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HOUSE
BILL 1174
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Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State
of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/20/93. 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 1992 c 60 s 3 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 and technical colleges
((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 American
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.
