H-411                _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1824

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Wood, Jacobsen, Wineberry and P. King

Read first time 2/6/89 and referred to Committees on Higher Education/Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to waiver of tuition and fees for state employees; and amending RCW 28B.15.535.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 82, Laws of 1979 as last amended by section 28, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.535 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The boards of regents of the state universities and the boards of trustees of regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and community colleges may waive the tuition and services and activities fees for full-time state employees ((of their respective institutions of higher education enrolled in said institutions' courses)) on a space available basis pursuant to the following conditions:

          (a) Employees shall register for and be enrolled in courses on a space available basis, and no new course sections shall be created as a direct result of such registration;

          (b) Enrollment information on employees registered on a space available basis shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall persons enrolled pursuant to the provisions of this section be considered in any enrollment statistics which would affect budgetary determinations;

          (c) Employees registering on a space available basis shall be charged a registration fee of not less than five dollars.

          (2) ((The governing boards of the respective colleges and universities may waive tuition and services and activities fees for full-time intercollegiate center for nursing education, cooperative extension service, and  agricultural research employees of Washington State University for such employees stationed off the Pullman, Whitman county campus:  PROVIDED, That such waiver complies with the conditions spelled out in subsection (1)(a), (b), and (c) above.

          (3))) The boards of regents of the state universities, the boards of trustees of the regional universities and The Evergreen State College, and the state board for community college education with respect to community colleges, in consultation with the department of personnel shall adopt guidelines for the implementation of state employee waivers granted pursuant to this section.

(3) As used in this section, "employee" means all full-time employees of the state or an institution supported in whole or part by the state, whether or not covered by civil service.