Title 28B — Title 28B HIGHER EDUCATION
54 chapters · 1,103 sections in this title.
RCW 28B.50.841 Exceptional faculty awards—Name of award—Duties of institution—Use of endowment proceeds.
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(1) The faculty awards are the property of the institution and may be named in honor of a donor, benefactor, or honoree of the institution, at the option of the institution. The institution shall designate the use of the award to individuals, groups, or for the improvement of fac…
RCW 28B.50.843 Exceptional faculty awards—Determination of award—Collective bargaining.
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The process for determining local awards shall be subject to collective bargaining. Decisions regarding the amounts of individual awards and who receives them shall not be subject to collective bargaining and shall be subject to approval of the applicable board of trustees.[ 1991…
RCW 28B.50.844 Exceptional faculty awards—Eligibility of foundation for matching funds—Endowment fund management.
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A foundation is not eligible to receive matching funds under RCW 28B.50.835 through 28B.50.843 unless the foundation and the board of trustees of the college for whose benefit the foundation exists have entered into a contract, approved by the attorney general, that: (1) Specifie…
RCW 28B.50.850 Faculty tenure—Purpose.
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It shall be the purpose of RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 to establish a system of faculty tenure which protects the concepts of faculty employment rights and faculty involvement in the protection of those rights in the state system of community and technical colleges. RCW 28B…
RCW 28B.50.851 Faculty tenure—Definitions.
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As used in RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869:(1) "Administrative appointment" shall mean employment in a specific administrative position as determined by the appointing authority;(2) "Appointing authority" shall mean the board of trustees of a college district;(3)(a) "Faculty ap…
RCW 28B.50.852 Faculty tenure—Rules and regulations—Award of faculty tenure—Maximum probationary period.
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The appointing authority shall promulgate rules and regulations implementing RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 and shall provide for the award of faculty tenure following a probationary period not to exceed nine consecutive college quarters, excluding summer quarter and approved …
RCW 28B.50.855 Faculty tenure—Written agreement embodying terms of employment furnished faculty.
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The appointing authority shall provide each faculty member, immediately upon employment, with a written agreement which delineates the terms of employment including all conditions and responsibilities attached thereto.[ 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 35. Formerly RCW 28.85.855.]Notes:Severab…
RCW 28B.50.856 Faculty tenure—Evaluation of probationer by review committee—Progress report, acknowledgment of receipt—Recommendation as to tenure.
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The probationary faculty appointment period shall be one of continuing evaluation of a probationer by a review committee. The evaluation process shall place primary importance upon the probationer's effectiveness in his or her appointment. The review committee shall periodically …
RCW 28B.50.857 Faculty tenure—Decision not to renew probationary appointment, notice by appointing authority, when.
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Upon the decision not to renew a probationary faculty appointment, the appointing authority shall notify the probationer of such decision as soon as possible during the regular college year: PROVIDED, That such notice may not be given later than one complete quarter, except summe…
RCW 28B.50.859 Faculty tenure—Tenure retained upon reduced work load assignment.
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An appointing authority may allow a tenured faculty member to retain tenure upon assignment to a reduced work load. The appointing authority and the faculty member shall execute a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the assignment, including the conditions…
RCW 28B.50.860 Faculty tenure—Tenure retained upon administrative appointment.
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A tenured faculty member, upon appointment to an administrative appointment shall be allowed to retain his or her tenure.[ 2011 c 336 s 742; 1977 ex.s. c 282 s 7; 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 38. Formerly RCW 28.85.860.]Notes:Severability—1977 ex.s. c 282: See note following RCW 28B.50.870…
RCW 28B.50.861 Faculty tenure—Dismissal only for sufficient cause.
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The tenured faculty member shall not be dismissed except for sufficient cause, nor shall a faculty member who holds a probationary faculty appointment be dismissed prior to the written terms of the appointment except for sufficient cause.[ 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 39. Formerly RCW 28.8…
RCW 28B.50.862 Faculty tenure—Certain grounds constituting sufficient cause.
