2089-S AMH MCCO FORR 29

SHB 2089 - H AMD 0077 ADOPTED 3-17-03

By Representative McCoy

On page 3, after line 3, insert

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

Institutions of higher education, as defined in R.W. 28B.10.016, shall provide an enrolled student who is called to active federal service in United States military action initiated by an executive order issued by the President of the United States, and who is unable to complete the academic term in which the student is enrolled, with the option of receiving a refund of the total tuition and fees paid by the eligible student for the applicable academic term, or of being readmitted for a comparable academic term under the following conditions:

(1) The eligible student shall be exempt from the payment of additional tuition and fees;

(2) No new course sections shall be created as a direct result of students receiving the waivers; and

(3) Enrollment information on students receiving the waivers shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be considered in any enrollment statistics that would affect budgetary determinations."

Renumber remaining sections consecutively, correct internal references accordingly, and correct the title.

EFFECT: Institutions of higher education must provide enrolled students activated to federal military service who are unable to complete the semester or quarter with the option of a full tuition refund or attendance at no charge for a comparable academic term upon reenrollment.

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