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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1047
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/10/97.
Changing tuition waivers for members of the Washington
national guard and employees of institutions of higher education.
AN
ACT Relating to tuition waivers; amending RCW 28B.15.558; and repealing RCW
28B.15.535.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
28B.15.558 and 1996 c 305 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The
Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion
of the tuition and services and activities fees for state employees as defined
under subsection (2) of this section and members of the Washington national
guard. The enrollment of these persons is pursuant to the following
conditions:
(a)
Such ((state employees)) persons shall register for and be
enrolled in courses on a space available basis and no new course sections shall
be created as a result of the registration;
(b)
Enrollment information on ((state employees)) persons registered
pursuant to this section shall be maintained separately from other enrollment
information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall
such ((state employees)) persons be considered in any enrollment
statistics ((which)) that would affect budgetary determinations;
and
(c)
((State employees)) Persons registering on a space available
basis shall be charged a registration fee of not less than five dollars.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "state employees" means persons
employed half‑time or more in one or more of the following employee
classifications:
(a)
Permanent employees ((employed half-time or more)) in classified
service under chapter 41.06 RCW;
(b)
Permanent employees ((employed half-time or more who are)) governed
by chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the exercise of the option under RCW
41.56.201;
(c)
Permanent classified employees and exempt paraprofessional employees of
technical colleges ((employed half-time or more)); and ((nonacademic))
(d)
Faculty, counselors, librarians, and exempt professional and administrative
employees ((and members of the faculties and instructional staff employed
half-time or more)) at institutions of higher education as defined in RCW
28B.10.016.
(3)
In awarding waivers, an institution of higher education may award waivers to
eligible persons employed by the institution before considering waivers for
eligible persons who are not employed by the institution.
(4)
If an institution of higher education exercises the authority granted under
this section, it shall include all eligible state employees and members of the
Washington national guard in the pool of persons eligible to participate in the
program.
(5)
In establishing eligibility to receive waivers, institutions of higher
education may not discriminate between full‑time employees and employees
who are employed half‑time or more.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW
28B.15.535 and 1996 c 6 s 1, 1992 c 231 s 15, 1985 c 390 s 28,
1983 c 220 s 1, & 1979 c 82 s 2 are each repealed.
Passed the House March 7, 1997.
Passed the Senate April 9, 1997.
Approved by the Governor
April 25, 1997.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 25, 1997.
