PROPOSED RULES
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 99-08-057.
Purpose: The running start program, chapter 131-46 WAC.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28B.50 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 131-46 WAC.
Summary: Clarifying enrollment and tuition rates pertaining to the running start program.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Response (partly) to legislative changes. Rules will be adopted jointly by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Ron Crossland, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 319 7th Avenue, Olympia, WA, (360) 753-2000; and Enforcement: Howard Fischer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Education Division, (360) 586-2789.
Name of Proponent: State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Higher Education Coordinating Board and Superintendent of Public Instruction, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The rule will clarify enrollment portions of the running start program as well as changes in tuition rates.
For more specific information, contact Ron Crossland at (360) 753-2000.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Rules are amended in order to make it clear that: (1) Running start students may not be charged tuition until a student's enrollment exceeds eighteen credits for a quarter or semester, and (2) the fifteen hour definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" only applies to the allocation of state funding.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Does not affect small business.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: Whatcom Community College, 237 West Kellogg Road, Bellingham, WA, on September 16, 1999, at 10 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact C. Krueger, e-mail ckrueger@sbctc.ctc.edu, or fax (360) 586-6440, by August 30, 1999.
Submit Written Comments to: Ron Crossland, fax (360) 586-6440, by August 30, 1999.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 16, 1999.
June 24, 1999
Claire C. Krueger
Executive Assistant and
Agency Rules Coordinator
OTS-3248.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 131-46-140
Adoption by reference.
Adopting running start rule revisions by reference to amended sections WAC 392-169-025; 392-169-030; 392-169-055; 392-169-057; and 392-169-060, filed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction by WSR 99-13-124, filed 6/16/99.
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