Title 28B — Title 28B HIGHER EDUCATION
54 chapters · 1,103 sections in this title.
RCW 28B.50.307 Seattle Vocational Institute—Funding.
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Funding for the institute shall be included in a separate allocation to the sixth college district, and funds allocated for the institute shall be used only for purposes of the institute.[ 1991 c 238 s 101.]
RCW 28B.50.320 Fees and other income—Deposit—Disbursement.
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All operating fees, services and activities fees, and all other income which the trustees are authorized to impose shall be deposited as the trustees may direct unless otherwise provided by law. Such sums of money shall be subject to the budgetary and audit provisions of law appl…
RCW 28B.50.328 Waivers of tuition and fees—Scholarships—Employment of instructional staff and faculty—Seattle Vocational Institute.
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The district may provide for waivers of tuition and fees and provide scholarships for students at the institute. The district may negotiate with applicable public or private service providers to conduct the instructional activities of the institute. The district may employ instru…
RCW 28B.50.330 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community and technical college facilities and acquisition of property—Revenue bond financing—Public bid.
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(1) The boards of trustees of college districts are empowered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to provide for the construction, reconstruction, erection, equipping, demolition, and major alterations of buildings and other capital assets, and the acquisition of si…
RCW 28B.50.340 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community and technical college facilities and acquisition of property—Financing by bonds secured by pledge of building fees, grants.
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In addition to the powers conferred under RCW 28B.50.090, the college board is authorized and shall have the power:(1) To permit the district boards of trustees to contract for the construction, reconstruction, erection, equipping, maintenance, demolition and major alterations of…
RCW 28B.50.350 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community and technical college facilities and acquisition of property—Bonds—Requirements.
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For the purpose of financing the cost of any projects, the college board is hereby authorized to adopt the resolution or resolutions and prepare all other documents necessary for the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds or any part thereof at such time or times as it shall d…
RCW 28B.50.360 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community and technical college facilities and acquisition of property—Community and technical college capital projects account—Disposition of building fees.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5998-S.SL) ***Within 35 days from the date of start of each quarter all collected building fees of each such community and technical college shall be paid into the state treasury, and shall be credited as follows:(1) On or before June 30th of each year…
RCW 28B.50.370 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community and technical college facilities and acquisition of property—Bonds—Sources for payment of principal and interest on—Funds credited to bond retirement fund—Pledge to collect building fees.
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For the purpose of paying and securing the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same shall become due, there shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the bond retirement fund of the college board, the following:(1) Amounts derived from buildin…
RCW 28B.50.380 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community college facilities and acquisition of property—Bonds—Additional powers incident to bond authorization.
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In accordance with the provisions of RCW 28B.50.340 the college board is hereby empowered:(1) To reserve the right to issue bonds later on a parity with any bonds being issued;(2) To authorize the investing of moneys in the bond retirement fund and any reserve account therein;(3)…
RCW 28B.50.390 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community college facilities and acquisition of property—Refunding bonds—Authorized—Form, term, issuance, etc.—Exchange or sale.
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The college board is hereby empowered to issue refunding bonds to provide funds to refund any or all outstanding bonds payable from the bond retirement fund and to pay any redemption premium payable on such outstanding bonds being refunded. Such refunding bonds may be issued in t…
RCW 28B.50.400 Construction, reconstruction, equipping, and demolition of community college facilities and acquisition of property—Bonds as limited obligation bonds—Additional means to pay principal and interest on.
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The bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.50.330 through 28B.50.400 shall not be general obligations of the state of Washington, but shall be limited obligation bonds payable only from the special funds created for their payment. The legislature may …
RCW 28B.50.409 Bonds—Committee advice and consent prerequisite to issuance.
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All bonds issued after February 16, 1974 by the college board or any board of trustees for any college district under provisions of chapter 28B.50 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, shall be issued by such boards only upon the prior advice and consent of the state finance committe…
RCW 28B.50.440 Construction of chapter when part thereof in conflict with federal requirements which are condition precedent to allocation of federal funds.
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If any part of this chapter shall be found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a condition precedent to the allocation of federal funds to the state, such conflicting part of this chapter is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of such conflict…
RCW 28B.50.455 Compliance with section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act of 1973, Title VI of the civil rights act of 1964, and Title IX of the educational amendments of 1972.
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Each community and technical college shall comply with relevant federal requirements for implementing section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, and as thereafter amended, Title VI of the civil rights act of 1964, and as thereafter amended, and Title IX of education amendment…
RCW 28B.50.463 Use of false academic credentials—Penalties.
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A person who issues or uses a false academic credential is subject to RCW 28B.85.220 and 9A.60.070.[ 2006 c 234 s 6.]
RCW 28B.50.465 Cost-of-living increases—Academic employees.
