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AN ACT Relating to tuition for students in programs leading to the degree of doctor of pharmacy; reenacting and amending RCW 28B.15.202; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.202 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 8 and 1993 c 379 s 202 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

Tuition fees and maximum services and activities fees at the University of Washington and at Washington State University for other than the summer term shall be as follows:

(1) For full-time resident undergraduate students and all other full-time resident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, doctor of pharmacy, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees for the 1993-94 academic year shall be thirty-six and three-tenths percent and thereafter total tuition fees shall be forty-one and one-tenth percent of the per student undergraduate educational costs at the state universities computed as provided in RCW 28B.15.067 and 28B.15.070: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be one hundred and twenty dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(2) For full-time resident graduate and law students and students enrolled in programs leading to the degree of doctor of pharmacy, not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees for the 1993-94 academic year shall be twenty-five and two-tenths percent and thereafter total tuition fees shall be twenty-eight and four-tenths percent of the per student graduate educational costs at the state universities computed as provided in RCW 28B.15.067 and 28B.15.070: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be one hundred and twenty dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(3) For full-time resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be one hundred sixty‑seven percent of such fees charged in subsection (2) of this section: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and forty‑two dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(4) For full-time nonresident undergraduate students and such other full-time nonresident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, doctor of pharmacy, or doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees for the 1993-94 academic year shall be one hundred nine and three-tenths percent and thereafter total tuition fees shall be one hundred twenty-two and nine-tenths percent of the per student undergraduate educational costs at the state universities computed as provided in RCW 28B.15.067 and 28B.15.070: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and fifty‑four dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(5) For full-time nonresident graduate and law students and students enrolled in programs leading to the degree of doctor of pharmacy, not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees for the 1993-94 academic year shall be sixty-five and six-tenths percent and thereafter total tuition fees shall be seventy-three and six-tenths percent of the per student graduate educational costs at the state universities computed as provided in RCW 28B.15.067 and 28B.15.070: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and fifty‑four dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(6) For full-time nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be one hundred sixty‑seven percent of such fees charged in subsection (5) of this section: PROVIDED, That the building fees for each academic year shall be five hundred and fifty‑five dollars. Beginning with the 1995-96 academic year the building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees. This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

(7) The governing boards of the state universities shall charge to and collect from each student, a services and activities fee. The governing board may increase the existing fee annually, consistent with budgeting procedures set forth in RCW 28B.15.045, by a percentage not to exceed the annual percentage increase in resident undergraduate tuition fees: PROVIDED, That such percentage increase shall not apply to that portion of the services and activities fee previously committed to the repayment of bonded debt. For the 1993-94 academic year, services and activities fees shall not exceed two hundred forty-three dollars per student. For the 1994-95 academic year, services and activities fees shall not exceed two hundred forty-nine dollars per student. The services and activities fee committee provided for in RCW 28B.15.045 may initiate a request to the governing board for a fee increase.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) In consideration of the doctor of pharmacy 1995-1997 biennial program costs of one million seventy thousand dollars at the University of Washington and six hundred eighty thousand dollars at Washington State University, participating students' operating fees are expected to contribute two hundred ninety-one thousand dollars at the University of Washington and two hundred eighty-four thousand dollars at Washington State University.

(2) The sum of seven hundred seventy-nine thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1997, from the general fund to the University of Washington for the purposes of this act.

(3) The sum of three hundred ninety-six thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1997, from the general fund to Washington State University for the purposes of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1995.