Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 28B.15 - College and University Fees.
28B.15.621 - Tuition waivers and textbook stipends—Veterans and national guard members—Dependents—Private institutions.

RCW 28B.15.621
Tuition waivers and textbook stipends—Veterans and national guard members—Dependents—Private institutions.

(1) The legislature finds that active military and naval veterans, reserve military and naval veterans, and national guard members called to active duty have served their country and have risked their lives to defend the lives of all Americans and the freedoms that define and distinguish our nation. The legislature intends to honor active military and naval veterans, reserve military and naval veterans, and national guard members who have served on active military or naval duty for the public service they have provided to this country.
(2) Subject to the limitations in RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges, may waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for an eligible veteran or national guard member.
(3) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges, may waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for a military or naval veteran who is a Washington domiciliary, but who did not serve on foreign soil or in international waters or in another location in support of those serving on foreign soil or in international waters and who does not qualify as an eligible veteran or national guard member under subsection (8) of this section. However, there shall be no state general fund support for waivers granted under this subsection.
(4) Subject to the conditions in subsection (5) of this section and the limitations in RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges, shall waive all tuition and fees for the following persons:
(a) A child and the spouse or the domestic partner or surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of an eligible veteran or national guard member who became totally disabled as a result of serving in active federal military or naval service, or who is determined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action; and
(b) A child and the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of an eligible veteran or national guard member who lost his or her life as a result of serving in active federal military or naval service.
(5) The conditions in this subsection (5) apply to waivers under subsection (4) of this section.
(a) A child must be a Washington domiciliary between the age of seventeen and twenty-six to be eligible for the tuition waiver. A child's marital status does not affect eligibility.
(b)(i) A surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner must be a Washington domiciliary.
(ii)(A) A surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of the eligible veteran or national guard member has ten years to receive benefits under the waiver from whichever date occurs last:
(I) The date of the death;
(II) The date of total disability;
(III) Federal determination of service-connected death or total disability; or
(IV) Federal determination of prisoner of war or missing in action status.
(B) Upon remarriage or registration in a subsequent domestic partnership, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is ineligible for the waiver of all tuition and fees.
(c) Each recipient's continued participation is subject to the school's satisfactory progress policy.
(d) Tuition waivers for graduate students are not required for those who qualify under subsection (4) of this section but are encouraged.
(e) Recipients who receive a waiver under subsection (4) of this section may attend full-time or part-time. Total credits earned using the waiver may not exceed two hundred fifty quarter credits, or the equivalent of semester credits.
(f) Subject to amounts appropriated, recipients who receive a waiver under subsection (4) of this section shall also receive a stipend for textbooks and course materials in the amount of five hundred dollars per academic year, to be divided equally among academic terms and prorated for part-time enrollment.
(6) Required waivers of all tuition and fees under subsection (4) of this section shall not affect permissive waivers of tuition and fees under subsection (3) of this section.
(7) Private vocational schools and private higher education institutions are encouraged to provide waivers consistent with the terms in subsections (2) through (5) of this section.
(8) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.
(a) "Child" means a biological child, adopted child, or stepchild.
(b) "Eligible veteran or national guard member" means a Washington domiciliary who was an active or reserve member of the United States military or naval forces, or a national guard member called to active duty, who served in active federal service, under either Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code, in a war or conflict fought on foreign soil or in international waters or in support of those serving on foreign soil or in international waters, and if discharged from service, has received an honorable discharge or any other discharge if the sole reason for discharge is due to gender or sexuality.
(c) "Totally disabled" means a person who has been determined to be one hundred percent disabled by the federal department of veterans affairs.
(d) "Washington domiciliary" means a person whose true, fixed, and permanent house and place of habitation is the state of Washington. "Washington domiciliary" includes a person who is residing in rental housing or residing in base housing. In ascertaining whether a child or surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is domiciled in the state of Washington, public institutions of higher education shall, to the fullest extent possible, rely upon the standards provided in RCW 28B.15.013.
(9) As used in subsection (4) of this section, "fees" includes all assessments for costs incurred as a condition to a student's full participation in coursework and related activities at an institution of higher education.
(10) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges shall report to the higher education committees of the legislature by November 15, 2010, and every two years thereafter, regarding the status of implementation of the waivers under subsection (4) of this section. The reports shall include the following data and information:
(a) Total number of waivers;
(b) Total amount of tuition waived;
(c) Total amount of fees waived;
(d) Average amount of tuition and fees waived per recipient;
(e) Recipient demographic data that is disaggregated by distinct ethnic categories within racial subgroups; and
(f) Recipient income level, to the extent possible.

