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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5109

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senator Quigley)

Read first time 02/21/95.

Requiring the higher education coordinating board to review certain programs slated for closure by an institution of higher education.

     AN ACT Relating to reviewing programs at institutions of higher education scheduled for closure; and amending RCW 28B.80.340.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.80.340 and 1985 c 370 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

     The board shall perform the following program responsibilities, in consultation with the institutions and with other interested agencies and individuals:

     (1) Approve the creation of any new degree programs at the four-year institutions and prepare fiscal notes on any such programs;

     (2) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations for the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of on-campus programs, at the four-year institutions;

     (3) Before action by a four-year institution's governing board, review, evaluate, and approve or deny an institutional decision to close a program if the program slated for closure is the only such program at a public or private institution of higher education in the state;

(4) Review and evaluate and approve, modify, consolidate, initiate, or eliminate off-campus programs at the four-year institutions;

     (((4))) (5) Approve, and adopt guidelines for, higher education centers and consortia;

     (((5))) (6) Approve purchase or lease of major off-campus facilities for the four-year institutions and the community colleges;

     (((6))) (7) Establish campus service areas and define on-campus and off-campus activities and major facilities; and

     (((7))) (8) Approve contracts for off-campus educational programs initiated by the state's four-year institutions individually, in concert with other public institutions, or with independent institutions.

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