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WA Rev Code § 28B.50.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.215 - Overlapping service areas—Regional planning agreements.

RCW 28B.50.215 Overlapping service areas—Regional planning agreements.The colleges in each overlapping service area shall jointly submit for approval to the state board for community and technical colleges a regional planning agreement. The agreement shall provide for the ongoing interinstitutional coordination of community and technical college programs and services operated in the overlapping service area. The agreement shall include the means for the adjudication of issues arising from overlapping service areas. The agreement shall include a definitive statement of mission, scope, and purpose for each college including the nature of courses, programs, and services to be offered by each college.Technical colleges may, under the rules of the state board for community and technical colleges, offer all specific academic support courses that may be at a transfer level that are required of all students to earn a particular certificate or degree. This shall not be interpreted to mean that their mission may be expanded to include transfer preparation, nor does it preclude technical colleges from voluntarily and cooperatively using available community college courses as components of technical college programs.Any part of the agreement that is not approved by all the colleges in the service area, shall be determined by the state board for community and technical colleges. Approved regional planning agreements shall be enforced by the full authority of the state board for community and technical colleges. Changes to the agreement are subject to state board approval.For the purpose of creating and adopting a regional planning agreement, the trustees of the colleges in Pierce county shall form a county coordinating committee. The county coordinating committee shall consist of eight members. Each college board of trustees in Pierce county shall select two of its members to serve on the county coordinating committee. The county coordinating committee shall not employ its own staff, but shall instead utilize staff of the colleges in the county. The regional planning agreement adopted by the county coordinating committee shall include, but shall not be limited to: The items listed in this section, the transfer of credits between technical and community colleges, program articulation, and the avoidance of unnecessary duplication in programs, activities, and services.[ 1997 c 281 § 2; 1991 c 238 § 144.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.242 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.242 - Video telecommunications programming.

RCW 28B.50.242 Video telecommunications programming.The state board for community and technical colleges shall provide statewide coordination of video telecommunications programming for the community and technical college system.[ 1991 c 238 § 45; 1990 c 208 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.248 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.248 - Effect of child care subsidy eligibility expansion—Use of existing resources.

RCW 28B.50.248 Effect of child care subsidy eligibility expansion—Use of existing resources.Nothing in RCW 43.216.135 or 43.216.136 requires a community or technical college to expand any of its existing child care facilities. Any additional child care services provided by a community or technical college as a result of RCW 43.216.135 or 43.216.136 must be provided within existing resources and existing facilities.[ 2021 c 199 § 502. Prior: 2020 c 355 § 4; 2020 c 279 § 3; 2019 c 406 § 71; 2019 c 97 § 3.]NOTES:Short title—Findings—Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 199: See notes following RCW 43.216.770.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2020 c 355: See notes following RCW 43.216.135.Effective date—2020 c 279: See note following RCW 43.216.136.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.Findings—Intent—2019 c 97: See note following RCW 43.216.135.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.250 - Adult education programs in common school districts, limitations—Certain federal programs, administration.

RCW 28B.50.250 Adult education programs in common school districts, limitations—Certain federal programs, administration.The state board for community and technical colleges and the state board of education are hereby authorized to permit, on an ad hoc basis, the common school districts to conduct pursuant to RCW 28B.50.530 a program in adult education in behalf of a college district when such program will not conflict with existing programs of the same nature and in the same geographical area conducted by the college districts: PROVIDED, That federal programs for adult education shall be administered by the state board for community and technical colleges, which agency is hereby declared to be the state educational agency primarily responsible for supervision of adult education in the public schools as defined by *RCW 28B.50.020.[ 1991 c 238 § 46; 1969 ex.s. c 261 § 25; 1969 ex.s. c 223 § 28B.50.250. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 8 § 25.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The reference to RCW 28B.50.020 appears to be erroneous. "Adult education" is defined in RCW 28B.50.030.Severability—1969 ex.s. c 261: See note following RCW 28B.50.020.Community education programs: RCW 28A.620.020.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.252 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.252 - Districts offering vocational educational programs—Local advisory committees—Advice on current job needs.

