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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3139

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Rinehart, Patterson, Gaspard, Goltz, Saling, Johnson, Bauer, Conner, Garrett, McManus and Stratton

Read first time 1/18/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to tuition and fee waivers; and amending RCW 28B.15.740.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 262, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. as last amended by section 9, chapter 37, Laws of 1982 1st ex. sess. and RCW 28B.15.740 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The boards of trustees or regents of each of the state's regional universities, The Evergreen State College, or state universities, and the various community colleges, consistent with regulations and procedures established by the state board for community college education, may waive, in whole or in part, tuition, operating, and services and activities fees subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (2).

          (2) The total dollar amount of tuition and fee waivers awarded by any state university, regional university, or state college, shall not exceed four percent, and for the community colleges considered as a whole, such amount shall not exceed ((three)) four percent of an amount determined by estimating the total collections from tuition, operating, and services and activities fees had no such waivers been made and deducting the portion of that total amount which is attributable to the difference between resident and nonresident fees:  PROVIDED, That at least three-fourths of the dollars waived shall be for needy students who are eligible for resident tuition and fee rates pursuant to RCW 28B.15.012 through 28B.15.015:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the remainder of the dollars waived, not to exceed one-fourth of the total, may be applied to other students at the discretion of the board of trustees or regents, except on the basis of participation in intercollegiate athletic programs.