FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5293

PARTIAL VETO

                              C 306 L 89

BYSenate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senator Conner)

Establishing college classes in Clallam or Jefferson county.

Senate Committee on Higher Education

House Committe on Higher Education

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Access to higher education opportunities has become increasingly important to citizens of the state of Washington.  Students need access to state-supported upper division programs leading to a baccalaureate degree.

SUMMARY:

The Higher Education Coordinating Board is to conduct an assessment of upper-division and graduate level programs needed by placebound students living in areas of the state not addressed by the board's branch campus initiative.  The study names Clallam and Jefferson Counties specifically.  Alternatives for program delivery are to be considered.

The Higher Education Coordinating Board may develop and administer demonstration projects designed to prepare and assist persons to obtain higher education in this state.

Any dependent of a member of the United States Congress shall be exempt from paying the nonresident tuition and fee differential.

Viet Nam veterans are given a one-year extension to May 7, 1990, to enroll in an institution of higher education at the tuition and fee level paid in October, 1977.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction is to contract with the University of Washington for the education of highly capable youth enrolled in the University's Early Entrance Program or Transition School.  State and federal funds may be supplemented with payments from other parties to cover the actual cost of instruction and related activities.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   46    0

     House 97  0 (House amended)

     Senate   37    0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989

Partial Veto Summary:  Section 1 is vetoed as being redundant.  The HECB has already been instructed to study the needs of placebound students in the less populated areas of the state.

Section 5 is vetoed in favor of the provisions in ESHB 1444 which address the University of Washington's Early Entrance Program.  (See VETO MESSAGE)