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Sufficient cause shall also include aiding and abetting or participating in: (1) Any unlawful act of violence; (2) any unlawful act resulting in destruction of community or technical college property; or (3) any unlawful interference with the orderly conduct of the educational pr…
RCW 28B.50.863 Faculty tenure—Review prior to dismissal—Scope—Recommendations of review committee.
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Prior to the dismissal of a tenured faculty member, or a faculty member holding an unexpired probationary faculty appointment, the case shall first be reviewed by a review committee. The review shall include testimony from all interested parties including, but not limited to, oth…
RCW 28B.50.864 Faculty tenure—Appeal from decision for dismissal—Procedure.
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Any faculty member dismissed pursuant to RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 shall have a right to appeal the final decision of the appointing authority in accordance with RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598.[ 1989 c 175 s 80; 1973 c 62 s 24; 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 42. Formerly RCW 28.85.8…
RCW 28B.50.867 Faculty tenure—Tenure rights upon transfer of employment to another community or technical college.
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Upon transfer of employment from one community or technical college to another community or technical college within a district, a tenured faculty member shall have the right to retain tenure and the rights accruing thereto which he or she had in his or her previous employment: P…
RCW 28B.50.868 Faculty tenure—Faculty members currently employed granted tenure.
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All employees of a community college district, except presidents, who were employed in the community college district at the effective date of chapter 283, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and who hold or have held a faculty appointment with the community college district or its predecesso…
RCW 28B.50.869 Faculty tenure—Review committees, composition—Selection of faculty representatives, student representative.
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The review committees required by RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 shall be composed of members of the administrative staff, a student representative, and the faculty. The representatives of the faculty shall represent a majority of the members on each review committee. The memb…
RCW 28B.50.870 Faculty tenure—For certain educational programs operated in state correctional institutions.
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The district board of trustees of any college district currently operating an educational program with funds provided by another state agency, including federal funds, which program has been in existence for five or more years under the administration of one or more college distr…
RCW 28B.50.872 Periodic posttenure evaluation.
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By June 30, 1994, each community and technical college shall establish, through the local collective bargaining process, periodic posttenure evaluation of all full-time faculty consistent with the standards of the Northwest association of schools and colleges.[ 1993 c 188 s 3.]No…
RCW 28B.50.873 Reduction in force of tenured or probationary faculty members due to financial emergency—Conditions—Procedure—Rights.
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The college board may declare a financial emergency under the following conditions: (1) Reduction of allotments by the governor pursuant to *RCW 43.88.110(2), or (2) reduction by the legislature from one biennium to the next or within a biennium of appropriated funds based on con…
RCW 28B.50.874 Transfer of administration of vocational-technical institutes to system of community and technical colleges—Personnel rights.
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When the state system of community and technical colleges assumes administrative control of the vocational-technical institutes, personnel employed by the vocational-technical institutes shall:(1) Suffer no reduction in compensation, benefits, seniority, or employment status. Aft…
RCW 28B.50.8742 Technical colleges—Employee option to reenroll in public employees' benefits trust.
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Employees of technical colleges who were members of the [a] public employees' benefits trust and as a result of chapter 238, Laws of 1991, were required to enroll in public employees' benefits board-sponsored plans, must decide whether to reenroll in the trust by January 1, 1996,…
RCW 28B.50.8744 Technical colleges—Payment to public employees' and retirees' insurance account.
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(1) In a manner prescribed by the state health care authority, technical colleges who have employees enrolled in a benefits trust shall remit to the health care authority for deposit in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account established in RCW 41.05.120 the amount …
RCW 28B.50.875 Laboratory services for the analyzing of samples, public agencies may contract with college for.
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Local law enforcement agencies or such other public agencies that shall be in need of such service may contract with any community or technical college for laboratory services for the analyzing of samples that chemists associated with such colleges may be able to perform under su…
RCW 28B.50.877 Technical colleges—Purchase of support services from school districts.
