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SENATE BILL 5760
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senators Kohl, McAuliffe, Wood, Drew and Prince
Read first time 02/06/95. Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
AN ACT Relating to higher education tuition; and amending RCW 28B.15.556.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.556 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:
Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College may waive all or a portion of the tuition, and services and activities fees for undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations subject to the following limitations:
(1) ((No more than
the equivalent of one hundred waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or
graduate students of foreign nations at each of the two state universities;
(2) No more than the
equivalent of twenty waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate
students of foreign nations at each of the regional universities and The
Evergreen State College;
(3))) Priority in the awarding of waivers shall be
given to students on academic exchanges or academic special programs sponsored
by recognized international educational organizations; and
(((4))) (2)
An undergraduate or graduate student of a foreign nation receiving a waiver
under this section is not eligible for any other waiver.
The waiver programs under this section, to the greatest extent possible, shall promote reciprocal placements and waivers in foreign nations for Washington residents. The number of waivers awarded by each institution shall not exceed the number of that institution's own students enrolled in approved study programs abroad during the same period.
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