PROPOSED RULES
COORDINATING BOARD
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 99-10-070.
Purpose: The running start program, chapter 250-79 WAC.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.600.390.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 250-79 WAC.
Summary: Clarifying enrollment and tuition rates pertaining to the running start program.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Response (partly) to legislative changes. Rules will be adopted jointly by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, and Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Doug Scrima, Higher Education Coordinating Board, 917 Lakeridge Way, Olympia, WA 98504-3430, (360) 753-7824.
Name of Proponent: Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB), Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC), governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The rules will clarify enrollment portions of the running start program, as well as changes in tuition rates. For more specific information, contact Doug Scrima at (360) 753-7824 or by e-mail dougs@hecb.wa.gov.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Rules are amended in order to make it clear that:
1. Running start students may not be charged tuition until a student's enrollment exceeds eighteen credits for a quarter or semester; and
2. The fifteen hour definition of "full time equivalent enrollment" only applies to the allocation of state funding.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: Higher Education Coordinating Board, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 917 Lakeridge Way, Olympia, WA 98504, on August 27, 1999, at 10:30 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Belma Villa, TDD (360) 753-7809, or (360) 753-7810.
Submit Written Comments to: Doug Scrima, dougs@hecb.wa.gov, (360) 753-7824, fax (360) 753-7808, by August 27, 1999.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 15, 1999.
July 20, 1999
Belma Villa
Executive Assistant
OTS-3247.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 250-79-030
Adoption by reference.
Adopting running start rule revisions by reference to amended sections WAC 392-169-025; 392-169-030; 392-169-055; 392-169-057; and 392-169-060, filed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction by WSR 99-13-124, filed 6/16/99.
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