WSR 14-20-063 PERMANENT RULES STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES [Filed September 26, 2014, 8:41 a.m., effective October 27, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To allow tuition charges based on term length for students enrolled in competency-based degree programs.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 131-28-025.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.10.400.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-11-069 on May 19, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 10, 2014.
Beth Gordon
Executive Assistant
and Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 01-22-010, filed 10/26/01, effective 11/26/01)
WAC 131-28-025 Method of assessing tuition and fee charges.
Tuition and fees charged to students shall conform to chapter 28B.15 RCW, the legislative budget and policies of the state board and the following:
(1) For credit- and credit equivalent-based programs, tuition, and fees charged to students:
(a) Shall be based upon the number of credits assigned to such courses as listed in the official and current catalog of the college, or for courses not given such credit designations, the number of credit equivalents as computed by the method for deriving such equivalents established by the state board.
(((2))) (b) Shall be assessed on a per-credit basis at uniform rates for resident and for nonresident students, respectively. Partial credits shall be assessed on a proportionate basis. The respective maximums charged to any resident or nonresident student shall not exceed the amount allowed by law.
(((3))) (c) Shall be assessed for part-time students, for each credit of registration or its equivalent.
(((4))) (d) Shall include an additional operating fee for each credit in excess of eighteen at the tuition fee rate charged to part-time students.
(((5) Shall conform with chapter 28B.15 RCW, the legislative budget and policies of the state board.)) (2) For competency-based degree programs, tuition and fees charged to students:
(a) Shall be based on the tuition and fee rates charged for a fifteen-credit load for one quarter, prorated for the length of the competency-based degree program term.
(b) For the purposes of the proration required under (a) of this subsection, a quarter shall be considered to be three months long.
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