S-1707               _______________________________________________

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6625

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators von Reichbauer, Smitherman and Johnson

Read first time 1/19/90 and referred to Committee on  Higher Education.

AN ACT Relating to students at institutions of higher education; 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) A male under the age of twenty-six is not eligible to receive a loan, grant, or waiver of tuition and fees under this title or to enroll in any state institution of higher education unless the person files a statement of selective service status certifying that the individual:

          (a) Has registered with the selective service system in accordance with the military selective service act, 62 Stat. 604, as amended as of the effective date of this section; or

          (b) Is not required to register with the selective service for one of the following reasons:

          (i) He is under eighteen years of age;

          (ii) He is in the armed forces of the United States on active duty, other than in a reserve or national guard unit;

          (iii) He is neither a citizen of the United States nor a resident alien;

          (iv) He is a permanent resident of the trust territory of the Pacific Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands; or

          (v) He is excused from registration for some other reason provided by federal law.  The reason and the applicable federal law shall be given in the statement.

          (2) The boards of regents and trustees shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.