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Virginia Administrative Code
12/2/2024

Part VI. Discontinued Student Loan Program

Article 3
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program Awards

8VAC40-132-210. Terms and conditions of the loans.

An institution with a loan program established from previous general fund appropriations may continue the loan program, under such terms and rules as the governing board of the institution may prescribe, but shall not expand the loan program with currently appropriated funds. The loan program shall meet the following requirements:

1. In any one award year no student shall receive a loan from the fund of an institution that would result in that student owing a net outstanding amount at the end of that award year in excess of the tuition and required fees charged by the institution;

2. The annual interest rate charged on loans to students from a fund shall be 3.0%;

3. An institution shall make every effort to collect each loan made from its student loan fund using the provisions of the Virginia Debt Collection Act (§ 2.2-4800 et seq. of the Code of Virginia); and

4. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall at least biennially audit and exhibit the account of student loan funds at each institution.

Statutory Authority

§ 23.1-636 of the Code of Virginia.Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 5, eff. November 1, 2017.

8VAC40-132-220. Eligibility criteria.

In order to be eligible for the student loan program, a student shall meet the criteria of 8VAC40-132-80, 8VAC40-132-90, 8VAC40-132-140, and 8VAC40-132-160.

Statutory Authority

§ 23.1-636 of the Code of Virginia.Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 5, eff. November 1, 2017.

8VAC40-132-230. Discontinuing student loan programs.

A. If any federal student loan program for which the institutional contribution was appropriated by the General Assembly is discontinued, the institutional share of the discontinued loan program shall be repaid to the fund from which the institutional share was derived unless other arrangements are recommended by the council and approved by the Department of Planning and Budget. Should the institution be permitted to retain the federal contributions to the program, the funds shall be used according to arrangements authorized by the council and approved by the Department of Planning and Budget.

B. An institution may discontinue its student loan program established pursuant to §§ 23.1-618 through 23.1-621 of the Code of Virginia. The full amount of cash in the discontinued loan fund shall be paid into the state treasury into a nonrevertible nongeneral fund account. Prior to such payment, the State Comptroller shall verify its accuracy, including the fact that the cash held by the institution in the loan fund will be fully depleted by such payment. The loan fund shall not be reestablished for that institution.

C. The cash paid into the state treasury shall be used only for awards to undergraduate students in the Virginia Student Financial Assistance Program according to arrangements authorized by the council and approved by the Department of Planning and Budget. Payments of any promissory notes held by the discontinued loan fund shall continue to be received by the institution and deposited to the nonrevertible nongeneral fund account and to be used for the VGAP awards and undergraduate Commonwealth Awards.

Statutory Authority

§ 23.1-636 of the Code of Virginia.Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 5, eff. November 1, 2017.

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