Nonresident-Operating Fees Only
(fee pay status 29 or 31)
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Tuition Waiver
Waiver of nonresident operating fee differential.
Summary
Community colleges may waive all or part of the nonresident operating fee differential; but not the building fee differential. The amount and/or conditions of the waiver are set by local boards of trustees.
This waiver is not subject to the 35% legislative limit.
Residency requirement
Students must be U.S. citizens or Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) permanent residents.
State Board Resolution
WHEREAS the Legislature, through the biennial budget (SB 5180), has provided authorization to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to waive operating fees; and
WHEREAS this authority will expire at the end of the 1999-2001 biennium;
BE IT RESOLVED that the State Board delegates to community college boards of trustees the authority to grant operating fee waivers outside the limits of RCW 28B.15.910 under the following conditions:
BE IT RESOLVED that the State Board delegates to community college boards of trustees the authority to grant operating fee waivers outside the limits of RCW 28B.15.910 under the following conditions:
- The authority is effective for the 1999-2001 biennium;
- District boards shall adopt policies and procedures under which operating fee waivers may be granted;
- Waivers may be granted based on reasonable classes or categories of students;
- Waivers may only be granted for all or a portion of the difference between the nonresident operating fee and the resident operating fee; and
- Waivers may be granted to U.S. citizens and persons granted “permanent resident” status by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective winter quarter 2000.
Statute
RCW 28B.15.915 – Waiver of operating fees – Report.
In addition to waivers granted under the authority of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges, subject to state board policy, may waive all or a portion of the operating fees for any student. There shall be no state general fund support for waivers granted under this section.
By January 31st of each odd-numbered year, the institutions of higher education shall prepare a report of the costs and benefits of waivers granted under chapter 152, Laws of 2000 and shall transmit copies of their report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature.
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