WSR 21-17-033
PERMANENT RULES
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY
AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
[Filed August 9, 2021, 1:25 p.m., effective September 9, 2021]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Tuition and fees for students who demonstrate financial needs. Amends to meet financial aid terminology changes as a result of ESSHB 22158 [E2SHB 2158] (2019 session). No anticipated effects to rules other than terminology changes.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 131-28-028 [131-28-030, 131-28-040, and 131-28-045].
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter
28.50 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-12-022 on May 24, 2021.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 3, 2021.
Beth Gordan
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 131-28-040
Criteria 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 131-28-045
Procedure 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.