WSR 21-12-022
EXPEDITED RULES
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY
AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
[Filed May 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 131-28-030 Waiver of tuition and fees for students who demonstration financial need.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Amends chapter 131-28 WAC to meet financial aid terminology changes as a result of ESSHB [E2SHB] 2158 (2019 session). No anticipated effects to rules, other than terminology changes.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Aligns rules with amended statutory terminology changes.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28.50 [28B.50] RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 28B.92.030(2).
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington state board for community and technical colleges, public.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Scott Copeland, 1300 Quince Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, 360-704-4397.
Agency Comments or Recommendations, if any, as to Statutory Language, Implementation, Enforcement, and Fiscal Matters: Changes to match statute language.
This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules:
Adopts or incorporates by reference without material change federal statutes or regulations, Washington state statutes, rules of other Washington state agencies, shoreline master programs other than those programs governing shorelines of statewide significance, or, as referenced by Washington state law, national consensus codes that generally establish industry standards, if the material adopted or incorporated regulates the same subject matter and conduct as the adopting or incorporating rule.
Content is explicitly and specifically dictated by statute.
Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: Rules terminology changes to match statutory terminology changes as a result of ESSHB [E2SHB] 2158.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Beth Gordon, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, P.O. Box 42495, Olympia, WA 98504-2495, phone 360-704-4400, fax 360-704-4415, email bgordon@sbctc.edu, AND RECEIVED BY August 2, 2021.
May 19, 2021
Beth Gordon
Executive Assistant
OTS-3083.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 16-02-087, filed 1/5/16, effective 2/5/16)
WAC 131-28-030Waiver of tuition and fees for ((needy or disadvantaged)) students who demonstrate financial need.
Pursuant to authority granted by RCW 28B.15.740, the boards of trustees of community and technical college districts are authorized to waive all or part of tuition and services and activities fees for ((needy)) students who demonstrate financial need: Provided, That the students shall qualify for such waiver under criteria set forth in WAC 131-28-040 through 131-28-045.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 95-13-070, filed 6/20/95, effective 7/21/95)
WAC 131-28-040Criteria for determining eligibility for waiver of tuition and fees under RCW 28B.15.740.
Waiver of tuition and services and activities fees under RCW 28B.15.740(1) shall be based upon the determination that the student ((is a "needy student"))demonstrates financial need under a method of need analysis approved by the United States Department of Education for determining awards for federal student financial aid programs or a method adopted by the state board specifically for the purposes of this section, except as provided in WAC 131-28-045.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 16-02-087, filed 1/5/16, effective 2/5/16)
WAC 131-28-045Procedure for implementing tuition and fee waivers authorized pursuant to RCW 28B.15.740.
(1) Community and technical colleges may waive the tuition and service and activities fees for ((needy)) resident students who demonstrate financial need under the provisions of RCW 28B.15.740. The amount that can be waived under this provision is limited by the waiver limits set forth in RCW 28B.15.910.
(2) In addition, colleges may waive up to three-quarters of one percent of the estimated gross collection of tuition and service and activities fees for other students. These waivers are not to be awarded based on participation in intercollegiate athletics. The estimated gross collection of tuition and service and activities fees shall be based on budgeted, state supported, annual average enrollment, after deducting the portion of the gross amount which is attributed to the difference between resident and nonresident tuition and fees.