Washington Administrative Code

The office and OSPI will develop tracking procedures to ensure continued eligibility and to determine compliance for awarding of college bound scholarships (RCW 28B.118.020 and 28B.118.040).(1) The office shall:(a) Develop and implement a student application, selection, and notif…

To be eligible to receive the annual scholarship disbursement, college bound scholarship students who have met the requirements outlined in WAC 250-84-030, must:(1) Graduate from a Washington high school with at least a C average or receive home-based instruction or meet other re…

(1) The college bound scholarship is intended to combine with the Washington college grant program and other state aid, as determined by the office, to ensure eligible students have the opportunity to receive sufficient state financial aid to meet the cost of full tuition (at pub…

Requests for review of agency decisions regarding application eligibility for initial sign-up and pledge requirements under WAC 250-84-030 should be directed to the office in writing within thirty days after notification of the agency decision. Student complaints regarding schola…

(1) Cash requests and reimbursements will follow procedures similar to Washington college grant.(2) A student-by-student fund reconciliation must be completed by the institution at the time payments are reported using the office's established process and no later than the end of …

(1) The staff of the office under the direction of the executive director will manage the administrative functions relative to college bound scholarship.(2) The office will review institutional administrative compliance as outlined in WAC 250-21-061.Any student who has obtained a…

The Washington award for vocational excellence program, also known as WAVE, recognizes the outstanding achievements of vocational or technical students graduating from high school, or attending a community college or technical college, while in the state of Washington. To the ext…

Contact the workforce training and education coordinating board or the on-campus WAVE coordinator at your high school, skills center, or public community or technical college for application information.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.76.670. WSR 10-15-072, § 250-85-020, filed 7/16…

In addition to the usage and time limitations stated in WAC 250-85-050, a WAVE recipient must:(1) Be a Washington resident as defined in chapter 250-18 WAC.(2) Be a student enrolled in undergraduate level coursework.(3) Attend a participating college, university, or private caree…

The WAVE recipient:(1) May use the scholarship for nonconsecutive academic terms of study.(2) May attend school full time or less than full time and receive the scholarship.(3) Uses one term of WAVE eligibility for each academic term the scholarship is received, without regard to…

(1) Individuals awarded the WAVE scholarship may receive up to six academic quarters, or four semesters, or the equivalent combination of academic quarters and semesters, of scholarship for undergraduate level coursework. (2) Recipients have three years to begin using the WAVE sc…

(1) The scholarship value is indexed to undergraduate, resident tuition, and service and activity fees at the state's public colleges and universities, not to exceed the cost at the public research universities. The scholarship value does not include the cost of technology fees o…

The scholarship value may be reduced if the tuition charge is decreased for an academic term in which a WAVE recipient drops one or more classes.(1) If a WAVE recipient drops a class or withdraws within the institution's tuition refund period, the student must reimburse the diffe…

Individuals must decide which educational expenses to pay with the WAVE funds for the academic term. The WAVE scholarship will not cover all educational costs. Examples of expenses in the student budget for which the scholarship may be used are: Tuition, room and board, books and…

Because the scholarships are paid from limited funds appropriated to the program, payments are subject to the following priorities:(1) First priority is to recipients attending during the regular academic year who are identified to the higher education coordinating board by the c…

The scholarship may be used only for undergraduate level coursework at approved postsecondary institutions in the state of Washington that meet one of the definitions described later in this section. The postsecondary institution must have current, valid, signed, and approved ins…

A recipient of the WAVE scholarship is responsible:(1) To notify the institution's scholarship coordinator of the intent to use the WAVE scholarship for each academic term as well as any enrollment status changes, such as dropping or adding a class, a leave of absence, withdrawin…

The workforce training and education coordinating board:(1) Has primary responsibility for program policy for the WAVE program.(2) Administers the application and recipient selection processes for the WAVE program.(3) Provides the higher education coordinating board with all pert…

The higher education coordinating board:(1) Serves as fiscal agent for payment of the WAVE scholarship for undergraduate coursework to recipients selected after June 30, 1994.(2) Is responsible for policy related to scholarship payment and fiscal issues, in consultation with the …

The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure compliance by the Washington higher education facilities authority with the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW (Initiative 276), and chapter 34.05 RCW.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040(1). WSR 10-13-080, § 253-02-010, filed 6/15/10, …

(1) All adjectives and adverbs, including but not limited to the words "adequate," "approved," "qualified," "reasonable," "reputable," "satisfactory," "sufficiently," and "suitable," as used in this title to qualify a person, procedure, process or otherwise shall be as determined…

(1) "Act" means chapter 169, Laws of 1983, and chapter 28B.07 RCW.(2) "Washington higher education facilities authority" and "authority" each mean the corporate and politic public body created by the act and also refer to the staff and employees of the authority.The terms defined…

(1) The authority is a public entity established under the provisions of chapter 28B.07 RCW, which exercises essential governmental functions.(2) Members. The authority shall consist of seven members as follows: The governor, lieutenant governor, executive coordinator of the stat…

(1) Uniform procedure rules: Practice and procedure in and before the authority are governed by the uniform procedural rules codified in the Washington Administrative Code, WAC 1-08-005 through 1-08-590, as now or hereafter amended, which rules the authority adopts as its own, su…

The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure compliance by the Washington higher education facilities authority with the provisions of RCW 42.17.250 through 42.17.340, dealing with public records.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. WSR 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-12-010, filed…

(1) "Public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or propriety function prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency, regardless of physical form or characteristics.(2) "W…

All public records of the authority are deemed to be available for public inspection and copying pursuant to these rules, except as otherwise provided by RCW 42.17.310.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. WSR 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-12-030, filed 11/27/84.]

