23-107 - Service requirement.

§ 23-107. Service requirement.

Each cadet received on state account and who shall have remained in theInstitute during the period of two years or more, shall act in the capacityof teacher in some school in this Commonwealth for two years, and such cadetshall be required to discharge his obligation as teacher within the threeyears immediately after leaving the Institute, and he shall report in writingto the superintendent of the Institute on or before the first day of June ofeach year succeeding the date of his leaving the Institute until he shallhave discharged fully such obligation to the Commonwealth; or, at his option,such cadet may serve an enlistment in the National Guard of the Commonwealth,or serve for a period of two years as an engineer for the CommonwealthTransportation Board or for a period of two years as an engineer with theState Department of Health, or serve on active duty for a period of two yearsas a member of some component of the armed services of the United States ofAmerica, or, with the approval of the board of visitors, serve for a periodof two years in any capacity as an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia.Any cadet failing to fulfill his or her obligation shall repay all fundsreceived from the Commonwealth. The board of visitors may excuse such cadetfrom any and all of these obligations in such cases as they deem proper.

(Code 1919, § 849; 1928, p. 1227; 1952, c. 482; 1958, c. 569; 1973, c. 83;2006, c. 810.)