FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5647

                           C 42 L 97

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Requiring only collected building fees of community and technical colleges to be paid to the state treasury.

Sponsors:  Senators Wood, Snyder, Swecker, Bauer, Zarelli, Winsley and Kohl; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Senate Committee on Higher Education

House Committee on Higher Education

Background:  In Washington, tuition fees for students attending most public colleges and universities are made up of two components:  building fees and operating fees.  Building fees provide part of the funding for facility repairs, renovations, and construction.

Currently, the four-year institutions of higher education must contribute their building fees to the state treasury within 35 days from the collection of those fees.  The two-year institutions must contribute their building fees to the state treasury within 35 days from the start of each quarter.

Summary:  Within 35 days from the beginning of each quarter, all collected building fees from the community and technical colleges must be paid to the state treasury.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 44 0

House     97 0

Effective:  July 27, 1997