BILL REQ. #:  S-0664.1 

Read first time 01/23/2003.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

     AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for children of faculty at institutions of higher education; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges may waive all or a portion of the tuition and services and activities fees for children of tenured faculty and children of full-time faculty with ten or more years of service at an institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016. The enrollment of these persons is subject to the following conditions:
     (a) Such persons shall register for and be enrolled in courses on a space-available basis and no new course sections shall be created as a result of the registration;
     (b) Enrollment information on persons registered under this section shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall such persons be considered in any enrollment statistics that would affect budgetary determinations; and
     (c) Persons registering on a space-available basis shall be charged a registration fee of not less than five dollars.
     (2) For the purposes of this section, "tenured faculty" means persons employed at an institution of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, as an associate professor or professor, who holds his or her position without discriminatory reduction of salary or loss of position.
     (3) In awarding waivers, an institution of higher education may award waivers to eligible persons who are children of persons employed by the institution before considering waivers for eligible persons who are not children of persons employed by the institution.