[ 2022 c 45 § 1; 2019 c 406 § 73; 2018 c 129 § 1; 2017 c 127 § 1; 2015 c 55 § 222; 2009 c 316 § 1. Prior: 2008 c 188 § 1; 2008 c 6 § 501; 2007 c 450 § 1; 2005 c 249 § 1.]
NOTES:

Findings—Intent—2019 c 406: See note following RCW 43.79.195.


Findings—Short title—2019 c 406: See notes following RCW 28B.92.200.


Findings—2019 c 406: See note following RCW 28B.94.020.


Findings—Intent—2019 c 406: See note following RCW 28C.30.050.


Findings—Intent—2019 c 406: See note following RCW 43.216.135.


Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 28B - Higher Education

Chapter 28B.15 - College and University Fees.

28B.15.005 - "Colleges and universities" defined.

28B.15.011 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Legislative intent.

28B.15.012 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Definitions.

28B.15.013 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Standards for determining domicile in the state—Presumptions—Cut-off date for classification application change.

28B.15.0131 - Resident tuition rates—American Indian students.

28B.15.0139 - Resident tuition rates—Border county higher education opportunity project.

28B.15.014 - Exemption from nonresident tuition fees differential.

28B.15.015 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Rules.

28B.15.020 - "Tuition fees" defined—Use.

28B.15.022 - "Nonresident tuition fees differential" defined.

28B.15.025 - "Building fees" defined—Use.

28B.15.031 - "Operating fees"—Defined—Disposition.

28B.15.041 - "Services and activities fees" defined.

28B.15.043 - "Services and activities fees"—Allocations from for institutional loan fund for needy students.

28B.15.044 - Services and activities fees—Legislative declaration on expenditure.

28B.15.045 - Services and activities fees—Guidelines governing establishment and funding of programs supported by—Scope—Mandatory provisions—Dispute resolution.

28B.15.051 - "Technology fees"—Defined—Use—Student government approval.

28B.15.065 - Adjustment of state appropriations for student financial aid.

28B.15.066 - Appropriations to institutions of higher education—"Inflation" defined.

28B.15.067 - Tuition fees—Established.

28B.15.0681 - Information provided to students on tuition billing statements or website—Notice of federal educational tax credits.

28B.15.069 - Building fees—Services and activities fees—Other fees.

28B.15.071 - Degree program support—Change from state funding to self-supporting and fee-based.

28B.15.100 - Tuition and fees set by individual institutions—Limitations—Tuition and fees for certain part-time, additional time, and out-of-state students.

28B.15.110 - Tuition and fees when joint program of four year institutions—Supplemental fees, when.

28B.15.120 - Board of trustees or regents—Annual budget requirements.

28B.15.190 - Student advisory committees—Consideration of student access and success in educational programs—Advising and assisting administration of four-year institutions of higher education.

28B.15.210 - Fees—University of Washington—Disposition of building fees.

28B.15.220 - Fees—University of Washington—Disposition of special fees.

28B.15.225 - Exemption from fees of schools of medicine or dentistry at University of Washington—Exemption from nonresident tuition fees differential for participants in the Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming program at Washington State U...

28B.15.310 - Fees—Washington State University—Disposition of building fees.

