BILL REQ. #:  H-3709.1 



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HOUSE BILL 2437
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State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Representatives Morrell, Priest, Kenney, O'Brien, Miloscia, Carrell, McCoy, Kirby, Lantz, Conway, Dickerson, Fromhold, Chase, Sullivan, Cody, Hudgins, Haigh, Schual-Berke, Clibborn, Jarrett, Ormsby, Cox, Upthegrove, Anderson, Condotta, Moeller, Rockefeller, Kagi and Tom

Read first time 01/14/2004.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.



     AN ACT Relating to improving transfer to four-year institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 28B.80.290.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28B.80.290 and 1983 c 304 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement ((shall)) must be designed to facilitate the transfer of students and the evaluation of transcripts, to better serve persons seeking information about courses and programs, to aid in academic planning, and to improve the review and evaluation of academic programs in the state institutions of higher education. The statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement ((shall)) must not require ((nor)) or encourage the standardization of course content ((and shall not)) or prescribe course content or the credit value assigned by any institution to the course. Under the statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement, public four-year institutions may not treat credits earned at a community or technical college differently from credits earned at a baccalaureate institution in terms of the number of credits students may transfer or the application of credits toward a degree.

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