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                                  HOUSE BILL 2541

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Representatives Dellwo, Jacobsen, Zellinsky, Wineberry, R. Fisher, Wood, Fuhrman, Schmidt, Wilson, Winsley, Paris, J. Kohl, O'Brien and Anderson

Read first time 01/20/92.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.Regarding the study of American Indian languages and cultures.

     AN ACT Relating to higher education; and amending RCW 28B.10.710 and 28B.80.350.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.10.710 and 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.10.710 are each amended to read as follows:

     There shall be a one quarter or semester course in either Washington state history and government, or Pacific Northwest history and government in the curriculum of all teachers' colleges and teachers' courses in all institutions of higher education.  No person shall be graduated from any of said schools without completing said course of study, unless otherwise determined by the state board of education.  Any course in Washington state or Pacific Northwest history and government used to fulfill this requirement shall include information on the culture, history, and government of the American Indian peoples who were the first human inhabitants of the state and the region.

     Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.80.350 and 1988 c 172 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     The board shall coordinate educational activities among all segments of higher education taking into account the educational programs, facilities, and other resources of both public and independent two and four-year colleges and universities.  The four-year institutions and the state board for community college education shall coordinate information and activities with the board.  The board shall have the following additional responsibilities:

     (1) Promote interinstitutional cooperation;

     (2) Establish minimum admission standards for four-year institutions, including a requirement that coursework in sign language or an American Indian language shall satisfy any ((foreign language)) requirement for instruction in a language other than English that the board or the institutions may establish as a general undergraduate admissions requirement;

     (3) Establish transfer policies;

     (4) Adopt rules implementing statutory residency requirements;

     (5) Develop and administer reciprocity agreements with bordering states and the province of British Columbia;

     (6) Review and recommend compensation practices and levels for administrative employees, exempt under chapter 28B.16 RCW, and faculty using comparative data from peer institutions;

     (7) Monitor higher education activities for compliance with all relevant state policies for higher education;

     (8) Arbitrate disputes between and among four-year institutions or between and among four-year institutions and community colleges at the request of one or more of the institutions involved, or at the request of the governor, or from a resolution adopted by the legislature.  The decision of the board shall be binding on the participants in the dispute;

     (9) Establish and implement a state system for collecting, analyzing, and distributing information;

     (10) Recommend to the governor and the legislature ways to remove any economic incentives to use off-campus program funds for on-campus activities; and

     (11) Make recommendations to increase minority participation, and monitor and report on the progress of minority participation in higher education.