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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/08/94.
Extending tuition
exemptions for Vietnam and Persian Gulf veterans.
AN ACT Relating to
tuition exemptions for veterans; amending RCW 28B.15.620 and 28B.15.628;
amending 1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified); and amending 1991 c 228 s 15
(uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.620 and 1993
sp.s. c 18 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Subject to
the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state
universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the
community colleges may exempt veterans of the Vietnam conflict who have served
in the southeast Asia theater of operations from the payment of all or a
portion of any increase in tuition and fees ((otherwise applicable to
any other resident or nonresident student. In such cases, the veteran shall
not be required to pay more than the total amount of tuition and fees paid by
veterans of the Vietnam conflict on)) that occur after October 1,
1977((: PROVIDED, That for the purposes of this exemption, "veterans
of the Vietnam conflict" shall be those persons who have been on active
federal service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United
States between a period commencing August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975,
and who qualify)) , if the veteran qualifies as a resident student
under RCW 28B.15.012, ((and who)) was enrolled in state
institutions of higher education on or before May 7, 1990, and meets the
requirements of subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Beginning with
the fall academic term of 1994, veterans receiving the exemption under
subsection (1) of this section must meet these additional requirements:
(a) Remain
continuously enrolled for seven or more quarter credits per academic term or
their equivalent, except summer term and not including community service
courses;
(b) Have an adjusted
gross family income as most recently reported to the internal revenue service
that does not exceed Washington state's median family income as established by
the federal bureau of the census; and
(c) Have exhausted
all entitlement to federal vocational or educational benefits conferred by
virtue of their military service.
(3) For the
purposes of this section, "veterans of the Vietnam conflict" shall be
those persons who have been on active federal service as a member of the armed
military or navel forces of the United States between a period commencing
August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975.
(4) This section
shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.
Sec. 2. RCW 28B.15.628 and 1993
sp. s c 18 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Subject to
the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state
universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the
community colleges may exempt veterans of the Persian Gulf combat zone from all
or a portion of increases in tuition and fees that occur ((during and
after their period of service. In such cases, the veteran shall not be
required to pay more than the total amount of tuition and fees established for))
after the 1990‑91 academic year, if:
(a) The
veteran could have qualified as a Washington resident student under RCW
28B.15.012(2), had he or she been enrolled as a student on August 1, 1990((,));
(b) The veteran is
enrolled for seven or more quarter credits per academic term or their
equivalent, except summer term and not including community service courses;
and ((if))
(c) The
veteran's adjusted gross family income as most recently reported to the
internal revenue service does not exceed Washington state's median family
income as established by the federal bureau of the census. For the purposes of
this section, "a veteran of the Persian Gulf combat zone" means a
person who during any portion of calendar year 1991, served in active federal
service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United States
in a combat zone as designated by the president of the United States by
executive order.
Sec. 3. 1991 c 164 s 11
(uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Section 2 of this act
shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.
Sec. 4. 1991 c 228 s 15
(uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Sections 13 and 14 of
this act shall expire June 30, ((1994)) 1997.
