A. To the extent allowed by state and federal law, a religious or political student organization may determine that ordering the organization's internal affairs, selecting the organization's leaders and members, defining the organization's doctrines, and resolving the organization's disputes are in furtherance of the organization's religious or political mission and that only persons committed to that mission should conduct such activities.
B. No public institution of higher education that has granted recognition of and access to any student organization or group shall discriminate against any such student organization or group that exercises its rights pursuant to subsection A.
2013, cc. 696, 701, § 23-9.2:12; 2016, c. 588.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Chapter 4 - General Provisions
§ 23.1-400. Student organizations; rights and recognition
§ 23.1-401. Restrictions on student speech; limitations
§ 23.1-401.1. Constitutionally protected speech; policies, materials, and reports; report
§ 23.1-401.2. Student journalists; freedom of speech and the press
§ 23.1-403. Access to campus and student directory provided to certain persons and groups
§ 23.1-404. Retention of student birth certificates authorized
§ 23.1-405. Student records and personal information; social media
§ 23.1-406. Reporting of certain students issued student visas
§ 23.1-407. Reporting of enrollment information to Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
§ 23.1-407.1. Admissions applications; criminal history
§ 23.1-408. Annual reporting of the use of student fees
§ 23.1-409. Transparency in higher education information
§ 23.1-409.1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; notice to students
§ 23.1-410. Student loan vendors