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WA Rev Code § 28B.50.912 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.912 - Transfer of powers from superintendent of public instruction and state board of education to state board for community and technical colleges.

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.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 amended by P.L. 100-297, are transferred to the state board for community and technical colleges. All references to the director or superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director or the state board for community and technical colleges when referring to the functions transferred in this section.[ 1991 c 238 § 85.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 28B.06 RCW, project even start, expired August 1, 2015, pursuant to 2015 c 55 § 101.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.913 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.913 - Transfer of powers from Washington institute for applied technology to Seattle Vocational Institute.

RCW 28B.50.913 Transfer of powers from Washington institute for applied technology to Seattle Vocational Institute.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 Vocational Institute. The Seattle Vocational Institute shall become a fourth unit of the sixth college district. All references to the director or public nonprofit corporation for the Washington institute for applied technology in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director of the Seattle Vocational Institute.[ 1991 c 238 § 94.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.916 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.916 - Homeless and foster care students pilot program.

RCW 28B.50.916 Homeless and foster care students pilot program. (Expires January 1, 2025.)(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the college board shall select eight college districts, with no less than four located outside of the Puget Sound region to participate in a pilot program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school. The college districts chosen to participate in the pilot program must provide certain accommodations to these students that may include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) Access to laundry facilities;(b) Access to storage;(c) Access to locker room and shower facilities;(d) Reduced-price meals or meal plans, and access to food banks;(e) Access to technology;(f) Access to short-term housing or housing assistance, especially during seasonal breaks; and(g) Case management services.(2) The college districts may also establish plans to develop surplus property for affordable housing to accommodate the needs of students experiencing homelessness and students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school.(3) The college districts participating in the pilot program shall leverage existing community resources by making available to students in the pilot program information that is available for individuals experiencing homelessness, including through not-for-profit organizations, the local housing authority, and the department of commerce's office of homeless youth.(4) The college districts participating in the pilot program shall provide a joint report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, that includes at least the following information:(a) The number of students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and the number of students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school who were attending a community or technical college during the pilot program. The college board shall coordinate with all of the community and technical colleges to collect voluntary data on how many students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity are attending the community and technical colleges;(b) The number of students assisted by the pilot program;(c) Strategies for accommodating students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students; and(d) Legislative recommendations for how students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students could be better served.(5) The college districts not selected to participate in the pilot program are:(a) Invited to participate voluntarily; and(b) Encouraged to submit the data required of the pilot program participants under subsection (4) of this section, regardless of participation status.(6) The pilot program expires July 1, 2024.(7) This section expires January 1, 2025.[ 2021 c 62 § 1; 2019 c 330 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.935 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.935 - Faculty counselors—Minimum standards.

RCW 28B.50.935 Faculty counselors—Minimum standards.(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 college board shall adopt rules regarding the minimum hiring standards for a faculty counselor. At a minimum, these must include:(a) A graduate or professional degree in a related field;(b) Completion of appropriate graduate coursework; and(c) Standards established by the state board for community and technical colleges.(2) The requirements and standards imposed through this section do not apply to an individual employed by a college district as a counselor before September 1, 2021. Counselors who began employment at one college district prior to September 1, 2021, and moved employment to a different college district after that date may carry the exemptions from the requirements and standards imposed through this section to their new place of employment.[ 2021 c 272 § 7.]NOTES:Intent—Findings—Short title—2021 c 272: See notes following RCW 28B.50.920.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.980 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.980 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 28B.50.980 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.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 marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 75.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.010 - Declaration of purpose.

RCW 28B.52.010 Declaration of purpose.It is the purpose of this chapter to strengthen methods of administering employer-employee relations through the establishment of orderly methods of communication between academic employees and the college districts by which they are employed.It is the purpose of this chapter to promote cooperative efforts by prescribing certain rights and obligations of the employees and employers and by establishing orderly procedures governing the relationship between the employees and their employers which procedures are designed to meet the special requirements and needs of public employment in higher education. It is the intent of this chapter to promote activity that includes the elements of open communication and access to information in a timely manner, with reasonable discussion and interpretation of that information. It is the further intent that such activity shall be characterized by mutual respect, integrity, reasonableness, and a desire on the part of the parties to address and resolve the points of concern.[ 1991 c 238 § 145; 1987 c 314 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.025 - Right to organize or refrain from organizing.

