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Washington Statutes, Title 28B

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Title 28B, HIGHER EDUCATION

54 chapters · 1,102 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 28B1,102 Ch 28B.10, Colleges and universities generally.165 Ch 28B.50, Community and technical colleges.142 Ch 28B.20, University of Washington.100 Ch 28B.15, College and university fees.82 Ch 28B.30, Washington State University.77 Ch 28B.76, Office of student financial assistance.41 Ch 28B.40, The Evergreen State College.36 Ch 28B.77, Student achievement council.36 Ch 28B.35, Regional universities.33 Ch 28B.07, Washington higher education faciliti…28 Ch 28B.85, Degree-granting institutions.27 Ch 28B.52, Collective bargaining—Academic perso…24 Ch 28B.95, Washington advanced college tuition …24 Ch 28B.92, State student financial aid programs.21

100 sections·Filtered byTitle 28B✕Ch 28B.20✕

RCW 28B.20.010 Designation.
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The state university located and established in Seattle, King county, shall be designated the University of Washington. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.20.010. Prior: 1909 c 97 p 238 s 1; RRS s 4544; prior: 1897 c 118 s 182; 1890 p 395 s 1. Formerly RCW 28.77.010.]
RCW 28B.20.020 Purpose.
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The aim and purpose of the University of Washington shall be to provide a liberal education in literature, science, art, law, medicine, military science and such other fields as may be established therein from time to time by the board of regents or by law. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 2…
RCW 28B.20.054 Credits—Statewide transfer policy and agreement—Establishment.
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See RCW 28B.77.210 and 28B.77.215.
RCW 28B.20.055 "Major line" defined.
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See RCW 28B.10.100.
Major lines common to University of Washington and Washington State University.

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RCW 28B.20.057

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See RCW 28B.10.115.

RCW 28B.20.060 Courses exclusive to University of Washington.

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Except as provided in RCW 28B.30.058, the courses of instruction of the University of Washington shall embrace as exclusive major lines, law, medicine, forest products, logging engineering, library sciences, and fisheries. [ 2015 c 6 s 3; 2009 c 207 s 2; 1985 c 218 s 2; 1969 ex.s…

RCW 28B.20.100 Regents—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies—Quorum.

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(1)(a) The governance of the University of Washington shall be vested in a board of regents to consist of 11 members, one of whom shall be a student and one of whom shall be a full-time or emeritus member of the faculty. (b) The members shall be appointed by the governor with the…

RCW 28B.20.105 Regents—Organization and conduct of business—Bylaws, rules and regulations—Open public meetings.

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The board shall organize by electing from its membership a president and an executive committee, of which committee the president shall be ex officio chair. The board may adopt bylaws or rules and regulations for its own government and shall follow procedures for open public meet…

RCW 28B.20.110 Regents—Secretary—Treasurer—Duties—Treasurer's bond.

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The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer who shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the board and carry out such respective duties as the board shall prescribe. In addition to such other duties as the board prescribes, the secretary shall record all…

RCW 28B.20.115 Regents—Oaths.

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See RCW 28B.10.520.

RCW 28B.20.116 Regents—Expenses.

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See RCW 28B.10.525.

RCW 28B.20.117 Regents—Attorney general as advisor.

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See RCW 28B.10.510.

RCW 28B.20.130 Powers and duties of regents—General.

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General powers and duties of the board of regents are as follows: (1) To have full control of the university and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law. (2) To employ the president of the university, his or her assistants, members of the faculty, and e…

RCW 28B.20.134 Powers and duties of regents—Consent to sale of university granted lands.

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See RCW 79.11.010.

RCW 28B.20.135 Powers and duties of regents—Employment of architects, engineers, for construction of buildings and facilities.

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The board shall have power to employ or contract for the services of skilled architects and engineers to prepare plans and specifications, and supervise the construction of university buildings and facilities and to fix the compensation for such employees or for such services. [ …

RCW 28B.20.140 Powers and duties of regents—Contracts for erection of buildings or improvements.

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The board of regents shall enter into such contracts with one or more contractors for the erection and construction of university buildings or improvements thereto as in their judgment shall be deemed for the best interest of the university; such contract or contracts shall be le…

RCW 28B.20.145 Powers and duties of regents—Regents' spending limited by income.

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The board of regents are hereby prohibited from creating any debt or in any manner encumbering the university beyond its capacity for payment thereof from the biennial income of the university for the then current biennium. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.20.145. Prior: 1890 p 399 s 20;…

RCW 28B.20.150 Endowment investments—Disclosure of private fund information—Conflicts of interest.

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The University of Washington must disclose: (1) The names and commitment amounts of the private funds in which it is invested; and (2) the aggregate quarterly performance results for its portfolio of investments in such funds. The University of Washington shall have formal polici…

RCW 28B.20.200 Faculty—Composition—General powers.