RCW 28B.50.252 Districts offering vocational educational programs—Local advisory committees—Advice on current job needs.(1) Each local education agency or college district offering vocational educational programs shall establish local advisory committees to provide that agency or district with advice on current job needs and on the courses necessary to meet these needs.(2) The local program committees shall:(a) Participate in the determination of program goals;(b) Review and evaluate program curricula, equipment, and effectiveness;(c) Include representatives of business and labor who reflect the local industry, and the community; and(d) Actively consult with other representatives of business, industry, labor, and agriculture.[ 1991 c 238 § 77.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.254 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.254 - Advisory council on adult education—Workforce training and education coordinating board to monitor.

RCW 28B.50.254 Advisory council on adult education—Workforce training and education coordinating board to monitor.(1) There is hereby created the Washington advisory council on adult education. The advisory council shall advise the state board for community and technical colleges and the workforce training and education coordinating board concerning adult basic education and literacy programs. The advisory council shall perform all duties of state advisory councils on adult education as specified in P.L. 100-297, as amended. The advisory council's actions shall be consistent with the state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education prepared by the workforce training and education coordinating board as provided for in RCW 28C.18.060.(2) The advisory council on adult education shall consist of nine members as required by federal law, appointed by the governor. In making these appointments, to the maximum extent feasible, the governor shall give consideration to providing overlapping membership with the membership of the state job training coordinating council, and the governor shall give consideration to individuals with expertise and experience in adult basic education.(3) The workforce training and education coordinating board shall monitor the need for the council as described in subsection (1) of this section, and, if that need no longer exists, propose legislation to terminate the council.[ 1991 c 238 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.259 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.259 - Program for dislocated forest products workers—Waiver from tuition and fees.

RCW 28B.50.259 Program for dislocated forest products workers—Waiver from tuition and fees.(1) The state board for community and technical colleges shall administer a program designed to provide higher education opportunities to dislocated forest products workers and their unemployed spouses who are enrolled in a community or technical college for ten or more credit hours per quarter. In administering the program, the college board shall have the following powers and duties:(a) With the assistance of an advisory committee, design a procedure for selecting dislocated forest products workers to participate in the program;(b) Allocate funding to community and technical colleges attended by participants; and(c) Monitor the program and report on participants' progress and outcomes.(2) Unemployed spouses of eligible dislocated forest products workers may participate in the program, but tuition and fees may be waived under the program only for the worker or the spouse and not both.(3) Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the community and technical colleges may waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for program participants, for a maximum of six quarters within a two-year period.(4) During any biennium, the number of full-time equivalent students to be served in this program shall be determined by the applicable omnibus appropriations act, and shall be in addition to the community college enrollment level funded by the applicable omnibus appropriations act.[ 1998 c 245 § 21; 1993 sp.s. c 18 § 32; 1992 c 231 § 29; 1991 c 315 § 17.]NOTES:Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 18: See note following RCW 28B.12.060.Effective date—1992 c 231: See note following RCW 28B.10.016.Intent—1991 c 315: See note following RCW 28B.50.030.Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 315: See RCW 50.70.901.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.271 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.271 - Opportunity grant program.

RCW 28B.50.271 Opportunity grant program.(1) The college board shall develop and implement a workforce education program known as the opportunity grant program to provide financial and other assistance for students enrolled at qualified institutions of higher education in opportunity grant-eligible programs of study as described in RCW 28B.50.273. Students enrolled in the opportunity grant program are eligible for:(a) Funding for tuition and mandatory fees at the public community and technical college rate, prorated if the credit load is less than full time, paid directly to the educational institution; and(b) An additional one thousand dollars per academic year for books, tools, and supplies, prorated if the credit load is less than full time.(2) Funding under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section is limited to a maximum forty-five credits or the equivalent in an opportunity grant-eligible program of study, including required related courses. No student may receive opportunity grant funding for more than forty-five credits or for more than three years from initial receipt of grant funds in one or a combination of programs.(3) Grants awarded under this section are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose.[ 2007 c 277 § 101.]NOTES:Findings—2007 c 277: "The legislature finds that:(1) The economic trends of globalization and technological change are increasing the demand for higher and differently skilled workers than in the past;(2) Increasing Washington's economic competitiveness requires increasing the supply of skilled workers in the state;(3) Improving the labor market competitiveness of all Washington residents requires that all residents have access to postsecondary education; and(4) Community and technical college workforce training programs and Washington state apprenticeship and training council-approved apprenticeship programs provide effective and efficient pathways for people to enter high wage, high skill careers while also meeting the needs of the economy." [ 2007 c 277 § 1.]Part headings not law—2007 c 277: "Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law." [ 2007 c 277 § 302.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.273 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.273 - Identification of grant-eligible programs of study and other job training programs—Marketing.

