2585-S3 AMH ANDG MATH 168

3SHB 2585 - H AMD 1181

By Representative Anderson

FAILED 02/14/2012

    On page 15, after line 13, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 7.  RCW 28B.76.310 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 105 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The board, or successor agency, in consultation with the house of representatives and senate committees responsible for higher education, the respective fiscal committees of the house of representatives and senate, the office of financial management, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the state institutions of higher education, shall develop standardized methods and protocols for measuring the undergraduate and graduate educational costs for the state universities, regional universities, and community colleges, including but not limited to the costs of instruction, costs to provide degrees in specific fields, and costs for precollege remediation. When reporting accountability data, the board shall require that the institutions of higher education do so in accordance with the standardized methods and protocols.

    (2) By December 1, 2012, and every four years thereafter, the board, or successor agency, shall complete studies of the costs of instruction, the costs of degrees in specific fields, the costs of precollege remediation, and the costs of attendance, and shall report the same to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature.

(3) The institutions of higher education shall participate in the development of cost study methods and shall provide all necessary data in a timely fashion consistent with the protocols developed."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB), or successor agency, to require that institutions of higher education report accountability data in accordance with the standardized methods and protocols that have been developed by the HECB in consultation with the Legislature and other entities. Requires the HECB, or successor agency, to complete studies of the costs of instruction, the costs of degrees in specific fields, the costs of precollege remediation, and the costs of attendance by December 1, 2012 and every four years, and report to the Governor and the Legislature. 

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