FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1321

                         C 176 L 95

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Correcting citations to the tuition recovery trust fund.

Sponsors:  Representatives Mulliken, Mason, Goldsmith and Carlson; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board.

House Committee on Higher Education

Senate Committee on Higher Education

Background:  In 1986, the Legislature enacted provisions regulating private vocational schools.  The act was intended to assist students in evaluating private vocational school programs and obtaining refunds in the event of their withdrawal or school cancellation or closure.  In 1987, the Legislature authorized establishment of a tuition recovery fund for the benefit and protection of students of private non-degree-granting vocational schools.

In 1994, the Legislature created a separate account within the tuition recovery fund to cover degree granting private vocational schools. The 1994 law cites the wrong statute in referring to the tuition recovery fund.

Summary:   The incorrect statutory reference in current law is corrected.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     96 0

Senate    48 0

Effective:  May 1, 1995