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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 614
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Grimm, Prince, Rayburn, Basich, Jacobsen, Miller, Allen, Vander Stoep, Unsoeld, Sommers, McMullen, G. Nelson, K. Wilson, Belcher, D. Nelson, Kremen and Wineberry)
Read first time 2/7/86 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to services and activities fees at institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 28B.15.044 and 28B.15.045.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 80, Laws of 1980 and RCW 28B.15.044 are each amended to read as follows:
It is the
intent of the legislature that students will propose ((initial))
budgetary recommendations for consideration by the college or university
administration and governing board to the extent that such budget
recommendations are intended to be funded by services and activities fees. It
is also the intent of the legislature that services and activities fee
expenditures for programs devoted to political or economic philosophies shall
result in the presentation of a spectrum of ideas.
Sec. 2. Section 2, chapter 80, Laws of 1980 and RCW 28B.15.045 are each amended to read as follows:
The boards of trustees and the boards of regents of the respective institutions of higher education shall adopt guidelines governing the establishment and funding of programs supported by services and activities fees. Such guidelines shall spell out procedures for budgeting and expending services and activities fee revenue. Any such guidelines shall be consistent with the following provisions:
(1) ((Initial))
Responsibility for proposing program priorities and budget levels for
that portion of program budgets that derive from services and activities fees
shall reside with a services and activities fee committee, on which students
shall hold at least a majority of the voting memberships, such student members
to be recommended by the student government association or its equivalent. The
chairperson of the services and activities fee committee shall be selected by
the members of that committee. The governing board shall insure that the
services and activities fee committee provides an opportunity for all
viewpoints to be heard during its consideration of the funding of student
programs and activities.
(2) The services and activities fee committee shall evaluate existing and proposed programs and submit budget recommendations for the expenditure of those services and activities fees with supporting documents to the college or university administration, and shall submit informational copies of such to the governing board.
(3) The college or university administration shall review and publish a written response to the services and activities fee committee recommendations. This response shall outline areas of difference between the committee recommendations and the administration's proposed budget recommendations. This response, with supporting documentation, shall be submitted to the services and activities fee committee and the governing board.
(4) ((The
college or university administration, at the time it submits its proposed
budget recommendations for the expenditure of services and activities fees to
the governing board, shall also transmit a copy of the services and activities
fee committee recommendations along with any supporting documentation
originally provided by the committee and a copy of the administration's
response to the committee recommendations.)) In the event of a dispute
or disputes involving the services and activities fee committee
recommendations, the college or university administration shall meet with the
services and activities fee committee in a good faith effort to resolve such
dispute or disputes prior to submittal of final recommendations to the
governing board.
(5)
Before adoption of the final budget the governing board shall address areas of
difference between ((the)) any committee recommendations and the
administration's budget recommendations presented for adoption by the board. A
student representative of the services and activities fee committee shall be
given the opportunity to reasonably address the governing board concerning any
such differences.
(((5)))
(6) Services and activities fees and revenues generated by programs and
activities funded by such fees shall be deposited and expended through the
office of the chief fiscal officer of the institution.
(((6)))
(7) Services and activities fees and revenues generated by programs and
activities funded by such fees shall be subject to the applicable policies,
regulations, and procedures of the institution and the budget and accounting
act, chapter 43.88 RCW.
(((7)))
(8) All information pertaining to services and activities fees budgets
shall be made available to interested parties. (9) With the exception of any funds needed for bond
covenant obligations, once the budget for expending service and activities fees
is approved by the governing board, funds shall not be shifted from funds
budgeted for associated students or departmentally related categories until the
administration provides written justification to the committee and the
governing board, or the governing board gives its express approval, or the
recognized student governing organization gives its express approval.
(10) Any service and activities fees collected which exceed initially budgeted amounts are subject to subsections (1), (2), (3), and (9) of this section.