8VAC20-840-60. College and university agreements.
A. Colleges and universities will be notified in writing when scholarships are awarded to applicants planning to attend their institutions.
B. The department shall provide written procedures to all colleges and universities that have any student using scholarship funds regarding the operation of the scholarship program. The procedures shall address the areas of, but not be limited to, verification of Virginia residency, billing procedures, and provision of final course grades. Specifically, these institutions shall:
1. Determine whether applicants that are not employed in child care programs located in Virginia are domiciled in Virginia as defined in § 23-7.4 of the Code of Virginia and provide the department with verification of such;
2. Provide the department each semester, but no later than at the time of billing, with the tuition rate category of each person for which the institution plans to bill or is billing the scholarship program.
3. Submit one bill to the department per institution per semester after the college's or university's published add/drop period has occurred. Colleges and universities shall submit a request for payment prior to the end of the semester for which the scholarship was awarded. Such request must be in a department-approved format; and
4. Provide the department with final course grades for classes paid for by the scholarship program within one month following the end of each semester.
C. All other eligible Virginia public and private colleges and universities may follow the procedures as outlined in subsection B of this section or place the responsibility on the student to seek reimbursement from the department.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-289.046 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Former 22VAC40-690-40 derived from VR615-32-01:1 § 2.3, eff. July 1, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 18, eff. September 1, 2001; Volume 24, Issue 24, eff. October 1, 2008; renumbered, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 2021.