RCW 28B.52.025 Right to organize or refrain from organizing.Employees have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist employee organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and also have the right to refrain from any or all of these activities.[ 2019 c 230 § 4; 1987 c 314 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.027 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.027 - Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.

RCW 28B.52.027 Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.RCW 41.56.037 applies to this chapter.[ 2018 c 250 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.030 - Representatives of employee organization—Right to collective bargaining.

RCW 28B.52.030 Representatives of employee organization—Right to collective bargaining.Representatives of an employee organization, which organization shall by secret ballot have won a majority in an election to represent the academic employees within its college district, shall have the right to bargain.[ 2019 c 230 § 3; 1991 c 238 § 147; 1987 c 314 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c 205 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 205: See note following RCW 28B.52.020.
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.035 - Negotiations reduced to written agreements—Provisions relating to salary increases—Restrictions.

RCW 28B.52.035 Negotiations reduced to written agreements—Provisions relating to salary increases—Restrictions.(1) At the conclusion of any negotiation processes as provided for in RCW 28B.52.030, any matter upon which the parties have reached agreement shall be reduced to writing and acted upon in a regular or special meeting of the boards of trustees, and become part of the official proceedings of said board meeting. Except as provided in this section, provisions of written contracts relating to salary increases shall not exceed the amount or percentage established by the legislature in the appropriations act and allocated to the board of trustees by the state board for community and technical colleges.(2) The written agreement acted upon by a board of trustees must be submitted to the director of the office of financial management by October 1 prior to the fiscal year in which the provisions of the agreement go into effect. The length of term of any such agreement shall be for not more than three fiscal years. If any provision of a salary increase is changed by subsequent modification of the appropriations act by the legislature, both parties shall immediately enter into collective bargaining for the sole purpose of arriving at a mutually agreed upon replacement for the modified provision. A board of trustees may provide additional compensation to academic employees that exceeds that provided by the legislature.[ 2018 c 267 § 2; 1991 c 238 § 148; 1987 c 314 § 4; 1973 1st ex.s. c 205 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 205: See note following RCW 28B.52.020.
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.040 - Negotiated agreements—Procedures for binding arbitration.

RCW 28B.52.040 Negotiated agreements—Procedures for binding arbitration.A board of trustees or an employee organization that enters into a negotiated agreement under RCW 28B.52.030 may include in the agreement procedures for binding arbitration of the disputes arising about the interpretation or application of the agreement including but not limited to nonretention, dismissal, denial of tenure, and reduction in force.[ 1987 c 314 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.043 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.043 - Collective bargaining—Employee authorization of membership dues—Revocation.

RCW 28B.52.043 Collective bargaining—Employee authorization of membership dues—Revocation.(1)(a) An employee's written, electronic, or recorded voice authorization to have the employer deduct membership dues from the employee's salary must be made by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative. If the employer receives a request for authorization of deductions, the employer shall as soon as practicable forward the request to the exclusive bargaining representative.(b) Upon receiving notice of the employee's authorization from the exclusive bargaining representative, the employer shall deduct from the employee's salary membership dues and remit the amounts to the exclusive bargaining representative.(c) The employee's authorization remains in effect until expressly revoked by the employee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.(2)(a) An employee's request to revoke authorization for payroll deductions must be in writing and submitted by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.(b) After the employer receives confirmation from the exclusive bargaining representative that the employee has revoked authorization for deductions, the employer shall end the deduction no later than the second payroll after receipt of the confirmation.(3) The employer shall rely on information provided by the exclusive bargaining representative regarding the authorization and revocation of deductions.[ 2019 c 230 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.045 - Collective bargaining—Exclusive bargaining representative—Dues and other payments.

RCW 28B.52.045 Collective bargaining—Exclusive bargaining representative—Dues and other payments.(1) Upon authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after the certification or recognition of the bargaining unit's exclusive bargaining representative, the employer must deduct from the payments to the employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and must transmit the same to the treasurer of the exclusive bargaining representative.(2) If the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit enter into a collective bargaining agreement that includes requirements for deductions of other payments, the employer must make such deductions upon authorization of the employee.[ 2019 c 230 § 6; 2018 c 247 § 1; 1987 c 314 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.050 - Academic employee may appear in own behalf.

RCW 28B.52.050 Academic employee may appear in own behalf.Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any academic employee from appearing in his or her own behalf on matters relating to his or her employment relations with the college district.[ 1991 c 238 § 149; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.060 - Commission—Mediation activities—Other dispute resolution procedures authorized.