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The faculty of the University of Washington shall consist of the president of the university and the professors and the said faculty shall have charge of the immediate government of the institution under such rules as may be prescribed by the board of regents. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 …

RCW 28B.20.250 Liability coverage of university personnel and students—Authorized—Scope.

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The board of regents of the University of Washington, subject to such conditions and limitations and to the extent it may prescribe, is authorized to provide by purchase of insurance, by self-insurance, or by any combination of arrangements, indemnification of regents, officers, …

RCW 28B.20.253 Liability coverage of university personnel and students—Self-insurance revolving fund.

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(1) A self-insurance revolving fund in the custody of the university is hereby created to be used solely and exclusively by the board of regents of the University of Washington for the following purposes: (a) The payment of judgments against the university, its schools, colleges,…

RCW 28B.20.255 Liability coverage of university personnel and students—As exclusive authority.

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RCW 28B.20.250 through 28B.20.255 constitutes the exclusive authority for the board of regents of the University of Washington to provide liability coverage for its regents, officers, employees, agents, and students, and further provides the means for defending and payment of all…

RCW 28B.20.277 Mathematics, engineering, and science achievement program—Establishment and administration through university.

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See RCW 28A.188.082.

RCW 28B.20.298 Clean energy research, development, manufacturing, and marketing—Findings—Policy.

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(1) The legislature finds that Washington state currently derives many benefits from its renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. These sectors are an important source of employment and income for a significant number of Washington residents, currently generating close to …

RCW 28B.20.300 Schools of medicine, dentistry, and related health services—Authorization.

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The board of regents of the University of Washington is hereby authorized and directed forthwith to establish, operate and maintain schools of medicine, dentistry, and related health sciences at the university. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.20.300. Prior: 1945 c 15 s 1; Rem. Supp. 194…

RCW 28B.20.305 Schools of medicine, dentistry, and related health services—Purpose.

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The aim and purpose of the schools of medicine, dentistry and related health sciences shall be to provide for students of both sexes, on equal terms, all and every type of instruction in the various branches of medicine, dentistry, and related health sciences and to grant such de…

RCW 28B.20.308 Global Asia institute.

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(1) A global Asia institute is created within the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The mission of the institute is to promote the understanding of Asia and its interactions with Washington state and the world. The institute shall host visiting scholars and policy…

RCW 28B.20.315 Drug testing laboratory—Service—Employees as expert witnesses, traveling expenses and per diem.

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The University of Washington is authorized and directed to arrange for a drug testing laboratory. The laboratory shall offer a testing service for law enforcement officers for the identification of known or suspected dangerous and narcotic drugs. Employees of the laboratory are a…

RCW 28B.20.320 Marine biological preserve—Established and described—Unlawful gathering of marine biological materials—Penalty.

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(1) There is hereby created an area of preserve of marine biological materials useful for scientific purposes, except when gathered for human food, and except, also, the plant nereocystis, commonly called "kelp." Such area of preserve shall consist of the salt waters and the beds…

RCW 28B.20.328 Lease of lands with outdoor recreation potential—Restrictions—Unlawful to use posted lands.

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(1) Any lease of public lands with outdoor recreation potential authorized by the regents of the University of Washington shall be open and available to the public for compatible recreational use unless the regents of the University of Washington determine that the leased land sh…

RCW 28B.20.330 Rights-of-way to railroads and streetcar railways—Conditions.

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Any railroad company now having in operation a line of railroad, or branches, sidings, or spurs thereof, upon any property in this state in use by the University of Washington for university purposes, or as a part of the grounds set aside or devoted to university purposes, may ha…

RCW 28B.20.332 Rights-of-way to railroads and streetcar railways—Regents to make agreement.

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The board of regents of said University of Washington are authorized, upon the filing of such plat with it, to agree in writing with any such railroad company or streetcar company, upon the boundaries and the extent of such right-of-way, the manner in which the same shall be main…

RCW 28B.20.334 Rights-of-way to railroads and streetcar railways—Form of deed—Certified copy filed.

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If such agreement is entered into, said board of regents shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the commissioner of public lands, who shall, after the full amount of money provided in such agreement shall be paid by said railroad company or streetcar company to the state trea…

RCW 28B.20.336 Rights-of-way to railroads and streetcar railways—Deed conveys conditional easement.

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The conveyance herein provided for shall not be deemed to convey the fee to the land described, but an easement only thereover and for railroad or streetcar purposes only, and when the right-of-way granted as aforesaid shall not be used for the purposes for which it was granted, …

RCW 28B.20.340 University site dedicated for street and boulevard purposes—Description.

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There is hereby dedicated to the public for street and boulevard purposes the following described lands situated in section 16, township 25 north, range 4 east, W.M., and blocks 7 and 8 of Lake Washington shorelands, to wit: Beginning at the one-quarter (1/4) corner on the north …

RCW 28B.20.342 University site dedicated for street and boulevard purposes—Local assessments barred against site.

