5734-S AMH ANDG SMIT 164

SSB 5734 - H AMD TO WAYS COMM AMD (H-3287.1) 736

By Representative Anderson

WITHDRAWN 4/22/2009

    On page 2, after line 34 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The state universities, regional universities, and the Evergreen State College shall grant a bachelor's degree to any resident undergraduate freshman who meets all of the following criteria:

    (a) Enrolls full-time;

    (b) Declares a major course of study within the first academic year of enrollment and does not change the declared major;

    (c) Passes all courses attempted; and

    (d) Maintains a 3.00 grade point average for either ten consecutive quarters or eight consecutive semesters, excluding summer quarter.

    (2) The state universities, regional universities, and the Evergreen State College shall grant a bachelor's degree to any community or technical college transfer student who meets all of the following criteria:

    (a) Has earned a transfer associate degree;

    (b) Enrolls full time;

    (c) Declares a major course of study within the first term of enrollment and does not change the declared major;

    (d) Passes all courses attempted; and

    (e) Maintains a 3.00 grade point average for either six consecutive quarters or four consecutive semesters.

    (3) If students who meet the criteria outlined in this section are not awarded a bachelor's degree, the state universities, regional universities, and the Evergreen State College shall provide the students a fifteen percent refund of the total tuition fees and services and activities fees paid during the student's enrollment."

EFFECT: Provides that if resident undergraduate freshman at four-year institutions enroll full time, declare a major and don't change it, pass all of their classes, and maintain a 3.0 GPA, they will earn a degree within four years. The same guarantee applies to students who transfer into a four-year institution having earned a transfer associate degree and having met the same criteria, with the exception that they will earn a degree within two years. If the four-year institutions fail to grant a degree to students who have met all of the criteria, they are required to issue the student a 15% refund of total tuition and services and activities fees paid during the student's enrollment.  

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