Law / United States / 
Virginia
Admissions applications at public institutions of higher education: criminal history
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public institution of higher education, do not use an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the applicant's criminal history, and do not deny admission to any applicant solely on the basis of criminal history information the applicant provided on a third-party admissions application you accept (Va. Code Ann. 23.1-407.1(A)).
- If you are an American Bar Association-accredited law school of a public institution of higher education and you ask applicants about criminal history, inform applicants that the existence of a criminal history will not, by itself, disqualify an applicant for admission (Va. Code Ann. 23.1-407.1(D)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 23.1-407.1 limits what a public institution's admissions application may ask about criminal history. It sets no duty to keep a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
A public institution of higher education may not use an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the applicant's criminal history, and may not deny admission to any applicant solely on the basis of criminal history information the applicant provided on a third-party admissions application the institution accepts.
A public institution that requires each student to enroll in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps as a condition of enrollment may inquire into an applicant's criminal history before a conditional offer of acceptance to determine eligibility to accept a commission in the Armed Forces of the United States.
A public institution may inquire into the criminal history of an individual who has been admitted but has yet to enroll, and may withdraw an offer of admission to an individual it determines to have a criminal history that poses a threat to the institution's community.
A law school of a public institution that is accredited by the American Bar Association may inquire into an applicant's criminal history to determine whether the applicant appears capable of being admitted to the bar, and must inform applicants that the existence of a criminal history will not, by itself, disqualify an applicant for admission.
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