28B.15.545 - Waiver of tuition and fees for recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence -- Grants. - Washington Statutes

Waiver of tuition and fees for recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence — Grants.

(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 shall waive tuition and services and activities fees for a maximum of two years for those recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence established under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.540 who received their awards before June 30, 1994. Each recipient shall not receive a waiver for more than six quarters or four semesters. To qualify for the waiver, recipients shall enter the college or university within three years of receiving the award. A minimum grade point average at the college or university equivalent to 3.00, or an above-average rating at a technical college, shall be required in the first year to qualify for the second-year waiver. The tuition waiver shall be granted for undergraduate studies only.

     (2) Students named by the workforce training and education coordinating board after June 30, 1994, as recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.550 shall be eligible to receive a grant for undergraduate course work as authorized under RCW 28B.76.670.

[2004 c 275 § 50; 1995 1st sp.s. c 7 § 7; 1993 sp.s. c 18 § 20; 1992 c 231 § 18; 1987 c 231 § 1; 1985 c 390 § 31; 1984 c 267 § 6.]

Notes: Part headings not law -- 2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.030.

Severability -- 1995 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 28C.04.520.

Effective date -- 1993 sp.s. c 18: See note following RCW 28B.12.060.

Effective date -- 1992 c 231: See note following RCW 28B.10.016.