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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

36 sections·Filtered byTitle 28B✕Ch 28B.77✕

RCW 28B.77.001 Findings—Intent—2012 c 229.
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The legislature recognizes that increasing educational attainment is critical to the social and economic well-being of Washington. It is the intent of the legislature to create the student achievement council to provide the focus and propose the goals for increasing educational a…
RCW 28B.77.003 Missions.
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(1) Guided by the state's overarching objective of substantially increasing educational attainment for the purposes outlined in RCW 28B.77.001, the council has a dual mission: (a) To propose to the governor and the legislature goals for increasing educational attainment in Washin…
RCW 28B.77.005 Student achievement council—Advisory committees.
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(1) The student achievement council is created. (2) The council is composed of 10 voting members as provided in this subsection. (a) Six citizen members shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. One of the citizen members shall be an undergraduate student…
RCW 28B.77.007 Student loan advocate—Duties—Referral of complaints.
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(1) The council shall designate a student loan advocate within the office to provide timely assistance to any student education loan borrower with any student education loan. The student loan advocate may hire additional staff as necessary to implement this section. (2) The stude…

RCW 28B.77.008 Student loan advocate account.

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The student loan advocate account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purpose of covering the costs of administering the student loan advocate program created in RCW 28B.77.007. Only the executive director of th…

RCW 28B.77.009 Student loan advocate—Public service loan forgiveness program awareness materials.

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(1) The student loan advocate, established in RCW 28B.77.007, shall develop, and update annually as necessary, materials designed to increase awareness of the public service loan forgiveness program. Materials include, at a minimum: (a) A standardized letter for public service em…

RCW 28B.77.010 Definitions.

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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Committee" means the joint higher education committee. (2) "Council" means the student achievement council. (3) "Education data center" means the education data cente…

RCW 28B.77.020 Educational attainment goals and priorities—Short-term strategic action plan—Ten-year road map—System reviews—Role of education data center—Responsibility for work of the office—Additional duties.

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(1) Aligned with the state's biennial budget and policy cycles, the council shall propose educational attainment goals and priorities to meet the state's evolving needs. The council shall identify strategies for meeting the goals and priorities by means of a short-term strategic …

RCW 28B.77.030 Bylaws—Meetings.

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(1) The council shall adopt bylaws and shall meet at least four times each year and at such other times as determined by the chair who shall give reasonable prior notice to the members. (2) Councilmembers are expected to consistently attend meetings. The chair of the council may …

RCW 28B.77.035 Compensation—Reimbursement.

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Councilmembers shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of the council in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. [ 2012 c 229 s 106.]

RCW 28B.77.040 Executive director.

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(1) The council shall employ an executive director. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three names submitted by the council. However, the governor may request, and the council shall provide, an additional list or lists from which the governor…

RCW 28B.77.050 Rule-making authority.

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The council has the authority to adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. [ 2012 c 229 s 108.]

RCW 28B.77.060 Council as state commission for federal law purposes.

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The council is designated as the state commission as provided for in Section 1202 of the education amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-318), as now or hereafter amended; and shall perform such functions as is necessary to comply with federal directives pertaining to the provisions …

RCW 28B.77.065 Council to administer certain federal programs.

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The council may administer any federal act pertaining to higher education which is not administered by another state agency. [ 2012 c 229 s 117; 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 108; 1985 c 370 s 21; 1975 1st ex.s. c 132 s 12. Prior: 1969 ex.s. c 263 s 3. Formerly RCW 28B.76.510, 28B.80.210…

RCW 28B.77.070 Budget priorities and levels of funding—Submission of budget outlines and priorities to the office of financial management—Prioritized list.

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(1) The council shall identify budget priorities and levels of funding for higher education, including the two and four-year institutions of higher education and state financial aid programs. It is the intent of the legislature for the council to make budget recommendations for a…

RCW 28B.77.080 Needs assessment process and analysis—Recommendations—Activities requiring council approval.

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(1) The council shall develop a comprehensive and ongoing assessment process to analyze the need for additional degrees and programs, additional off-campus centers and locations for degree programs, and consolidation or elimination of programs by the four-year institutions of hig…

RCW 28B.77.090 Accountability monitoring and reporting system—Data requirements—Uniform dashboard format for display of data—Use of performance data.

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(1) An accountability monitoring and reporting system is established as part of a continuing effort to make meaningful and substantial progress towards the achievement of long-term performance goals in higher education. (2) To provide consistent, easily understood data among the …

RCW 28B.77.100 Data collection and research—Data-sharing agreements—Education data center as authorized representative for research purposes.

