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Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 564 History
SB564 SUB2 enr
Senate Bill No. 564
(Senators Edgell, Plymale, Kessler and Stollings, original sponsors)
[Passed March 8, 2008; to take effect July 1, 2008.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-19-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18B-10-1, §18B-10-5, §18B-10-6 and §18B-10-7 of said code, all relating to higher education tuition and fees; clarifying eligibility requirements for tuition and fee waivers for certain applicants; allowing increases in existing tuition and fees at institutions that are below the state average; changing method of calculating limits on waivers of tuition and fees; exempting tuition and fee waivers granted to higher education employees, spouses and dependents and all tuition and fee waivers authorized by statute from calculation of limits on percentage of tuition and fee waivers granted by state institutions of higher education; and requiring waivers of tuition and fees for certain individuals.
That §18-19-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that §18B-10-1, §18B-10-5, §18B-10-6 and §18B-10-7 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF DECEASED SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES AND AIRMEN.
(b) The application shall be made to, and upon forms provided by, the West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs. The division shall determine the eligibility of those who apply and the yearly amount to be allotted each applicant. The amount, in the discretion of the division, may vary from year to year, but may not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in any one semester or a total of two thousand dollars in any one year. In selecting those to receive the benefits of this article, preference shall be given those who are otherwise financially unable to secure the educational opportunities.
(c) The purposes for which tuition and fees may be expended include, but are not limited to, health services, student activities, recreational, athletic and extracurricular activities. Additionally, tuition and fees may be used to finance a student's attorney to perform legal services for students in civil matters at the institutions: Provided, That the legal services are limited only to those types of cases, programs or services approved by the administrative head of the institution where the legal services are to be performed.
(E) The commission, council or both, as appropriate, shall certify to the Legislature annually by the first day of October the amount of fees collected for each of the five years;
(4) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (8) of this subsection, the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, as these provisions relate to the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University, each may annually:
(C) The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to tuition and fee rates of the administratively linked institution known as Marshall Community and Technical College, the administratively linked institution known as the Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, the regional campus known as West Virginia University at Parkersburg and, until the first day of July, two thousand seven, the regional campus known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
(6) This section does not require equal increases among institutions or require any level of increase at an institution.
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (4) of this subsection, tuition and fee increases at state institutions of higher education which are under the jurisdiction of the commission, including the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University, are subject to the following conditions:
(A) Institutions may increase tuition and fees for resident, undergraduate students by no more than an average of seven and one-half percent per year during any period covering four consecutive fiscal years, with the first fiscal year of the first four fiscal-year cycle beginning on the first day of July, two thousand seven;
(i) If the new fee or fee increase is approved by an institutional governing board or by a referendum of an institution's undergraduate students, or both, on or before the first day of February, two thousand six; or
(I) The new fee or fee increase was approved by an institutional governing board or by a referendum of an institution's undergraduate students, or both, on or before the first day of July, two thousand six;
(ii) Annually by the first day of July, provide a detailed analysis of the institutions' compliance with the provisions of this subdivision to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability.
(1) A National Guard member or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States killed in the line of duty. The member is considered to have been killed in the line of duty if death resulted from performing a duty required by his or her orders or commander while in an official duty status, other than on federal active duty, authorized under federal or state law; or
(5) Waiver renewal is contingent upon the recipient continuing to meet the academic progress standards established by the institution .
(2) As it considers necessary to implement this section; and
(3) Regarding requirements for attendance, which may not exceed the requirements for other persons.