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No assessments for the opening, improvement or maintenance of any public street upon the tracts of land described in RCW 28B.20.340 shall ever be levied, assessed or collected upon any portion of section 16, township 25 north, range 4 east, W.M., or upon any portion of blocks 7 a…

RCW 28B.20.344 University site dedicated for street and boulevard purposes—Eminent domain may not be exercised against site.

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The power of eminent domain of any municipal or other corporation whatever is hereby declared not to extend to any portion of said section 16, township 25 north, range 4 east, W.M., and blocks 7 and 8 of Lake Washington shorelands. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.20.344. Prior: 1913 c 2…

RCW 28B.20.350 1947 conveyance for arboretum and botanical garden purposes—Description.

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There is hereby granted to the University of Washington the following described land, to wit: Lots two (2) and three (3), Block eleven-A (11-A) of the supplemental map of Lake Washington shorelands, filed September 5, 1916 in the office of the commissioner of public lands, to be …

RCW 28B.20.352 1947 conveyance for arboretum and botanical garden purposes—Deed of conveyance.

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The commissioner of public lands is hereby authorized and directed to certify the lands described in RCW 28B.20.350 to the governor, and the governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, and the secretary of state to attest, a deed of said shorelands to the university. […

RCW 28B.20.354 1947 conveyance for arboretum and botanical garden purposes—Part may be conveyed by regents to city of Seattle.

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(1) The board of regents of the University of Washington is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Seattle that portion of said lot three (3) of the shorelands described in RCW 28B.20.350 which is within the following described tract, to wit: A rectangular tract of land one h…

RCW 28B.20.356 1947 conveyance for arboretum and botanical garden purposes—Reversion for unauthorized use—Reconveyance for highway purposes.

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In case the University of Washington should attempt to use or permit the use of such shorelands or any portion thereof for any other purpose than for arboretum and botanical garden purposes, except as provided in RCW 28B.20.354, the same shall forthwith revert to the state of Was…

RCW 28B.20.360 1939 conveyance of shorelands to university—Description.

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The commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington is hereby authorized and directed to certify in the manner now provided by law to the governor for deeding to the University of Washington all of the following described Lake Washington shorelands, to wit: Blocks sixteen…

RCW 28B.20.362 1939 conveyance of shorelands to university—Deed of conveyance.

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The governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, and the secretary of state to attest, a deed conveying to the University of Washington all of said shorelands. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.20.362. Prior: 1939 c 60 s 2; No RRS. Formerly RCW 28.77.335.]

RCW 28B.20.364 1939 conveyance of shorelands to university—Grant for arboretum and botanical garden purposes—Reversion for unauthorized use—Reconveyance for highway purposes.

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All of the shorelands described in RCW 28B.20.360 are hereby granted to the University of Washington to be used for arboretum and botanical garden purposes and for no other purposes. In case the said University of Washington should attempt to use or permit the use of said shorela…

RCW 28B.20.370 Transfer of certain Lake Union shorelands to university.

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Block 18-A, Second Supplemental Maps of Lake Union Shorelands, as shown on the official maps thereof on file in the office of the commissioner of public lands, is hereby transferred to the University of Washington and shall be held and used for university purposes only. [ 1969 ex…

RCW 28B.20.381 "University tract" defined.

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For the purposes of this chapter, "university tract" means the tract of land in the city of Seattle, consisting of approximately ten acres, originally known as the "old university grounds," and more recently referred to as the "metropolitan tract," together with all buildings, im…

RCW 28B.20.382 University tract—Conditions for sale, lease, or lease renewal—Inspection of records—Deposit of proceeds—University of Washington facilities bond retirement account.

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(1) Until authorized by statute of the legislature, the board of regents of the university, with respect to the university tract, shall not sell the land or any part thereof or any improvement thereon, or lease the land or any part thereof or any improvement thereon or renew or e…

RCW 28B.20.394 University tract—Powers of regents—Agreements to pay for governmental services.

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In addition to the powers conferred upon the board of regents of the University of Washington by RCW 28B.20.395, the board of regents is authorized and shall have the power to enter into an agreement or agreements with the city of Seattle and the county of King, Washington, to pa…

RCW 28B.20.395 University tract—Powers of regents, generally.

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In addition to the powers conferred under the original deeds of conveyance to the state of Washington and under existing law, and subject to RCW 28B.20.382, the board of regents has full control of the university tract as provided in this chapter including, but not limited to: (1…

RCW 28B.20.396 University tract—Bonding authority.

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Bonds issued pursuant to the authority granted under RCW 28B.20.395: (1) Shall not constitute (a) an obligation, either general or special, of the state or (b) a general obligation of the University of Washington or of the board of regents; (2) Shall be: (a) Either in bearer form…