BILL REQ. #:  H-3505.2 



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HOUSE BILL 2596
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State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Representatives Stanford, Haler, Pollet, Zeiger, Goodman, Parker, Miloscia, Buys, Fitzgibbon, Fagan, Probst, Rivers, Ormsby, Wilcox, Liias, Anderson, Moscoso, Upthegrove, Sells, Appleton, Lytton, Hasegawa, Eddy, Orwall, Ladenburg, Carlyle, Kelley, Kenney, and Tharinger

Read first time 01/18/12.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.



     AN ACT Relating to student involvement in higher education governance; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
     Students at each institution of higher education shall be active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development of their respective institutions of higher education. The undergraduate and graduate student governments at each respective institution of higher education are the entities through which student participation occurs. Any governance responsibility and authority, and any policy development, is subject to the authority of the respective governing bodies of the institutions of higher education.

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