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SENATE BILL 5604
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators Prince, Kohl, Bauer and Wood
Read first time 02/03/97. Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
AN ACT Relating to higher education tuition; amending RCW 28B.15.067; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:
The legislature finds that, as a partner in financing public higher education with students and parents who pay tuition and fees, it is important to provide predictability in state support and tuition rates as well as affordability for both taxpayers and students. To accomplish predictability and affordability in tuition rates, beginning with the 1998-99 academic year, the legislature intends that an increase in tuition rates not exceed three percent per year. It is the policy of the state that general tax support for public postsecondary instruction also change to reflect an increase in the ratio of general tax support to tuition by no less than one percent per year.
Sec. 2. RCW 28B.15.067 and 1996 c 212 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Tuition fees ((shall be established)) may be adjusted annually
under the provisions of this chapter beginning with the 1998-99 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.
(2)
((Academic year tuition for full-time students at the state's institutions
of higher education for the 1995-96 academic year, other than the summer term,
shall be as provided in this subsection.
(a)
At the University of Washington and Washington State University:
(i)
For resident undergraduate students and other 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, two
thousand seven hundred sixty-four dollars;
(ii)
For nonresident undergraduate students and other nonresident 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,
eight thousand two hundred sixty-eight dollars;
(iii)
For resident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the
degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of
veterinary medicine, four thousand four hundred ninety dollars;
(iv)
For nonresident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to
the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of
veterinary medicine, eleven thousand six hundred thirty-four dollars;
(v)
For resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of
medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, seven
thousand four hundred ninety-seven dollars; and
(vi)
For nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor
of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine,
nineteen thousand four hundred thirty-one dollars.
(b)
At the regional universities and The Evergreen State College:
(i)
For resident undergraduate and all other resident students not in graduate
study programs, two thousand forty-five dollars;
(ii)
For nonresident undergraduate and all other nonresident students not in
graduate study programs, seven thousand nine hundred ninety-two dollars;
(iii)
For resident graduate students, three thousand four hundred forty-three
dollars; and
(iv)
For nonresident graduate students, eleven thousand seventy-one dollars.
(c)
At the community colleges:
(i)
For resident students, one thousand two hundred twelve dollars; and
(ii)
For nonresident students, five thousand one hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty
cents.
(3)))
Academic year tuition for full-time students at the state's institutions of
higher education beginning with the ((1996-97)) 1997-98 academic
year, other than the summer term, shall be as provided in this subsection.
(a) At the University of Washington and Washington State University:
(i) For resident undergraduate students and other 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, two thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars;
(ii) For nonresident undergraduate students and other nonresident 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, nine thousand four hundred ninety-one dollars;
(iii) For resident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, four thousand six hundred sixty-nine dollars;
(iv) For nonresident graduate and law students not enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, twelve thousand one hundred dollars;
(v) For resident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, seven thousand seven hundred ninety-seven dollars; and
(vi) For nonresident students enrolled in programs leading to the degrees of doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, twenty thousand two hundred nine dollars.
(b) At the regional universities and The Evergreen State College:
(i) For resident undergraduate and all other resident students not in graduate study programs, two thousand one hundred twenty-seven dollars;
(ii) For nonresident undergraduate and all other nonresident students not in graduate study programs, eight thousand three hundred twelve dollars;
(iii) For resident graduate students, three thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars; and
(iv) For nonresident graduate students, eleven thousand five hundred fourteen dollars.
(c) At the community colleges:
(i) For resident students, one thousand two hundred sixty-one dollars; and
(ii) For nonresident students, five thousand three hundred sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents.
(((4)))
(3) For the 1998-99 academic year and thereafter, the tuition fee rates
specified in subsection (3) of this section may not increase more than three
percent per year.
(4) The tuition fees established under this chapter shall not apply to high school students enrolling in community colleges under RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.395.
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