| Name |
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship |
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| Award Value |
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| Award Type |
Merit-Based Scholarship |
| Accept Applications |
Until March 1 |
| Renewable |
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| Scholarship Links |
More Information
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| Contact |
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
101 N. 14th St.
James Monroe Building
Richmond,
Virginia
23219
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| Phone |
(804)225-2600 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
communications@schev.edu. |
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The Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund was created in 2004 by the Virginia General Assembly as a part of the Commonwealth's two-year long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The Program is designed to provide educational opportunities to current domiciled residents of Virginia who, during Massive Resistance between 1954 and 1964, were enrolled or eligible to enroll in the Charlottesville, Norfolk, Prince Edward County, and Warren County public schools when they were closed to avoid desegregation. Eligible persons may use the award for:
* Transitional education programs to prepare for success in GED and adult education programs
* Adult high school diploma programs
* General Education Development (GED) certificate
* College Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit
* Career or technical education or training at an accredited two-year public Virginia institution or licensed nonprofit proprietary schools
* Undergraduate degree at an accredited public or private two-year or four-year Virginia institution of higher education.
* Students in the public schools of Charlottesville, Norfolk, Prince Edward County, or Warren County where the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation; and
* Unable to begin, continue, or complete their public school education in one of these school divisions; or
* Relocated within or outside of the Commonwealth during Massive Resistance to begin, continue, or complete their public school education between 1954 and 1964 due to public school closings to avoid desegregation; or
* Ineligible to attend a private academy or foundation, in- or out-of-state, established to circumvent desegregation; and
* Unable to pursue postsecondary education opportunities or training because of the inability to obtain a high school diploma due to public school closings to avoid desegregation.