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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6297

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl‑Welles, Shin, McAuliffe, Sheahan and Winsley)

Read first time 01/27/2000.

Changing graduate student assistants' tuition exemptions.

    AN ACT Relating to graduate student assistants' tuition exemptions; amending RCW 28B.15.014 and 28B.15.615; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature recognizes the valuable contributions made by students with graduate service appointments to the quality of education provided to the citizens of the state of Washington.  The legislature further recognizes the hard work and dedication to scholarship of these students in their many hours of service to the teaching and research mission of the public four-year institutions.  It is the intent of the legislature to provide flexible opportunities for students with graduate service appointments to receive tuition and fees waivers for less than full-time appointments and for those less than full-time appointments to be provided with the assurance that less than full-time appointments will not have a higher work load level expected of them than what their contract specifies.

    Sec. 2.  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)) ten 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) Any dependent of a member of the United States congress representing the state of Washington.

    Sec. 3.  RCW 28B.15.615 and 1996 c 142 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 and the regional universities may exempt the following students from paying all or a portion of the resident operating fee and the technology fee:  ((Students granted a graduate service appointment, designated as such by the institution, involving not less than twenty hours of work per week.  The exemption shall be for the term of the appointment)) 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 by an academic department in support of the instructional or research programs involving not less than ten hours per week during the term the person holds the appointment.

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