AN
ACT Relating to the border county higher education opportunity pilot project;
amending RCW 28B.15.012, 28B.15.0139, and 28B.80.806; and providing an
expiration date.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
28B.15.012 and 1999 c 320 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Whenever
used in chapter 28B.15 RCW:
(1)
The term "institution" shall mean a public university, college, or
community college within the state of Washington.
(2)
The term "resident student" shall mean:
(a)
A financially independent student who has had a domicile in the state of
Washington for the period of one year immediately prior to the time of
commencement of the first day of the semester or quarter for which the student
has registered at any institution and has in fact established a bona fide
domicile in this state primarily for purposes other than educational;
(b)
A dependent student, if one or both of the student's parents or legal guardians
have maintained a bona fide domicile in the state of Washington for at least
one year immediately prior to commencement of the semester or quarter for which
the student has registered at any institution;
(c)
A student classified as a resident based upon domicile by an institution on or
before May 31, 1982, who was enrolled at a state institution during any term of
the 1982-1983 academic year, so long as such student's enrollment (excepting
summer sessions) at an institution in this state is continuous;
(d)
Any student who has spent at least seventy-five percent of both his or her
junior and senior years in high schools in this state, whose parents or legal
guardians have been domiciled in the state for a period of at least one year
within the five-year period before the student graduates from high school, and
who enrolls in a public institution of higher education within six months of
leaving high school, for as long as the student remains continuously enrolled
for three quarters or two semesters in any calendar year;
(e)
A student who is the spouse or a dependent of a person who is on active
military duty stationed in the state;
(f)
A student of an out-of-state institution of higher education who is attending a
Washington state institution of higher education pursuant to a home tuition
agreement as described in RCW 28B.15.725; or
(g)
A student who meets the requirements of RCW 28B.15.0131 or 28B.15.0139:
PROVIDED, That a nonresident student enrolled for more than six hours per
semester or quarter shall be considered as attending for primarily educational
purposes, and for tuition and fee paying purposes only such period of
enrollment shall not be counted toward the establishment of a bona fide
domicile of one year in this state unless such student proves that the student
has in fact established a bona fide domicile in this state primarily for
purposes other than educational.
(3)
The term "nonresident student" shall mean any student who does not
qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of RCW
28B.15.012 and 28B.15.013. Except for students qualifying under subsection
(2)(f) of this section, a nonresident student shall include:
(a)
A student attending an institution with the aid of financial assistance
provided by another state or governmental unit or agency thereof, such
nonresidency continuing for one year after the completion of such semester or
quarter. This condition shall not apply to students from Columbia, Multnomah,
Clatsop, Clackamas, or Washington county, Oregon participating in the
border county pilot project under RCW 28B.80.806, 28B.80.807, and 28B.15.0139.
(b)
A person who is not a citizen of the United States of America who does not have
permanent or temporary resident status or does not hold
"Refugee-Parolee" or "Conditional Entrant" status with the United
States immigration and naturalization service or is not otherwise permanently
residing in the United States under color of law and who does not also meet and
comply with all the applicable requirements in RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.013.
(4)
The term "domicile" shall denote a person's true, fixed and permanent
home and place of habitation. It is the place where the student intends to
remain, and to which the student expects to return when the student leaves
without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere. The burden of proof
that a student, parent or guardian has established a domicile in the state of
Washington primarily for purposes other than educational lies with the student.
(5)
The term "dependent" shall mean a person who is not financially
independent. Factors to be considered in determining whether a person is
financially independent shall be set forth in rules and regulations adopted by
the higher education coordinating board and shall include, but not be limited
to, the state and federal income tax returns of the person and/or the student's
parents or legal guardian filed for the calendar year prior to the year in
which application is made and such other evidence as the board may require.
Sec.
2. RCW
28B.15.0139 and 1999 c 320 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
For
the purposes of determining resident tuition rates, "resident
student" includes a resident of Oregon, residing in Columbia, Multnomah,
Clatsop, Clackamas, or Washington county, who meets the following
conditions:
(1)
The student is eligible to pay resident tuition rates under Oregon laws and has
been domiciled in Columbia, Multnomah, Clatsop, Clackamas, or Washington
county for at least ninety consecutive days immediately before enrollment at a
community college located in Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, or Pacific county,
Washington; or
(2) The student is enrolled in courses located at the Vancouver
branch of Washington State University for eight credits or less.
Sec.
3. RCW
28B.80.806 and 1999 c 320 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The border county higher education opportunity pilot project is created. The
purpose of the pilot project is to allow four Washington institutions of higher
education that are located in four counties on the Oregon border to implement,
on a trial basis, tuition policies that correspond to Oregon policies. Under
the border county pilot project, Lower Columbia Community College, Grays Harbor
Community College, and Clark Community College may enroll students who reside
in the bordering Oregon counties of Columbia, Multnomah, Clatsop, Clackamas,
and Washington at resident tuition rates. The Vancouver branch of Washington
State University may enroll students who reside in the bordering Oregon
counties of Columbia, Multnomah, Clatsop, Clackamas, and Washington for
eight credits or less at resident tuition rates.
(2)
Washington institutions of higher education participating in the pilot project
shall give priority program enrollment to Washington residents.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. This
act expires June 30, 2002.
