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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5394

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

 

By Senators Saling, Patterson and Smitherman; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board

 

 

Read first time 1/23/89 and referred to Committee on   Higher Education.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to tuition fees; amending RCW 28B.15.020, 28B.15.067, 28B.15.202, 28B.15.402, and 28B.15.502; and reenacting and amending RCW 28B.15.070, 28B.15.100, and 28B.15.076.

 

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

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 28B.15.020, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 11, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          The term "tuition fees" as used in this chapter ((shall)) means the fees charged students registering at the state's colleges and universities ((which consist of)) and includes:

          (1) The "building fees" as defined in RCW 28B.15.025; ((and))

          (2) The "operating fees" as defined in RCW 28B.15.031; and

          (3) The services and activities fees as defined in RCW 28B.15.041.

 

        Sec. 2.  Section 2, chapter 257, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 1, chapter 42, Laws of 1986 and RCW 28B.15.067 are each amended to read as follows:

          Tuition fees shall be established and adjusted annually under the provisions of this chapter ((beginning with the 1987-88 academic year)).  Such fees shall be identical, subject to other provisions of this chapter, for students enrolled at either state university, for students enrolled at the regional universities and The Evergreen State College and for students enrolled at any community college.  Tuition fees shall reflect the projected national average of undergraduate and graduate ((educational costs of the)) rates for state universities, ((the)) regional universities, and ((the)) community colleges, respectively, ((in the amounts prescribed in this chapter.  The change from the biennial tuition fee adjustment to an annual tuition fee adjustment shall not reduce the amount of revenue to the state general fund)) as determined and approved by the higher education coordinating board.  Beginning with the 1989-90 academic year, tuition fee rates at any institution shall not be reduced from the 1988-89 approved rates.

 

        Sec. 3.  Section 7, chapter 322, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as last amended by section 65, chapter 370, Laws of 1985 and by section 16, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.070 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

          (1) The house and senate committees responsible for higher education shall develop, in cooperation with the higher education coordinating board ((and)), the respective fiscal committees of the house and senate, the office of financial management, and the state institutions of higher education by December of ((each odd-numbered)) every fourth year beginning in 1990, definitions, criteria, and procedures for determining the undergraduate and graduate educational costs for the state universities, regional universities, and community colleges ((upon which tuition fees will be based)).  In the event that no action is taken or disagreement exists between the committees as of that date, the recommendations of the board shall be deemed to be approved.

          (2) The state institutions of higher education in cooperation with the higher education coordinating board shall perform an educational cost study pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.  The study shall be conducted based on every fourth academic year beginning with 1990-91.  Institutions shall complete the studies within one year of the end of the study year and report the results to the higher education coordinating board for consolidation, review, and distribution.

 

        Sec. 4.  Section 4, chapter 257, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 66, chapter 370, Laws of 1985 and by section 17, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.076 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

          The higher education coordinating board shall determine and transmit amounts constituting approved undergraduate and graduate ((educational costs)) projected national average tuition fee rates to the several boards of regents and trustees of the state institutions of higher education by November 10 of each even-numbered year.  Tuition fees shall be based on such ((costs)) rates in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

 

        Sec. 5.  Section 28B.15.100, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 67, chapter 370, Laws of 1985 and by section 18, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.100 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

          (1) The board of regents or board of trustees at each of the state's regional and state universities and at The Evergreen State College shall charge to and collect from each of the students registering at the particular institution for any quarter or semester ((such)) tuition  fees ((and services and activities fees,)) as defined in this chapter and other fees as ((such)) determined by the board ((shall in its discretion determine,)) of regents or board of trustees.  The total of ((all)) such tuition fees((, the tuition fee, and services and activities fee, to)) shall be rounded-out to the nearest whole dollar amount((:  PROVIDED, That such)).  Tuition fees for other than summer session quarters or semesters shall be in the amounts for the respective institutions as ((otherwise)) set forth in this chapter((, as now or hereafter amended:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).  The fees charged by boards of trustees of community college districts shall be in the amounts for the respective institutions as ((otherwise)) set forth in this chapter((, as now or hereafter amended)).

          (2) Part-time students shall be charged tuition ((and services and activities)) fees proportionate to ((full time student)) rates established for full-time resident((s)) and nonresident((s:  PROVIDED, That)) students.  The higher education coordinating board shall establish the threshold level between part-time and full-time students and the proportionality between part-time and full-time tuition fees, to be applied uniformly by all colleges and universities.  Students registered for fewer than two credit hours shall be charged tuition ((and services and activities)) fees at the rate established for two credit hours((:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).  Residents of Idaho or Oregon who are enrolled in community college district number twenty for six or fewer credits during any quarter or semester may be allowed to enroll at resident tuition ((and)) fee rates upon a declaration by the higher education coordinating board that it finds Washington residents from ((such)) community college district twenty are afforded substantially equivalent treatment by such ((other)) states.

          (((3) Full-time students registered for more than eighteen credit hours shall be charged an additional operating fee for each credit hour in excess of eighteen hours at the established per credit hour tuition fee rate applicable to part-time students in the respective institutional tuition and fee rate categories set forth in this chapter:  PROVIDED, That  the boards of regents of the University of Washington and Washington State University may exempt students who are registered exclusively in first  professional programs in medicine, dental medicine, veterinary medicine and law:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the state board for community college education may exempt students who are registered exclusively in required courses in vocational preparatory programs from the additional charge.))

 

        Sec. 6.  Section 6, chapter 257, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 19, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.202 are each amended to read as follows:

          Tuition fees ((and services and activities fees at)) as defined in this chapter for the University of Washington and ((at)) Washington State University for other than summer quarters or semesters shall be as follows:

          (1) For full-time resident undergraduate students and all other full-time resident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((one-third of the per student undergraduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time resident undergraduate rates at ((the)) state universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be one hundred and twenty dollars.

