PROPOSED RULES
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 00-07-128.
Title of Rule: Exceptional faculty awards program.
Purpose: Expands use of funds generated by the program through passage of 2000 session law (SB 6770) that took effect July 1, 2000.
Other Identifying Information: Emergency rules were submitted through WSR 00-14-016.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28B.50 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: WAC 131-16-450.
Summary: Passage of SB 6770 during 2000 legislative session expanding use of funds generated by the program.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Ron Crossland, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 319 7th Avenue, Olympia, (360) 753-3674; Enforcement: Howard Fischer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Education Division, (360) 586-2789.
Name of Proponent: State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Purpose and Summary above.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Allows crediting of funds to the college or its foundation, cites that fund proceeds may be used for faculty development activities in addition to other allowable uses already defined. Also, each college may designate funds to individuals, groups, or the improvement of faculty as a whole.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. No small business economic impact.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: Peninsula College, 1502 East Lauridsen, Port Angeles, WA 98362, on September 21, 2000, at 10 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Claire Krueger by September 1, 2000, (360) 586-6440.
Submit Written Comments to: Ron Crossland, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, P.O. Box 42495, Olympia, WA 98504-2495, fax (360) 586-6440, by September 1, 2000.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 21, 2000.
July 14, 2000
Claire C. Krueger
Executive Assistant and
Agency Rules Coordinator
OTS-4083.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-13-013, filed 6/4/99,
effective 7/5/99)
WAC 131-16-450
Exceptional faculty awards trust fund.
(1) Pursuant to chapter 29, Laws of 1990, the community and technical college exceptional faculty award program shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) All funds generated by and through this program shall be
credited to the college ((district's)) or its foundation
exceptional faculty local endowment trust fund, from which only
the earnings of such funds may be expended for the purpose of
this program.
(b) Authorization to transfer funds from the exceptional
faculty award trust fund in the state treasury to a college
((district)) or its foundation endowment fund shall be contingent
upon certification by the college ((district)) that no less than
twenty-five thousand dollars of matching cash donations from
private sources has been deposited in the ((district)) college
endowment fund.
(c) Grants to an individual college((s)) or its foundation
shall not exceed: Four grants to each college, in any single
biennium.
(d) Award of requested grants to a college((s)) or its
foundation shall be contingent upon determination by the state
board for community and technical college that the request is
consistent with and meets the requirements of ((these
guidelines)) the rules of the state board for community and
technical colleges and RCW 28B.50.835 through 28B.50.844. Further, if grant requests exceed available funds, the state
board for community and technical college shall select the
recipients.
(e) Funds granted for the purposes of the faculty awards
program shall be held in trust by ((the district for)) the
college to which such funds were specifically awarded.
(f) Each college ((district)) shall establish procedures by
which awards may be named in honor of a donor, benefactor, or
honoree; may designate the use of funds to individuals, groups,
or for the improvement of the faculty as a whole; and may renew
or redesignate the award annually.
(g) ((By September 1 of each year beginning in 1991, each
district shall report to the state board for community and
technical college)) At the end of each fiscal year, the state
board for community and technical colleges will request an
accounting from each of the participating colleges to include the
amount of contributed endowment funds, their earnings, type of
investments, and uses made during the previous fiscal year.
(h) The process for determining awards shall be subject to collective bargaining, except that the amount of individual awards and the recipient(s) shall be determined by the district board of trustees.
(i) Only ((persons holding)) individuals, groups, or the
faculty as a whole, who hold faculty assignments as defined by
RCW 28B.52.020(2) shall be eligible to receive awards under this
section.
(2) The award of exceptional faculty grants from the
((district)) college endowment fund shall be subject to the
following limitations:
(((a))) The proceeds from the endowment fund shall be used
to pay expenses for faculty awards, which may include faculty
development activities, in-service training, temporary substitute
or replacement costs directly associated with faculty development
programs, conferences, travel, publication and dissemination of
exemplary projects; to make a one time supplement to the salary
of the holder or holders of a faculty award, for the duration of
the award; or to pay expenses associated with the holder's
program area.
(((b))) (3) Funds from this program shall not be used to
supplant existing faculty development funds.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. 99-13-013, § 131-16-450, filed 6/4/99, effective 7/5/99; 98-15-007, § 131-16-450, filed 7/2/98, effective 8/2/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.090 (7)(d) and (10), 28B.50.851, 28B.15.502(4), 28B.15.522, 28B.50.140(3) and 1990 c 29. 90-20-009 (Order 122, Resolution Nos. 90-42 and 90-43), § 131-16-450, filed 9/20/90, effective 10/21/90.]