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During the period from May 17, 1991, until September 1, 1991:(1) The executive director of the state board for community and technical colleges, or the executive director's designee, may enter into contracts, or agreements for goods, services, and personnel, on behalf of the tech…
RCW 28B.50.880 Apprentices—Recommendations of the state board for community and technical colleges.
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The state board for community and technical colleges shall provide recommendations to the apprenticeship council and apprenticeship programs, established under chapter 49.04 RCW, on matters of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruction with …
RCW 28B.50.890 Apprentices—Associate degree pathway.
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(1) At the request of an apprenticeship committee pursuant to RCW 49.04.150, the community or technical college or colleges providing apprentice-related and supplemental instruction for an apprenticeship program shall develop an associate degree pathway for the apprentices in tha…
RCW 28B.50.891 Apprenticeship programs or certificate programs—Transferable course credits.
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Beginning with the 2015-16 academic year, any community or technical college that offers an apprenticeship program or certificate program for paraeducators must provide candidates the opportunity to earn transferable course credits within the program. The programs must also incor…
RCW 28B.50.895 Apprentice education waivers.
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With regard to waivers for courses offered for the purpose of satisfying related or supplemental educational requirements for apprentices registered with the Washington state apprenticeship council or the federal bureau of apprenticeship and training, colleges may at the request …
RCW 28B.50.902 Centers of excellence.
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(1) The college board, in consultation with business, industry, labor, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the department of commerce, the employment security department, and community and technical colleges, shall designate centers of excellence and allocate…
RCW 28B.50.903 Coordination and alignment of aerospace training programs—Aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing pipeline advisory committee.
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(1) The state board for community and technical colleges, in collaboration with aerospace or advanced materials long-term training providers, short-term training providers whose mission is focused on customized and innovative short-term training, and apprenticeship program provid…
RCW 28B.50.912 Transfer of powers from superintendent of public instruction and state board of education to state board for community and technical colleges.
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All powers, duties, and functions of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education pertaining to projects of adult education, including the state-funded *even start and including the adult education programs operated pursuant to 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1201 as …
RCW 28B.50.913 Transfer of powers from Washington institute for applied technology to Seattle Vocational Institute.
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The public nonprofit corporation for the Washington institute for applied technology is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the sixth college district. The Washington institute for applied technology shall be renamed the Seattle Vocati…
RCW 28B.50.916 Students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, each community and technical college may implement a program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high …
RCW 28B.50.920 Diversity, equity, and inclusion—Strategic plans—Student-based organizations—Outreach programs—Model faculty diversity programs.
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(1) Beginning July 30, 2022, all community and technical colleges must submit, on a biennial basis, strategic plans to the state board for community and technical colleges for achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion of all races on their campuses.(2) Colleges must create their…
RCW 28B.50.925 Guided pathways—Implementation—Reports.
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(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, each community and technical college shall fully implement guided pathways. At a minimum, guided pathways implementation must include:(a) Comprehensive mapping of student educational pathways with stud…
RCW 28B.50.930 Mental health counselor pilot program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the college board shall administer a pilot program to increase student access to mental health counseling and services.(2) The college board, in collaboration with the selection committee, shall se…
RCW 28B.50.935 Faculty counselors—Minimum standards.
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(1) It is the intent of the legislature to provide clear minimum standards to ensure qualified faculty counselors while also providing flexibility to allow for differences in criteria required by hiring institutions. Within existing resources, and beginning September 1, 2021, the…
RCW 28B.50.940 Student aid outreach and completion initiative pilot program—Outreach specialists.
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Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the college board shall administer a free application for federal student aid and Washington application for state financial aid outreach and completion initiative pilot program.(1) The college board shall…
RCW 28B.50.945 Career and technical education dual credit pilot program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the college board shall administer, and award grant funding to, a regional pilot program, for the purpose of increasing career and technical education dual credit participation and credential attai…
RCW 28B.50.947 Career and technical education dual credit pilot program—Reports.
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(1) In compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the college board, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall jointly report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the implementation of chapter 104, Laws of 2025 and with recommendations …
RCW 28B.50.980 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …