SB 5173 -
By Committee on Higher Education
ADOPTED 03/30/2009
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 28B.35.205 and 1991 c 58 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
In addition to all other powers and duties given to them by law,
Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, and
Western Washington University are hereby authorized to grant any degree
through the master's degree to any student who has completed a program
of study and/or research in those areas which are determined by the
faculty and board of trustees of the college to be appropriate for the
granting of such degree: PROVIDED, That before any degree is
authorized under this section it shall be subject to the review and
approval of the higher education coordinating board.
The board of trustees, upon recommendation of the faculty, may also
confer honorary bachelor's ((or)), master's, or doctorate level degrees
upon persons ((other than graduates of the institution,)) in
recognition of their learning or devotion to education, literature,
art, or science. No degree may be conferred in consideration of the
payment of money or the donation of any kind of property."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: The striking amendment retains all provisions of the original bill except that it removes the restriction that honorary degrees may only be granted to persons who did not graduate from the institution granting the honorary degree.