CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1977
Chapter 63, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
RUNNING START--ATTENDANCE IN
OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98
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Passed by the House February 10,
1998 Yeas 95 Nays 1
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 3, 1998
Yeas 44 Nays 4
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1977 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate
on the dates hereon set forth.
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved March 20, 1998 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 20, 1998 - 4:47 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1977
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read
first time . Referred to Committee on .
Allowing arrangements for running start students to attend
out-of-state community colleges.
AN
ACT Relating to high school students' options; adding a new section to chapter
28A.600 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature finds that students may have difficulty attending community college
for the purpose of the running start program due to the distance of the nearest
community college. In these cases, it may be more advantageous for students in
border counties to attend community colleges in neighboring states. The
legislature encourages school districts to pursue interagency agreements with
community colleges in neighboring states when it is in the best interests of
the student's educational progress.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.600 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
School districts in Washington and community colleges in Oregon and Idaho may
enter into cooperative agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW for the purpose of
allowing eleventh and twelfth grade students who are enrolled in the school
districts to earn high school and college credit concurrently.
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if a school district
exercises the authority granted in subsection (1) of this section, the
provisions of RCW 28A.600.310 through 28A.600.360 and 28A.600.380 through
28A.600.400 shall apply to the agreements.
(3)
A school district may enter an agreement in which the community college agrees
to accept an amount less than the state-wide uniform rate under RCW
28A.600.310(2) if the community college does not charge participating students
tuition and fees. A school district may not pay a per-credit rate in excess
of the state-wide uniform rate under RCW 28A.600.310(2).
(4)
To the extent feasible, the agreements shall permit participating students to
attend the community college without paying any tuition and fees. The
agreements shall not permit the community college to charge participating
students nonresident tuition and fee rates.
(5)
The agreements shall ensure that participating students are permitted to enroll
only in courses that are transferable to one or more institutions of higher
education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.
Passed the House February 10, 1998.
Passed the Senate March 3, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 20, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 20, 1998.