2344-S AMH LIIA SMIT 205

SHB 2344 - H AMD 818

By Representative Liias

NOT ADOPTED 4/22/2009

    On page 3, after line 33, insert the following:

    "Sec. 3.  RCW 28B.15.0681 and 2007 c 151 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In addition to the requirement in RCW 28B.76.300(4), institutions of higher education shall disclose to their undergraduate resident students on the tuition billing statement, in dollar figures for a full‑time equivalent student:  (((1)))(a) The full cost of instruction, (((2)))(b) the amount collected from student tuition and fees, and (((3)))(c) the difference between the amounts for the full cost of instruction and the student tuition and fees, noting that the difference between the cost and tuition was paid by state tax funds and other moneys.

(2) Institutions of higher education shall label annual tuition increases for resident undergraduates that are greater than seven percent as a "higher education student tax" on the tuition billing statement."

EFFECT:  Requires the institutions to label any tuition increase greater than 7% as a "higher education student tax" on the tuition billing statement.    

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