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                         SENATE BILL 5278

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Kohl‑Welles, Finkbeiner, Shin and Bauer

Read first time 01/18/1999.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Changing provisions relating to foreign degree-granting institutions' branch campuses.

    AN ACT Relating to foreign degree-granting institutions; and amending RCW 28B.90.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.90.020 and 1993 c 181 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    A foreign degree-granting institution that submits evidence satisfactory to the board of its authorized status in its country of domicile and its intent to establish an educational facility in the state is entitled to operate a branch campus ((in the state)) as defined in RCW 28B.90.010.  Upon receipt of the satisfactory evidence, the board ((shall)) may certify that the branch campus of the foreign degree-granting institution is approved to operate in the state under this chapter, for as long as the foreign degree-granting institution retains its authorized status in its country of domicile.

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