H-1208.1          _______________________________________________

                                  HOUSE BILL 1601

                  _______________________________________________

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Schmidt, Carlson, Mulliken, Jacobsen, Koster, Sheldon, Costa, Radcliff, Lambert, Robertson, Carrell, Backlund, Ballasiotes, Skinner, Huff, Johnson, Thompson, Elliot, Wolfe, Talcott, Conway, Kremen, Campbell, Benton, Mason, Cooke and Kessler

Read first time 02/01/95.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Providing tuition and fee waivers for members of the Washington national guard.

     AN ACT Relating to tuition and fee waivers; 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 of their respective institutions of higher education and for members of the Washington national guard enrolled in said institutions' courses on a space available basis pursuant to the following conditions:

     (a) Employees of the institutions and members of the Washington national guard 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 and on members of the Washington national guard 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 of the institutions and members of the Washington national guard registering on a space available basis shall be charged a registration fee ((of not less than five dollars)) that will fully cover institutional costs of administering the student's enrollment.

     (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 and Washington national guard waivers granted pursuant to this section.

                                    --- END ---