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(1) Academic employees of community and technical college districts shall be provided an annual salary cost-of-living increase in accordance with this section.(a) Every fiscal year each college district shall receive a cost-of-living allocation sufficient to increase academic emp…
RCW 28B.50.468 Cost-of-living increases—Classified employees.
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(1) Classified employees of technical colleges shall be provided an annual salary cost-of-living increase in accordance with this section. This section applies to only those classified employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW.(a) Every fiscal year each technical coll…
RCW 28B.50.484 Health care service contracts—Transferred employees of vocational-technical institutes.
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The state employees' benefit board shall adopt rules to preclude any preexisting conditions or limitations in existing health care service contracts for school district employees at vocational-technical institutes transferred to the state board for community and technical college…
RCW 28B.50.489 Part-time academic employees—State-mandated benefits—Definitions.
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For the purposes of determining eligibility of state-mandated insurance, retirement benefits under RCW 28B.10.400, and sick leave for part-time academic employees in community and technical colleges, the following definitions shall be used:(1) "Full-time academic workload" means …
RCW 28B.50.4891 Part-time academic employees—State-mandated benefits—Reporting eligible employees.
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For the purposes of determining eligibility for receipt of state-mandated benefits for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges, each institution shall report to the appropriate agencies the names of eligible part-time academic employees who qualify for be…
RCW 28B.50.4892 Part-time academic employees—Best practices compensation and employment—Task force—Report.
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(1) The legislature finds that community colleges and technical colleges have an obligation to carry out their roles and missions in an equitable fashion. The legislature also finds that governing boards for community colleges and technical colleges have a responsibility to provi…
RCW 28B.50.4893 Part-time academic employees—Sick leave.
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(1) Part-time academic employees of community and technical colleges shall receive sick leave to be used for the same illnesses, injuries, bereavement, and emergencies as full-time academic employees at the college in proportion to the individual's teaching commitment at the coll…
RCW 28B.50.4894 Part-time academic employees—Continuous health care eligibility—Employer contributions.
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Health care benefits for part-time academic employees are governed by *RCW 41.05.053.[ 2006 c 308 s 3.]Notes:*Reviser's note: RCW 41.05.053 was repealed by 2009 c 537 s 8, effective January 1, 2010.
RCW 28B.50.510 State purchasing and material control, community college purchases.
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See RCW 39.26.080 and 39.26.090.
RCW 28B.50.515 Community and technical college innovation account—Expenditures—Strategic technology plan—Enterprise resource planning.
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(1) The community and technical college innovation account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from operating fees in RCW 28B.15.031(2) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only as provided in subsection (2) of t…
RCW 28B.50.520 Federal funds, receipt of authorized.
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The college board or any board of trustees is authorized to receive federal funds made available for the assistance of community and technical colleges, and providing physical facilities, maintenance or operation of schools, or for any educational purposes, according to the provi…
RCW 28B.50.522 Office for adult literacy.
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The college board personnel administering state and federally funded programs for adult basic skills and literacy education shall be known as the state office for adult literacy.[ 1991 c 238 s 92.]
RCW 28B.50.528 Contracts with adjacent college district for administrative services.
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If a technical college is created after September 1, 1991, that college may contract with an adjacent college district for administrative services until such time that an existing or new college district may assume jurisdiction over the college.[ 1991 c 238 s 139.]
RCW 28B.50.530 Agreements for use of services or facilities between district boards of trustees and school boards.
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The district boards of trustees and the common school boards are hereby authorized to enter into agreements for the use by either of the other's services, facilities or equipment and for the presentation of courses of either for students of the other where such agreements are dee…
RCW 28B.50.531 Dual high school and college credit for secondary career and technical courses—Agreements.
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(1) It is the legislature's intent to recognize and support the work of community and technical colleges, high schools, and skill centers in creating articulation and dual credit agreements for career and technical education students, in part by codifying current practice.(2) Com…
RCW 28B.50.532 Completion of industry certificate or credential—Agreements with skill centers.
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(1) A community or technical college may enter into an agreement with a skill center within the college district to allow students who have completed a high school diploma to remain enrolled in the skill center in courses necessary to complete an industry certificate or credentia…
RCW 28B.50.533 Contracts with common school districts for occupational and academic programs for high school students—Enrollment opportunities—Interlocal agreements.
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Community and technical colleges may contract with local common school districts to provide occupational and academic programs for high school students. Common school districts whose students currently attend vocational-technical institutes shall not suffer loss of opportunity to…
RCW 28B.50.535 Community or technical college—Issuance of high school diploma or certificate.
