitled “An act authorizing the rector and visitors of
the University of Virginia to offer one hundred and nineteen State scholar-
ships to students from Virginia, which shall entitle the holder to tuition in
the college, room rent, light, heat and attendance free of charge,’ approved
March 16, 1918. [S B 346]

Approved March 25, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
nine hundred and ninety-three of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 993. (a) The corporate authorities of the University of
Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, the College of
William and Mary in Virginia, the Medical College of Virginia, the
State Teachers Colleges at Farmville, Harrisonburg, Fredericksburg
and Radford, and the Virginia State College for Negroes, may estab-
lish scholarships, hereafter to be designated as unfunded scholarships,
in their respective institutions under such regulations and conditions
as they may prescribe, but subject to the following limitations and
restrictions :

(1) All such scholarships shall be applied exclusively to the
remission, in whole or in part, of instructional charges, which charges
except for laboratory fees shall be included in a single item desig-
nated as tuition.

(2) The number of such scholarships awarded in any one institu-
tion for any year to Virginia students therein shall not be in excess
of twenty per centum of the enrollment of Virginia students in
undergraduate studies in such institution for the preceding year or
in lieu thereof the total value of all scholarships awarded in any one
institution for any year to Virginia students shall not be in excess of
any amount arrived at by multiplying one hundred dollars by twenty
per centum of the enrollment of Virginia students in undergraduate
studies in such institution for the preceding year; the number of
scholarships awarded in any one institution for any year to non-
Virginia students in such institution shall not be in excess of twenty
per centum of the enrollment of non-Virginia students in under-
graduate studies in such institutions for the preceding year, and the
total value of all scholarships so awarded to such non-Virginia
students shall not exceed in any year the amount paid during such
year by non-Virginia students in undergraduate studies for instruc-
tional services in excess of the actual cost of instruction of such non-
Virginia students.

(3) Such scholarships shall be awarded only to undergraduate
students in the first four years of undergraduate work, and shall not
be renewed for any subsequent year after the first unless the holder
thereof maintains a high scholastic standard.

(4) Such scholarships shall be awarded by the governing boards
of the respective institutions on a selective basis to students of
character and ability who are in need of financial assistance.

(5) Each scholarship awarded shall entitle the holder thereof to
the remission of not less than one-half of the annual tuition charge
to non-scholarship holders at such institution, provided that no such
remission shall exceed in value the sum of one hundred dollars.

(b) This section shall be applicable to and shall control the
award of scholarships in all such institutions for the first and all
subsequent scholastic years after its effective date.

(c) On and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven, no educational institution named herein shall award any
scholarship, or remit any special fees or charges, to any student at
such institution except as authorized in this section.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or limit
in any way the admission of certain students, known as State Cadets,
at the Virginia Military Institute or to affect the remission of fees or
charges to such State cadets as permitted under existing law.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit in
any way the control of the governing bodies of the respective institu-
tions over any scholarships provided or established under the pro-
visions of sections nine hundred and ninety-five to nine hundred and
ninety-seven, both inclusive, of the Code of Virginia; or over any
gifts or donations made to such institutions for scholarships or other
special purposes; or over any funds provided by the Federal Gov-
ernment or otherwise for the purpose of vocational education or
vocational rehabilitation in this State; or over any funds derived from
endowment or appropriations from the Federal Government for
instruction in agriculture and mechanic arts in land grant colleges.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
governing bodies of the respective institution from fixing a reason-
ably lower tuition charge for Virginia students than for non-Virginia
students.

2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia,
That sections eight hundred and fifty-four, eight hundred and fifty-
eight, and nine hundred and thirty-eight, and nine hundred and forty-
five and nine hundred and fifty-three, as heretofore amended, of the
Code of Virginia, and an act entitled “An act authorizing the rector
and visitors of the University of Virginia to offer one hundred and
nineteen State scholarships to students from Virginia, which shall
entitle the holder to tuition in college, room rent, light, heat and
attendance free of charge,” approved March sixteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, be and they are hereby, repealed.

3. This act shall be in force and effect on and after July first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.