RCW 28B.52.060 Commission—Mediation activities—Other dispute resolution procedures authorized.The commission shall conduct mediation activities upon the request of either party as a means of assisting in the settlement of unresolved matters considered under this chapter.In the event that any matter being jointly considered by the employee organization and the board of trustees of the college district is not settled by the means provided in this chapter, either party, twenty-four hours after serving written notice of its intended action to the other party, may, request the assistance and advice of the commission. Nothing in this section prohibits an employer and an employee organization from agreeing to substitute, at their own expense, some other impasse procedure or other means of resolving matters considered under this chapter.[ 1991 c 238 § 150; 1987 c 314 § 9; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 13; 1973 1st ex.s. c 205 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 205: See note following RCW 28B.52.020.
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.065 - Commission's adjudication of unfair labor practices—Rules—Binding arbitration authorized.

RCW 28B.52.065 Commission's adjudication of unfair labor practices—Rules—Binding arbitration authorized.The commission may adjudicate any unfair labor practices alleged by a board of trustees or an employee organization and shall adopt reasonable rules to administer this section, except that a complaint must not be processed for any unfair labor practice occurring more than six months before the filing of the complaint with the commission or in superior court. However, the parties may agree to seek relief from unfair labor practices through binding arbitration.[ 2018 c 252 § 7; 1987 c 314 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.070 - Discrimination prohibited.

RCW 28B.52.070 Discrimination prohibited.Boards of trustees of college districts or any administrative officer thereof shall not discriminate against academic employees or applicants for such positions because of their membership or nonmembership in employee organizations or their exercise of other rights under this chapter.[ 1991 c 238 § 151; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.073 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.073 - Unfair labor practices.

RCW 28B.52.073 Unfair labor practices.(1) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer:(a) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by this chapter;(b) To dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization or contribute financial or other support to it: PROVIDED, That subject to rules adopted by the commission, an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with it or its representatives or agents during working hours without loss of time or pay;(c) To encourage or discourage membership in any employee organization by discrimination in regard to hire, tenure of employment, or any term or condition of employment;(d) To discharge or discriminate otherwise against an employee because that employee has filed charges or given testimony under this chapter;(e) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of its employees.(2) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employee organization:(a) To restrain or coerce an employee in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by this chapter: PROVIDED, That this subsection shall not impair the right of an employee organization to prescribe its own rules with respect to the acquisition or retention of membership in the employee organization or to an employer in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of bargaining or the adjustment of grievances;(b) To cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an employee in violation of subsection (1)(c) of this section;(c) To discriminate against an employee because that employee has filed charges or given testimony under this chapter;(d) To refuse to bargain collectively with an employer.(3) The expressing of any views, arguments, or opinion, or the dissemination thereof to the public, whether in written, printed, graphic, or visual form, shall not constitute or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under this chapter, if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit.[ 1987 c 314 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.078 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.078 - Strikes and lockouts prohibited—Violations—Remedies.

RCW 28B.52.078 Strikes and lockouts prohibited—Violations—Remedies.The right of college faculty to engage in any strike is prohibited. The right of a board of trustees to engage in any lockout is prohibited. Should either a strike or lockout occur, the representative of the faculty or board of trustees may invoke the jurisdiction of the superior court in the county in which the labor dispute exists and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate order against either or both parties. In fashioning an order, the court shall take into consideration not only the elements necessary for injunctive relief but also the purpose and goals of this chapter and any mitigating factors such as the commission of an unfair labor practice by either party.[ 1991 c 238 § 152; 1987 c 314 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.080 - Commission to adopt rules and regulations—Boards may request commission services.

RCW 28B.52.080 Commission to adopt rules and regulations—Boards may request commission services.The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of employer-employee relations under this chapter. The boards may request the services of the commission to assist in the conduction of certification elections as provided for in RCW 28B.52.030.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 14; 1973 1st ex.s. c 205 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 7.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 205: See note following RCW 28B.52.020.
WA Rev Code § 28B.52.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.52 - Collective Bargaining—Academic Personnel in Community Colleges.|28B.52.090 - Prior agreements.

RCW 28B.52.090 Prior agreements.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to annul or modify, or to preclude the renewal or continuation of, any lawful agreement heretofore entered into between any college district and any representative of its employees.[ 1991 c 238 § 153; 1971 ex.s. c 196 § 8.]