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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5958

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Rinehart, Gaspard, Anderson and Peterson

Read first time 2/23/87 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to the waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations; and amending RCW 28B.15.556.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 232, Laws of 1986 and RCW 28B.15.556 are each amended to read as follows:

          The boards of regents of the state universities and the boards of trustees of the regional universities and The Evergreen State College may waive the tuition, operating, and services and activities fees  for undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations subject to the following limitations:

          (1) No more than the equivalent of one hundred waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations at each of the two state universities;

          (2) No more than the equivalent of one hundred twenty waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations at ((each of)) the regional universities and The Evergreen State College with a maximum of twenty at The Evergreen State College, a maximum of twenty-eight at Central Washington University, a maximum of thirty-three at Eastern Washington University, and a maximum of thirty-nine at Western Washington University;

          (3) Priority in the awarding of waivers shall be given to students on academic exchanges or academic special programs sponsored by recognized international educational organizations;

          (4) An undergraduate or graduate student of a foreign nation receiving a waiver under this section is not eligible for any other.

          The waiver programs under this section, to the greatest extent possible, shall promote reciprocal placements and waivers in foreign nations for Washington residents.  The number of waivers awarded by each institution shall not exceed the limits under this section and the number of that institution's own students enrolled in approved study programs abroad during the same period.