BILL REQ. #:  H-0982.1 

Read first time 01/27/09.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

     AN ACT Relating to administration of the collegiate learning assessment; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Within existing resources and beginning in the 2009-10 academic year, the public baccalaureate institutions of higher education shall annually administer the collegiate learning assessment to a sample of students attending at least half time. The sample of students shall include the following elements:
     (a) A minimum of one hundred freshmen and one hundred seniors shall be assessed; institutions may include additional students in the sample at the institution's discretion.
     (b) The freshmen shall be assessed in the fall quarter or semester of their first year; the seniors shall be assessed in the spring quarter or semester before their graduation during the same academic year.
     (c) The sample shall include students from various majors, students who receive student financial aid, and those who did not receive aid.
     (2) Services and activities fees, as defined in RCW 28B.15.041, shall be waived or rebated for all students who participate in the testing for the entire academic year in which they were tested.