          (2) For full-time resident graduate students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((twenty-three percent of the per student graduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time resident graduate rates at ((the)) state universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:   PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be one hundred and twenty dollars.

          (3) For full-time resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((one)) two hundred ((sixty-seven)) percent of such fees charged in subsection (2) ((above:  PROVIDED, That)) of this section.  The building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and forty-two dollars.

          (4) For full-time nonresident undergraduate students and ((such)) other full-time nonresident students not in graduate study programs or enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, or doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((one hundred percent of the per student undergraduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time nonresident undergraduate rates at ((the)) state universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and fifty-four dollars.

          (5) For full-time nonresident graduate students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((four thousand and seventy-four dollars, and thereafter such fees shall be sixty percent of the per student graduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time nonresident graduate rates at ((the)) state universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be three hundred and fifty-four dollars.

          (6) For full-time nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, the total tuition fees shall be ((one)) two hundred ((sixty-seven)) percent of such fees charged in subsection (5) ((above:  PROVIDED, That)) of this section.  The building fees for each academic year shall be five hundred and fifty-five dollars.

          (7) The boards of regents of each of the state universities shall charge and collect equally from each of the students registering at the particular institution and included in subsections (1) through (6) ((hereof)) of this section a services and activities fee ((which for each year of the 1981-83 biennium shall not exceed one hundred and thirty-eight dollars.  In subsequent biennia)).  The board of regents may annually increase the existing fee, consistent with budgeting procedures set forth in RCW 28B.15.045, by a percentage not to exceed the percentage increase in tuition fees authorized in subsection (1) ((above:  PROVIDED, That such)) of this section, except that the percentage increase shall not apply to that portion of the services and activities fee previously committed to the repayment of bonded debt.  The services and activities fee committee provided for in RCW 28B.15.045 may initiate a request to the governing board for a fee increase.

 

        Sec. 7.  Section 7, chapter 257, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 24, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.402 are each amended to read as follows:

          Tuition fees ((and services and activities fees)) as defined in this chapter at the regional universities and The Evergreen State College for other than summer quarters or semesters shall be as follows:

          (1) For full-time resident undergraduate students and all other full time resident students not in graduate study programs, the total tuition fees shall be ((one-fourth of the per student undergraduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time resident undergraduate rates at ((the)) regional universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be seventy-six dollars and fifty cents.

          (2) For full-time resident graduate students, the total tuition fees shall be ((twenty-three percent of the per student graduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time resident graduate rates at ((the)) regional universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year thereafter shall be seventy-six dollars and fifty cents.

          (3) For full-time nonresident undergraduate students and all other full-time nonresident students not in graduate study programs, the total tuition fees shall be ((one hundred percent of the per student undergraduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time nonresident undergraduate rates at ((the)) regional universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be two hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.

          (4) For full-time nonresident graduate students, the total of tuition fees shall be ((seventy-five percent of the per student graduate educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time nonresident graduate rates at ((the)) regional universities ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be two hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.

          (5) The boards of trustees of each of the regional universities and The Evergreen State College shall charge and collect equally from each of the students registering at the particular institution and included in subsections (1) through (4) ((hereof)) of this section a services and activities fee ((which for each year of the 1981-83 biennium shall not exceed one hundred eighty-four dollars and fifty cents.  In subsequent biennia)).  The board of trustees may annually increase the ((existing)) fee, consistent with budgeting procedures set forth in RCW 28B.15.045, by a percentage not to exceed the percentage increase in tuition fees authorized in subsection (1) ((above:  PROVIDED, That such)) of this section, except that the percentage increase shall not apply to that portion of the services and activities fee previously committed to the repayment of bonded debt.  The services and activities fee committee provided for in RCW 28B.15.045 may initiate a request to the governing board for a fee increase.

 

        Sec. 8.  Section 8, chapter 257, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 25, chapter 390, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28B.15.502 are each amended to read as follows:

          Tuition fees ((and services and activities fees)) as defined in this chapter at each community college other than at summer quarters shall be as follows:

          (1) For full-time resident students, the total tuition fees shall be ((twenty-three percent of the per student educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time resident undergraduate rates at ((the)) community colleges ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

          (2) For full-time nonresident students, the total tuition fees shall be ((one hundred percent of the per student educational costs)) established at the projected national average of full-time nonresident rates at ((the)) community colleges ((computed)) as ((provided)) determined in RCW 28B.15.067 ((and 28B.15.070:  PROVIDED, That)).  The building fees for each academic year shall be four hundred and three dollars and fifty cents.

          (3) The boards of trustees of each of the state community colleges shall charge and collect equally from each of the students registering at the particular institution and included in subsections (1) and (2) ((hereof)) of this section a services and activities fee ((which for each year of the 1981-83 biennium shall not exceed sixty-four dollars and fifty cents.  In subsequent biennia)).  The board of trustees may annually increase the existing fee, consistent with budgeting procedures set forth in RCW 28B.15.045, by a percentage not to exceed the percentage increase in tuition fees authorized in subsection (1) ((above:  PROVIDED, That such)) of this section, except that the percentage increase shall not apply to that portion of the services and activities fee previously committed to the repayment of bonded debt.  The services and activities fee committee provided for in RCW 28B.15.045 may initiate a request to the governing board for a fee increase.

          (4) Tuition ((and services and activities)) fees consistent with the ((above)) schedule ((will)) in this section shall be fixed by the state board for community college((s)) education for summer school students.

          The board of trustees shall charge such fees for ungraded courses, noncredit courses, community services courses, and self-supporting short courses as it, in its discretion, may determine, not inconsistent with the rules ((and regulations)) of the state board for community college education.