28B.15.380 - Exemption from payment of fees at state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College—Children and surviving spouses of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, state patrol officers, or highway workers.

28B.15.385 - "Totally disabled" defined for certain purposes.

28B.15.395 - Waiver of tuition and fees for wrongly convicted persons and their children.

28B.15.411 - Fees—Installment payments.

28B.15.450 - Gender equity—Intent.

28B.15.455 - Gender equity—Goals.

28B.15.460 - Gender equity—Tuition and fee waivers—Institutional plan for underrepresented gender class.

28B.15.470 - Gender equity—"Underrepresented gender class," "equitable" defined.

28B.15.475 - Gender equity—Construction—1989 c 340.

28B.15.515 - Community and technical colleges—State-funded enrollment levels—Summer school—Enrollment level variances.

28B.15.520 - Waiver of fees and nonresident tuition fees—Community and technical colleges.

28B.15.522 - Waiver of tuition and fees for long-term unemployed or underemployed persons—Community and technical colleges.

28B.15.524 - Community college international student exchange program.

28B.15.526 - Community college international student exchange program—Resident tuition for participants authorized.

28B.15.527 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential for students of foreign nations—Community colleges.

28B.15.540 - Waiver of tuition and fees for residents sixty years of age or older—Limitations.

28B.15.543 - Grants for undergraduate coursework for recipients of the Washington scholars award.

28B.15.544 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential for western undergraduate exchange program students.

28B.15.545 - Grants for undergraduate coursework for recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence.

28B.15.555 - Waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations—Intent.

28B.15.556 - Waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations—Authorized—Limitations.

28B.15.558 - Waiver of tuition and fees for state employees and educational employees—Report.

28B.15.600 - Refunds or cancellation of fees—Four-year institutions of higher education.

28B.15.605 - Refunds or cancellation of fees—Community colleges and technical colleges.

28B.15.610 - Voluntary fees of students.

28B.15.615 - Exemption from resident operating fees and technology fees for persons holding graduate service appointments.

28B.15.621 - Tuition waivers and textbook stipends—Veterans and national guard members—Dependents—Private institutions.

28B.15.622 - Waiver of fees—Persons eligible to participate in the department of defense tuition assistance program.

28B.15.624 - Early course registration period for eligible veterans and national guard members.

28B.15.625 - Rights of Washington national guard and other military reserve students called to active service.

28B.15.700 - Nonresident tuition fees—Exemption under Western regional higher education compact contracts.

28B.15.725 - Home tuition programs.

28B.15.730 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential—Washington/Oregon reciprocity program.

28B.15.734 - Washington/Oregon reciprocity tuition and fee program—Implementation agreement.

28B.15.740 - Limitation on total tuition and fee waivers.

28B.15.750 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential—Washington/Idaho reciprocity program.

28B.15.756 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential—Washington/British Columbia reciprocity program.

28B.15.760 - Loan program for mathematics and science teachers—Definitions.

28B.15.762 - Loan program for mathematics and science teachers—Terms and conditions—Collection—Disposition of payments—Rules.

28B.15.764 - Loan program for mathematics and science teachers—Cooperation by office and institutions of higher education.

28B.15.766 - Loan program for mathematics and science teachers—Duration—Legislative budget committee review.

28B.15.790 - Effective communication—Intent.

28B.15.792 - Effective communication—Principles.

28B.15.794 - Effective communication—Implementation of principles.

28B.15.800 - Pledged bond retirement funds to be set aside from tuition and fees—1977 ex.s. c 322.

28B.15.805 - Pledged bond retirement funds to be set aside from tuition and fees—1981 c 257.

28B.15.820 - Institutional financial aid fund—"Eligible student" defined.

28B.15.821 - Dual credit program—Definition.

28B.15.910 - Limitation on total operating fees revenue waived, exempted, or reduced—Outreach to veterans.

28B.15.915 - Waiver of operating fees—Report.

28B.15.980 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.