The authority's public records shall be under the charge of the public records officer designated by the executive director of the authority. The person so designated shall be located in the administrative office of the authority. The public records officer shall be responsible f…

Public records shall be available for inspection and copying from 9:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. WSR 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-12-050, filed 11/27/84.]

In accordance with the requirements of chapter 42.17 RCW that agencies prevent unreasonable invasion of privacy, that they protect public records from damage or disorganization and that they prevent excessive interference with essential functions of the agency, public records may…

No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records. The authority shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents per page of copy for providing copies of public records and for use of the authority's copying equipment. This charge is the amount necessary to reimburse the autho…

(1) The authority reserves the right to determine that a public record requested in accordance with the procedures outlined in WAC 253-12-060 is exempt under the provisions of RCW 42.17.310.(2) In addition, pursuant to RCW 42.17.260, the authority reserves the right to delete ide…

(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a request for a public record may petition for prompt review of such decision by tendering a written request for review. The written request shall specifically refer to the written statement by the public records officer or other staff …

In order that public records maintained on the premises of the authority may be protected from damage or disorganization as required by chapter 42.17 RCW, the following procedures and practices are hereby instituted:(1) Upon receipt of a request by a member of the public for a pu…

(1) The authority shall establish a current index which provides identifying information as to the following records issued, adopted or promulgated since its inception:(a) Final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of…

The purpose of this chapter shall be to set forth the principles governing the authority's financing process and the designation of underwriters and bond counsel. In addition, the authority shall adopt policies to provide guidance to applicants, authority staff and finance team.[…

(1) "Applicant" means a participant which submits an application to the authority.(2) "Application" means a formal request for the providing of bonds for the financing of a higher education institution by the authority, in a format and containing such information as the authority…

Authority staff will notify applicants of what information they should provide. Applicants who have questions about the application process should contact authority staff.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. WSR 95-19-025, § 253-16-030, filed 9/11/95, effective 10/12/95; WSR 84-…

(1) The authority, pursuant to chapter 28B.07 RCW, shall require applicants to pay fees and charges to the authority to provide it with funds for expenses of issuance and sale of bonds, and other charges for services provided by the authority in connection with projects undertake…

An application will be reviewed and accepted by the executive director and such authority staff as he or she determines. Such review will be based upon the stated legislative intent to enable the building, providing, and utilization of modern, well-equipped, efficient and reasona…

(1) The authority shall create and maintain a roster of underwriters who the authority believes possess the requisite special expertise and professional standing to provide bond marketing services which would be accepted by bondholders and other members of the financial community…

The authority will establish a roster of bond counsels whom the authority believes possess the requisite special expertise and professional standing to provide bond counsel opinions which would be accepted by the underwriters, bond holders, rating agencies and other members of th…

The purpose of these rules is to implement special tax valuation for rehabilitation of historic properties under which the assessed value of eligible historic property is determined at a rate that excludes, for up to ten years, the actual cost of the rehabilitation.[Statutory Aut…

These rules are promulgated by the advisory council on historic preservation under the authority granted in RCW 84.26.120.[Statutory Authority: RCW 84.26.120. WSR 86-21-103 (Order 86-11), § 254-20-020, filed 10/20/86.]

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout these rules:(1) "Actual cost of rehabilitation" means costs incurred within twenty-four months prior to the date of application and directly resulting from one or more of the following…

(1) Each local jurisdiction, at the option of the local legislative authority, shall designate a local review board and establish one or more classes of historic property that are eligible for special valuation under these rules.(2) Multiple jurisdictions within the same county m…

(1) Each "class of eligible historic property" shall be defined by the local legislative authority using objective criteria which lead to consistent decisions on determinations of eligibility.(2) The criteria for the class of eligible historic property may take into account such …

(1) The local review board may be an existing board or commission of local government or a special purpose authority, but shall not be the same as the local legislative authority.(2) The local review board shall be identified by local ordinance as having responsibility to:(a) Mak…

(1) Following receipt of an application for special valuation from the county assessor, the local review board shall, consistent with locally adopted rules of procedure, determine if the property meets the following criteria:(a) The property is historic property;(b) The property …

(1) The state historic preservation officer will, upon request, provide technical assistance to the local legislative authority and the local review board in conducting special valuation activities.(2) The state historic preservation officer shall inform the local review board if…