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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5330

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Brown, Goings, Franklin, Patterson, Eide, B. Sheldon, Winsley, Costa, Oke, Bauer and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/20/1999.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Treating active military personnel as residents for purposes of higher education tuition.

    AN ACT Relating to resident tuition for active duty military personnel; amending RCW 28B.15.014; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.15.014 and 1997 c 433 s 3 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, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may exempt the following nonresidents from paying all or a portion of the nonresident tuition fees differential:

    (1) Any person who resides in the state of Washington and who holds a graduate service appointment designated as such by a public institution of higher education or is employed for an academic department in support of the instructional or research programs involving not less than twenty hours per week during the term such person shall hold such appointment.

    (2) Any faculty member, classified staff member or administratively exempt employee holding not less than a half time appointment at an institution who resides in the state of Washington, and the dependent children and spouse of such persons.

    (3) ((Active‑duty military personnel stationed in the state of Washington.

    (4))) Any immigrant refugee and the spouse and dependent children of such refugee, if the refugee (a) is on parole status, or (b) has received an immigrant visa, or (c) has applied for United States citizenship.

    (((5))) (4) Any dependent of a member of the United States congress representing the state of Washington.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:

    For nonresident active duty military personnel stationed in the state of Washington, the state board for community and technical colleges and the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, the community colleges, and The Evergreen State College shall waive the lesser of the nonresident tuition fee differential and that portion of  nonresident tuition fees which exceed federal educational assistance.

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