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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5220

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Saling, Bauer, Bailey, Stratton, Lee and Smitherman)

Read first time 2/15/89.

AN ACT Relating to the community college exceptional faculty award program; and adding new sections to chapter 28B.50 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature recognizes that quality in the state's community colleges would be strengthened by additional partnerships between citizens and the institutions.  The legislature intends to foster these partnerships by creating a matching grant program to assist public community colleges in creating endowments for funding exceptional faculty awards.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) The Washington community college exceptional faculty award program is established.  The program shall be administered by the state board for community college education.  The community college faculty award trust fund shall be administered by the state treasurer.

          (2) Funds appropriated by the legislature for the community college exceptional faculty award program shall be deposited in the community college faculty award trust fund.  All moneys deposited in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer.  Notwithstanding RCW 43.84.090, all earnings of investments of balances in the fund shall be credited to the fund.  At the request of the state board for community college education, the treasurer shall release the state matching funds to the designated institution's local endowment fund.  No appropriation is necessary for the expenditure of moneys from the fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     (1) In consultation with eligible community colleges, the state board for community college education shall set priorities and guidelines for the program.

          (2) A community college shall not receive more than two faculty awards under this section in any biennium.

          (3) All community colleges shall be eligible for matching trust funds.  Institutions may apply to the state board for community college education for fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars from the fund when they can match the state funds with equal cash donations from private sources.  These donations shall be made specifically to the exceptional faculty award program and deposited by the institution in a local endowment fund.  Otherwise unrestricted gifts may be deposited in the endowment fund by the institution.

          (4) Once the private donation is received by the institution, the institution shall inform the state board for community college education and request state matching funds.  The state board for community college education shall evaluate the request for state matching funds based on program priorities and guidelines.  The state board for community college education may ask the state treasurer to release the state matching funds to a local endowment fund established by the institution for each faculty award created.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     (1) The faculty award is the property of the institution and may be named in honor of a donor, benefactor, or honoree of the institution, at the option of the institution.  The institution shall designate the use of the award.  The designation shall be made or renewed annually.

          (2) The institution is responsible for soliciting private donations, investing and maintaining all endowment funds, administering the faculty award, and reporting on the program to the governor, the state board for community college education, and the legislature, upon request.  The institution may augment the endowment fund with additional unrestricted private donations.  The principal of the invested endowment fund shall not be invaded.

          (3) The proceeds from the endowment fund may be used to pay expenses for faculty development activities, which may include in-service training, temporary substitute or replacement costs directly associated with faculty development programs, conferences, travel, publication and dissemination of exemplary projects; to supplement the salary of the holder of the faculty award; to pay salaries for his or her assistants; and to pay expenses associated with the holder's program area.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     Any private or public moneys deposited in the Washington community college faculty award trust fund or any local endowment for faculty award programs shall not be subject to negotiations authorized under chapter 28B.52 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.     Sections 1 through 5 of this act are each added to chapter 28B.50 RCW.