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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5166
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
READ
FIRST TIME 2/6/01.
Allowing state financial aid to be used at Washington
branch campuses of accredited out-of-state institutions of higher education.
AN
ACT Relating to branches of member institutions of accrediting associations
recognized by rule of the higher education coordinating board; and amending RCW
28B.10.802 and 28B.12.030.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
28B.10.802 and 1989 c 254 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
As
used in RCW 28B.10.800 through 28B.10.824:
(1)
"Institutions of higher education" shall mean (1) any public
university, college, community college, or vocational-technical institute
operated by the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof or (2)
any other university, college, school, or institute in the state of Washington
offering instruction beyond the high school level which is a member institution
of an accrediting association recognized by rule of the board for the purposes
of this section: PROVIDED, That any institution, branch, extension or facility
operating within the state of Washington which is affiliated with an
institution operating in another state must be a separately accredited member
institution of any such accrediting association, or a branch of a member
institution of an accrediting association recognized by rule of the board for
purposes of this section, that is eligible for federal student financial aid
assistance and has operated as a nonprofit college or university delivering
on-site classroom instruction for a minimum of twenty consecutive years within
the state of Washington, and has an annual enrollment of at least seven hundred
full-time equivalent students: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no institution of
higher education shall be eligible to participate in a student financial aid
program unless it agrees to and complies with program rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to RCW 28B.10.822.
(2)
The term "financial aid" shall mean loans and/or grants to needy
students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a student at institutions of
higher education.
(3)
The term "needy student" shall mean a post high school student of an
institution of higher learning as defined in subsection (1) of this section who
demonstrates to the board the financial inability, either through the student's
parents, family and/or personally, to meet the total cost of board, room,
books, and tuition and incidental fees for any semester or quarter.
(4)
The term "disadvantaged student" shall mean a post high school
student who by reason of adverse cultural, educational, environmental,
experiential, familial or other circumstances is unable to qualify for
enrollment as a full time student in an institution of higher learning, who
would otherwise qualify as a needy student, and who is attending an institution
of higher learning under an established program designed to qualify the student
for enrollment as a full time student.
(5)
"Commission" or "board" shall mean the higher education
coordinating board.
Sec.
2. RCW
28B.12.030 and 1994 c 130 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
As
used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following
meanings, unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different
meaning or intent:
(1)
The term "needy student" shall mean a student enrolled or accepted
for enrollment at a post-secondary institution who, according to a system of
need analysis approved by the higher education coordinating board, demonstrates
a financial inability, either parental, familial, or personal, to bear the
total cost of education for any semester or quarter.
(2)
The term "eligible institution" shall mean any post-secondary
institution in this state accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools
and Colleges, or a branch of a member institution of an accrediting
association recognized by rule of the board for purposes of this section, that
is eligible for federal student financial aid assistance and has operated as a
nonprofit college or university delivering on-site classroom instruction for a
minimum of twenty consecutive years within the state of Washington, or any
public technical college in the state.
Passed the Senate March 11, 2002.
Passed the House March 7, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 27, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2002.
