_______________________________________________
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5162
_______________________________________________
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/03/95.
Changing the Vietnam veterans'
tuition exemption.
AN ACT Relating to
tuition exemptions for veterans; and amending RCW 28B.15.620.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.620 and 1994
c 208 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The legislature
finds that military and naval veterans who have served their country in wars on
foreign soil have risked their own lives to defend both the lives of all
Americans and the freedoms that define and distinguish our nation. The
legislature also finds that veterans of the Vietnam conflict suffered during
and after the war as the country anguished over its involvement in the
conflict. It is the intent of the legislature to honor Vietnam veterans for
the public service they have provided to their country. It is the further
intent of the legislature that, for eligible Vietnam veterans, colleges and
universities waive tuition and fee increases that have occurred since October
1, 1977.
(2) Subject to
the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state
universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the
community colleges may exempt veterans of the Vietnam conflict who have served
in the southeast Asia theater of operations from the payment of all or a
portion of any increase in tuition and fees that occur after October 1, 1977,
if the veteran qualifies as a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012((, was
enrolled in state institutions of higher education on or before May 7, 1990,
and meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section)).
(((2) Beginning with
the fall academic term of 1994, veterans receiving the exemption under
subsection (1) of this section must meet these additional requirements:
(a) Remain
continuously enrolled for seven or more quarter credits per academic term or
their equivalent, except summer term and not including community service
courses;
(b) Have an adjusted
gross family income as most recently reported to the internal revenue service
that does not exceed Washington state's median family income as established by
the federal bureau of the census; and
(c) Have exhausted
all entitlement to federal vocational or educational benefits conferred by
virtue of their military service.))
(3) For the purposes of
this section, "veterans of the Vietnam conflict" shall be those
persons who have been on active federal service as a member of the armed
military or ((navel)) naval forces of the United States between a
period commencing August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975.
(4) This
section shall expire June 30, ((1997)) 1999.