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A community or technical college may issue a high school diploma or certificate as provided under this section.(1) An individual who satisfactorily meets the requirements for high school completion shall be awarded a diploma from the college, subject to rules adopted by the super…
RCW 28B.50.536 Test to earn a high school equivalency certificate—Rules—Issuance of high school equivalency certificate.
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(1) Subject to rules adopted by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.190, the state board for community and technical colleges shall adopt rules governing the eligibility of persons sixteen years of age and older to take a test to earn a high school equivalency certific…
RCW 28B.50.551 Leave provisions.
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The board of trustees of each college district shall adopt for each community and technical college under its jurisdiction written policies on granting leaves to employees of the district and those colleges, including but not limited to leaves for attendance at official or privat…
RCW 28B.50.553 Attendance incentive program.
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(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.(a) "Employer" means the board of trustees for each college district or the state board for community and technical colleges.(b) "Eligible employee" means an employ…
RCW 28B.50.600 School district bonds—Redemption of by school district to continue though facility under control of college district board.
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Whenever a common school board has contracted to redeem general obligation bonds used for the construction or acquisition of facilities which are now to be under the administration, control and occupancy of the college district board, the common school board shall continue to red…
RCW 28B.50.601 School district bonds—Redemption—Facilities under administration of college district board.
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If a school board has contracted to redeem general obligation bonds used for the construction or acquisition of facilities which are now to be under the administration, control, and occupancy of the college district board, the school board shall continue to redeem the bonds in ac…
RCW 28B.50.740 School district bonds—Those issued for community and technical college facilities not considered indebtedness under statutory limitations on.
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Notwithstanding any other statutory provision relating to indebtedness of school districts, bonds heretofore issued by any common school district for the purpose of providing funds for community and technical college facilities shall not be considered as indebtedness in determini…
RCW 28B.50.785 Publication of transferable college-level courses—Course lists for one-year academic completion certificates and transferable degrees.
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(1)(a) Community and technical colleges must identify and publish in their admissions materials the college-level courses that are recognized by all four-year institutions of higher education as transferable to the four-year institutions of higher education. Publication of the li…
RCW 28B.50.789 Online course descriptions—Required materials' cost information—Reports.
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(1) To the maximum extent practicable, but no later than the first full quarter after a community or technical college has implemented the ctcLink system, a community or technical college shall provide the following information to students during registration by displaying it in …
RCW 28B.50.795 Bachelor of science in nursing program—University Center of North Puget Sound.
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(1) Although Everett Community College offers an associate degree nursing program that graduates approximately seventy to ninety students per year, the University Center does not offer a bachelor of science in nursing. Some graduates of the Everett Community College program are a…
RCW 28B.50.800 Practical nursing credential—Online curriculum and pathway.
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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the community and technical colleges shall design and implement an online curriculum and pathway to earn a licensed practical nursing credential. The college board shall select two colleges, one on eit…
RCW 28B.50.805 Programs that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs or career and technical education programs—Selection of colleges—Development of courses leading to a high-demand applied baccalaureate degree.
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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose and in addition to other applied baccalaureate degree programs and pursuant to the criteria in RCW 28B.50.810, the college board shall select community or technical colleges to develop and offer two pro…
RCW 28B.50.810 Applied baccalaureate degree programs.
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(1) The college board may select community or technical colleges to develop and offer programs of study leading to applied baccalaureate degrees. Colleges may submit applications to the college board. The college board shall review the applications and select the colleges using o…
RCW 28B.50.815 Associate degree education for incarcerated adults.
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The college board may authorize any board of trustees within the system to promote and conduct associate degree education and training of incarcerated adults through new or expanded partnerships between the community and technical colleges and the department of corrections.[ 2017…
RCW 28B.50.820 Baccalaureate degree programs—Agreements with state universities, regional universities, or the state college.
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(1) One strategy to accomplish expansion of baccalaureate capacity in underserved regions of the state is to allocate state funds for student enrollment to a community and technical college and authorize the college to enter into agreements with a state university, regional unive…
RCW 28B.50.825 Bachelor of science degree in computer science.
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(1) Subject to approval by the college board, community colleges and technical colleges are authorized to offer bachelor of science degrees in computer science.(2) Community colleges and technical colleges may develop the curriculum for and design and deliver courses leading to a…
RCW 28B.50.835 Exceptional faculty awards—Intent.
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The legislature recognizes that quality in the state's community and technical colleges would be strengthened by additional partnerships between citizens and the institutions. The legislature intends to foster these partnerships by creating a matching grant program to assist publ…
RCW 28B.50.8351 Exceptional faculty awards—"Foundation" defined.
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For purposes of RCW 28B.50.835 through 28B.50.843 "foundation" means a private nonprofit corporation that: (1) Is registered under Title 24 RCW and qualified as a tax-exempt entity under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code; (2) exists solely for the benefit of …