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Tuition Waiver

This waiver is available for eligible financially needy students. 

Summary

Community colleges may waive all or a portion of tuition (operating and building fees) and services and activities fees for financially needy students eligible for resident tuition within the 35 percent legislative limit.

Community colleges may waive all or a portion of tuition (operating and building fees) and services and activities fees for other students, at college discretion except for athletics, not to exceed three-fourths of one percent of tuition collections.   

This waiver is included in the 35% Legislative limit.

For Clarification: This waiver is different from the Instutitional Financial Aid Fund (commonly referred to as the 3 1/2 % Loan Fund). For further information see RCW 28B.15.820.

Statute

RCW 28B.15.740(1) – Limitation on total tuition and fee waivers.

1. Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for needy students who are eligible for resident tuition and fee rates pursuant to RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.013. Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for other students at the discretion of the governing boards, except on the basis of participation in intercollegiate athletic programs, not to exceed three-fourths of one percent of gross authorized operating fees revenue under RCW 28B.15.910 for the community colleges considered as a whole and not to exceed two percent of gross authorized operating fees revenue for the other institutions of higher education.
2. In addition to the tuition and fee waivers provided in subsection (1) of this section and subject to the provisions of RCW 28B.15.455, 28B.15.460, and 28B.15.910, a total dollar amount of tuition and fee waivers awarded by any state university, regional university, or state college under this chapter, not to exceed one percent, as calculated in subsection (1) of this section, may be used for the purpose of achieving or maintaining gender equity in intercollegiate athletic programs. At any institution that has an underrepresented gender class in intercollegiate athletics, any such waivers shall be awarded:
   1. First, to members of the underrepresented gender class who participate in intercollegiate athletics, where such waivers result in saved or displaced money that can be used for athletic programs for the underrepresented gender class. Such saved or displaced money shall be used for programs for the underrepresented gender class; and
   2. Second, (i) to nonmembers of the underrepresented gender class who participate in intercollegiate athletics, where such waivers result in saved or displaced money that can be used for athletic programs for members of the underrepresented gender class. Such saved or displaced money shall be used for programs for the underrepresented gender class; or (ii) to members of the underrepresented gender class who participate in intercollegiate athletics, where such waivers do not result in any saved or displaced money that can be used for athletic programs for members of the underrepresented gender class.

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