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                                                     SENATE BILL 5677

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer, von Reichbauer and Winsley

Read first time 02/09/93.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Allowing colleges and universities to waive tuition for part-time employees.

          AN ACT Relating to college and university fees; and amending RCW 28B.15.535.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.15.535 and 1992 c 231 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion of the tuition and services and activities fees for full-time employees or permanent part-time employees of their respective institutions of higher education enrolled in said institutions' courses on a space available basis pursuant to the following conditions:

          (a) Employees shall register for and be enrolled in courses on a space available basis, and no new course sections shall be created as a direct result of such registration;

          (b) Enrollment information on employees registered on a space available basis shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall persons enrolled pursuant to the provisions of this section be considered in any enrollment statistics which would affect budgetary determinations;

          (c) Employees registering on a space available basis shall be charged a registration fee of not less than five dollars.

          (2) The governing boards of the respective colleges and universities may waive all or a portion of tuition and services and activities fees for full-time intercollegiate center for nursing education, cooperative extension service, and agricultural research employees of Washington State University for such employees stationed off the Pullman, Whitman county campus:  PROVIDED, That such waiver complies with the conditions spelled out in subsection (1) (a), (b), and (c) of this section.

          (3) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College and the state board for community and technical colleges shall adopt guidelines for the implementation of institutional employee waivers granted pursuant to this section.

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