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(1)(a) In consultation with the education data center, institutions of higher education, and state education agencies, the council shall identify the data needed to carry out its responsibilities for policy analysis and public information. The primary goals of the council's data …

RCW 28B.77.110 Complaint portal.

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Within existing resources, the student achievement council, the workforce training and education coordinating board, and the department of licensing shall collaborate to create a single portal for student complaints regarding issues related to consumer protection, disclosures, sc…

RCW 28B.77.120 Suicide prevention in higher education grant program.

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(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the suicide prevention in higher education grant program is established. The purpose of the grant program is to provide funding to postsecondary institutions for the institutions to create partnerships…

RCW 28B.77.200 Master list of high school courses qualifying for postsecondary credit and qualifying examination scores—Publication on website.

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The council shall annually publish on its website the agreed-upon list of high school courses qualifying for postsecondary credit under RCW 28B.10.053 and qualifying examination scores and demonstrated competencies meeting the postsecondary requirements for a certificate or techn…

RCW 28B.77.210 Statewide transfer and articulation policies.

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The council shall adopt statewide transfer and articulation policies that ensure efficient transfer of credits and courses across public two and four-year institutions of higher education. The intent of the policies is to create a statewide system of articulation and alignment be…

RCW 28B.77.215 Statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement—Requirements.

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The statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement must be designed to facilitate the transfer of students and the evaluation of transcripts, to better serve persons seeking information about courses and programs, to aid in academic planning, and to improve the review and eval…

RCW 28B.77.220 Transfer associate degrees—Work groups—Implementation—Progress reports.

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(1) The council must convene work groups to develop transfer associate degrees that will satisfy lower division requirements at public four-year institutions of higher education for specific academic majors. Work groups must include representatives from the state board for commun…

RCW 28B.77.230 Academic credit for prior learning—Goals—Work group—Reports.

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(1) The council, the state board for community and technical colleges, the council of presidents, the four-year institutions of higher education, the private independent higher education institutions, and the private career schools shall collaborate to carry out the following goa…

RCW 28B.77.240 Western Governors University - Washington—Recognition and endorsement—Rules.

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(1) The council may: (a) Recognize and endorse online, competency-based education as an important component of Washington's higher education system; (b) Work to eliminate unnecessary barriers to the delivery of online competency-based education by Western Governors University - W…

RCW 28B.77.250 Program of supplemental educational transition planning—Contract with nongovernmental entity—Reports.

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(1) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the council, with input from the office of the superintendent of public instruction; the department of children, youth, and families; the department of commerce office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs;…

RCW 28B.77.270 Postsecondary institution contracts with third parties to disburse financial aid.

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(1) The council's rules or other requirements for institutions to participate in state financial aid programs shall assure that contracts between postsecondary institutions participating in state financial aid programs, as defined in RCW 28B.10.287, and financial institutions or …

RCW 28B.77.280 Statewide financial aid calculator tool.

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(1) The council shall adopt a centralized online statewide calculator tool for the purposes of estimating federal Pell grant and Washington college grant awards for all public four-year institutions of higher education in Washington state. (2) The tool must provide an estimate of…

RCW 28B.77.285 Gift equity packaging policy.

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(1) The council shall ensure that a postsecondary institution participating in the state student financial aid program has a gift equity packaging policy allowing for a student who receives a private scholarship to receive up to 100 percent of the student's unmet need, as determi…

RCW 28B.77.290 Financial aid package award letters—Consistent terminology.

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(1) In collaboration with financial aid experts from public four-year and two-year institutions of higher education, as well as independent colleges in Washington state, the Washington student achievement council shall develop clear, consistent definitions for institutions of hig…

RCW 28B.77.300 Washington college grant program—Statewide marketing campaign.

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Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the student achievement council shall conduct a statewide marketing campaign to increase awareness of the Washington college grant program established in chapter 28B.92 RCW. The student achievement council…

RCW 28B.77.310 Workforce education investment accountability and oversight board.

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(1) The workforce education investment accountability and oversight board is established. The board consists of 18 members, as provided in this subsection: (a) Four members of the legislature consisting of the chairs and ranking minority members of the respective higher education…

RCW 28B.77.320 Postsecondary wrestling grant program.

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(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the postsecondary wrestling grant program is created. The purpose of the postsecondary wrestling grant program is to provide funding to institutions of higher education to establish or maintain interco…

RCW 28B.77.850 Students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program.

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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, each public four-year institution of higher education and a public tribal college located in Washington and accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities or another accreditin…

RCW 28B.77.900 Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—2012 c 229.

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(1) All powers, duties, and functions of the higher education coordinating board are transferred to the student achievement council. All references to the executive director or the higher education coordinating board in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean th…