BILL REQ. #:  H-0593.1 

Read first time 01/19/09.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

     AN ACT Relating to discouraging precollege courses at public four-year institutions of higher education; adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that an unacceptably high number of students entering institutions of higher education are unprepared to do college level mathematics, reading, or writing, and require remedial instruction. This remedial instruction imposes additional costs and burdens on students by increasing the time it takes for them to reach their educational goals, and increases the state's costs associated with higher education.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
     Precollege coursework offered in mathematics, reading, writing, or English, except for English courses offered for English language learners, shall be offered on a self-supporting basis at state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College. If a state or regional university or state college chooses to operate a self-supporting precollege program, the fees charged shall be sufficient to cover the direct costs of instruction, which are instructional salaries and related benefits, supplies, publications, and records.