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                          HOUSE BILL 2262

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Huff and H. Sommers; by request of Governor Locke

Read first time 03/15/97.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Providing for tuition and fees at institutions of higher education.

    AN ACT Relating to higher education tuition and fees; and amending RCW 28B.15.067 and 28B.15.069.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.15.067 and 1996 c 212 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Tuition fees shall be established under the provisions of this chapter.

    (2) ((Academic year tuition for full-time students at the state's institutions of higher education for the 1995-96 academic year, other than the summer term, shall be as provided in this subsection.

    (a) At the University of Washington and Washington State University:

    (i) For resident undergraduate students and other resident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, two thousand seven hundred sixty-four dollars;

    (ii) For nonresident undergraduate students and other nonresident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, eight thousand two hundred sixty-eight dollars;

    (iii) For resident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, four thousand four hundred ninety dollars;

    (iv) For nonresident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, eleven thousand six hundred thirty-four dollars;

    (v) For resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, seven thousand four hundred ninety-seven dollars; and

    (vi) For nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, nineteen thousand four hundred thirty-one dollars.

    (b) At the regional universities and The Evergreen State College:

    (i) For resident undergraduate and all other resident students not in graduate study programs, two thousand forty-five dollars;

    (ii) For nonresident undergraduate and all other nonresident students not in graduate study programs, seven thousand nine hundred ninety-two dollars;

    (iii) For resident graduate students, three thousand four hundred forty-three dollars; and

    (iv) For nonresident graduate students, eleven thousand seventy-one dollars.

    (c) At the community colleges:

    (i) For resident students, one thousand two hundred twelve dollars; and

    (ii) For nonresident students, five thousand one hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.

    (3))) Academic year tuition for full-time students at the state's institutions of higher education beginning with the 1996-97 academic year, other than the summer term, shall be as provided in this subsection.

    (a) At the University of Washington and Washington State University:

    (i) For resident undergraduate students and other resident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, two thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars;

    (ii) For nonresident undergraduate students and other nonresident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, nine thousand four hundred ninety-one dollars;

    (iii) For resident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, four thousand six hundred sixty-nine dollars;

    (iv) For nonresident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, twelve thousand one hundred dollars;

    (v) For resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, seven thousand seven hundred ninety-seven dollars; and

    (vi) For nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, twenty thousand two hundred nine dollars.

    (b) At the regional universities and The Evergreen State College:

    (i) For resident undergraduate and all other resident students not in graduate study programs, two thousand one hundred twenty-seven dollars;

    (ii) For nonresident undergraduate and all other nonresident students not in graduate study programs, eight thousand three hundred twelve dollars;

    (iii) For resident graduate students, three thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars; and

    (iv) For nonresident graduate students, eleven thousand five hundred fourteen dollars.

    (c) At the community colleges:

    (i) For resident students, one thousand two hundred sixty-one dollars; and

    (ii) For nonresident students, five thousand three hundred sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents.

    (((4))) (3) Beginning with the 1997-98 academic year, and except as provided under subsection (4) of this section, tuition fees shall increase based on a five-year rolling average of per capita personal income as contained in the even-year September Washington economic and revenue forecast by the office of the forecast council.  For any given academic year, the rolling average of per capita personal income shall be computed using the five-year period that ends with the fiscal year that corresponds with the academic year.

(4) Beginning with academic year 1997-98, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the state board for community and technical colleges may change tuition rates from the rates established in subsection (3) of this section except tuition rates for resident undergraduate students.

(5) The tuition fees established under this chapter shall not apply to high school students enrolling in community colleges under RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.395.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.15.069 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 9 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) As used in this section, each of the following subsections is a separate tuition category:

    (a) Resident undergraduate students and all other resident students not in first professional, graduate, or law programs;

    (b) Nonresident undergraduate students and all other nonresident students not in graduate or law programs;

    (c) Resident graduate and law students;

    (d) Nonresident graduate and law students;

    (e) Resident first professional students; and

    (f) Nonresident students in first professional programs.

    (2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this section "first professional programs" means programs leading to one of the following degrees:  Doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, or doctor of veterinary medicine.

    (3) ((For the 1995-96 and 1996-97 academic years,)) The building fee for each academic year shall be a percentage of total tuition fees.  This percentage shall be calculated by the higher education coordinating board and be based on the actual percentage the building fee is of total tuition for each tuition category in the 1994-95 academic year, rounded up to the nearest half percent.

    (4) The governing boards of each institution of higher education, except for the technical colleges, shall charge to and collect from each student a services and activities fee.  A governing board may increase the existing fee annually, consistent with budgeting procedures set forth in RCW 28B.15.045, by a percentage not to exceed the annual percentage increase in student tuition fees for the applicable tuition category:  PROVIDED, That such percentage increase shall not apply to that portion of the services and activities fee previously committed to the repayment of bonded debt.  The services and activities fee committee provided for in RCW 28B.15.045 may initiate a request to the governing board for a fee increase.

    (5) Tuition and services and activities fees consistent with subsection (4) of this section shall be set by the state board for community and technical colleges for community college summer school students unless the community college charges fees in accordance with RCW 28B.15.515.

    (6) Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, each governing board of a community college may charge such fees for ungraded courses, noncredit courses, community services courses, and self‑supporting courses as it, in its discretion, may determine, consistent with the rules of the state board for community and technical colleges.

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