2SHB 1795 -
By Representative Carlyle
ADOPTED 05/09/2011
On page 8, line 3 of the amendment, after "uses of" strike "undergraduate"
On page 8, line 21 of the amendment, after "September 1," strike "2012" and insert "2011"
On page 8, beginning on line 25 of the amendment, after "biennium"
strike all material through "act." on line 34 and insert ".
(2) At a minimum, an individual institutional performance plan must
include but is not limited to the following expected outcomes:
(a) Time and credits to degree;
(b) Retention and success of students from low-income, diverse, or
underrepresented communities;
(c) Baccalaureate degree production for resident students; and
(d) Degree production in high-employer demand programs of study and
critical state need areas."
On page 9, line 1 of the amendment, after "(1)" insert "Beginning
with the 2011-12 academic year, any four-year institution of higher
education that increases tuition beyond levels assumed in the omnibus
appropriations act is subject to the financial aid requirements
included in this section and shall remain subject to these requirements
through the 2018-19 academic year.
(2)"
Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
On page 9, line 13 of the amendment, after "Students" insert "with demonstrated need"
On page 9, line 19 of the amendment, after "Students" insert "with demonstrated need"
On page 9, line 26 of the amendment, after "Students" insert "with demonstrated need"
On page 9, line 33 of the amendment, after "Students" insert "with demonstrated need"
On page 10, line 8 of the amendment, after "students" strike "with" and insert "up to"
On page 10, line 12 of the amendment, after "serving" strike "middle class" and insert "low and middle-income"
On page 11, line 19 of the amendment, after "each" strike "term" and insert "academic year"
On page 11, line 21 of the amendment, after "during the" strike "same term in the"
On page 12, line 36 of the amendment, after "of" insert "resident undergraduate"
On page 13, at the beginning of line 15 of the amendment, strike "one hundred percent of students that" and insert "all students who"
On page 14, line 18 of the amendment, after "1st," strike all material through "year,"
On page 15, line 37 of the amendment, after "excluding" insert "private loans or"
On page 20, beginning on line 35 of the amendment, after "have" strike all material through "that" on line 36 and insert "students who"
Beginning on page 43, line 24 of the amendment, after "27." strike all material through "(2)" on page 44, line 5
On page 45, beginning on line 9 of the amendment, after "members"
strike all material through "labor." on line 19 and insert ":
(i) One representative from the higher education coordinating
board;
(ii) One representative from the state board for community and
technical colleges;
(iii) One representative from the council of presidents;
(iv) Two representatives each from faculty from two and four-year
institutions of higher education;
(v) Two representatives from private career schools;
(vi) Two representatives from business; and
(vii) Two representatives from labor."
On page 45, after line 30 of the amendment, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 30 A new section is added to chapter 44.28
RCW to read as follows:
(1) During calendar year 2018, the joint committee shall complete
a systemic performance audit of the tuition-setting authority in RCW
28B.15.067 granted to the governing boards of the state universities,
regional universities, and The Evergreen State College. The audit must
include a separate analysis of both the authority granted in RCW
28B.15.067(3) and the authority in RCW 28B.15.067(4). The purpose of
the audit is to evaluate the impact of institutional tuition-setting
authority on student access, affordability, and institutional quality.
(2) The audit must include an evaluation of the following outcomes
for each four-year institution of higher education:
(a) Changes in undergraduate enrollment, retention, and graduation
by race and ethnicity, gender, state and county of origin, age, and
socioeconomic status;
(b) The impact on student transferability, particularly from
Washington community and technical colleges;
(c) Changes in time and credits to degree;
(d) Changes in the number and availability of online programs and
undergraduate enrollments in the programs;
(e) Changes in enrollments in the running start and other dual
enrollment programs;
(f) Impacts on funding levels for state student financial aid
programs;
(g) Any changes in the percent of students who apply for student
financial aid using the free application for federal student aid
(FAFSA);
(h) Any changes in the percent of students who apply for available
tax credits;
(i) Information on the use of building fee revenue by fiscal or
academic year; and
(j) Undergraduate tuition and fee rates compared to undergraduate
tuition and fee rates at similar institutions in the global challenge
states.
(3) The audit must include recommendations on whether to continue
tuition-setting authority beyond the 2018-19 academic year.
(4) In conducting the audit, the auditor shall solicit input from
key higher education stakeholders, including but not limited to
students and their families, faculty, and staff. To the maximum extent
possible, data for the University of Washington and Washington State
University shall be disaggregated by branch campus.
(5) The auditor shall report findings and recommendations to the
appropriate committees of the legislature by December 15, 2018.
(6) This section expires December 31, 2018."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively, correct any internal references accordingly, and correct the title.
EFFECT: Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
to conduct an evaluation in 2018 of the tuition-setting authority that
is granted to the public baccalaureate institutions.
Removes language that makes a public baccalaureate institution's
ability to have tuition-setting authority dependent on the
institution's performance.
Adds a minimum set of expected outcomes to be included in an
institution's performance plan rather than basing the expected outcomes
on performance metrics reported by the public baccalaureate
institutions, and requires the first of these plans to be provided by
December 1, 2011, rather than December 1, 2012.
Removes the requirement for institutions to report projected
outcomes for the following year along with outcome data.
Adds a requirement that institutions must provide mitigation for
financial aid for the period that they have tuition-setting authority,
through academic year 2018-19.
Clarifies that reports on student debt and loans exclude private
loans.
Replaces "term" with "academic year" in the section that requires
the University of Washington to enroll a minimum number of resident
students.
Clarifies that the tuition comparison for similar schools in the
global challenge states is for resident undergraduate tuition.
Clarifies that students receiving financial aid are those with
demonstrated need.
Makes technical corrections replacing "one hundred percent" with
"all" and "middle-class" with "middle-income."
Requires that institutions report data on tuition revenue uses on
billing statements, rather than just undergraduate tuition revenue
uses.
Clarifies that the tuition waivers created by institutions may be
for low-income in addition to middle-income students.
Removes the requirement that the Office of Financial Management
work with the Department of Personnel and the Office of the Secretary
of State and state agencies to review and develop a proposal to balance
expenditures from the Higher Education Personnel Services Fund and the
Archives and Records Management Account with agency rates paid into
these accounts.