RCW 28B.50.273 Identification of grant-eligible programs of study and other job training programs—Marketing.For the purposes of identifying opportunity grant-eligible programs of study and other job training programs, the college board, in partnership with business, labor, and the workforce training and education coordinating board, shall:(1) Identify high employer demand programs of study offered by qualified postsecondary institutions that lead to a credential, certificate, or degree;(2) Identify job-specific training programs offered by qualified postsecondary institutions that lead to a credential, certificate, or degree in green industry occupations as established in chapter 14, Laws of 2008;(3) Gain recognition of the credentials, certificates, and degrees by Washington's employers and labor organizations. The college board shall designate these recognized credentials, certificates, and degrees as "opportunity grant-eligible programs of study"; and(4) Market the credentials, certificates, and degrees to potential students, businesses, and apprenticeship programs as a way for individuals to advance in their careers and to better meet the needs of industry.[ 2009 c 353 § 2; 2008 c 14 § 10; 2007 c 277 § 201.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Scope of chapter 14, Laws of 2008—2008 c 14: See RCW 70A.45.005 and 70A.45.900.Findings—Part headings not law—2007 c 277: See notes following RCW 28B.50.271.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.274 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.274 - Opportunity partnership program.

RCW 28B.50.274 Opportunity partnership program.(1) Community and technical colleges shall partner with local workforce development councils to develop the opportunity partnership program. The opportunity partnership program may be newly developed or part of an existing program, and shall provide mentoring to students participating in the opportunity grant program. The program must develop criteria and identify opportunity grant students who would benefit by having a mentor. Each participating student shall be matched with a business or labor mentor employed in the field in which the student is interested. The mentor shall help the student explore careers and employment options through any combination of tours, informational interviews, job shadowing, and internships.(2) Subject to funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the workforce training and education coordinating board shall create the opportunity partnership program. The board, in partnership with business, labor, and the college board, shall determine the criteria for the distribution of funds.(3) The board may, in implementing this section, accept, use, and dispose of contributions of money, services, and property. All moneys received by the board for the purposes of this section must be deposited in a depository approved by the state treasurer. Only the board or a duly authorized representative thereof may authorize expenditures from this account. In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, the account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required to permit expenditure of moneys in the account.[ 2007 c 277 § 202.]NOTES:Findings—Part headings not law—2007 c 277: See notes following RCW 28B.50.271.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.286 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.286 - Opportunity express account.

RCW 28B.50.286 Opportunity express account.A separate and identifiable account, which shall be known as the opportunity express account, is established. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Moneys in the account shall be used only for the worker retraining program, training programs approved by the commissioner of the employment security department, training programs administered by labor and management partnerships, industry-prioritized training programs, training programs that facilitate career progression in health care occupations, the opportunity internship program, and the opportunity grant program, and for administrative costs related to these programs. Moneys in the account shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing funding for the opportunity grant program.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 24 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2010 1st sp.s. c 24: See note following RCW 28C.04.390.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.305 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.305 - Seattle Vocational Institute—Findings.

RCW 28B.50.305 Seattle Vocational Institute—Findings.The legislature finds that a vocational institute in the central area of the city of Seattle provides civic, social, and economic benefits to the people of the state of Washington. Economic development is enhanced by increasing the number of skilled individuals who enter the labor market and social welfare costs are reduced by the training of individuals lacking marketable skills. The students at the institute are historically economically disadvantaged, and include racial and ethnic minorities, recent immigrants, single-parent heads of households, and persons who are dislocated workers or without specific occupational skills. The institute presents a unique opportunity for business, labor, and community-based organizations, and educators to work together to provide effective vocational-technical training to the economically disadvantaged of urban Seattle, and to serve as a national model of such cooperation. Moreover, a trained workforce is a major factor in attracting new employers, and with greater minority participation in the workforce, the institute is uniquely located to deliver training and education to the individuals employers must increasingly turn to for their future workers.[ 1991 c 238 § 93.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.306 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.306 - Seattle Vocational Institute—Mission—Advisory committee to advise.

RCW 28B.50.306 Seattle Vocational Institute—Mission—Advisory committee to advise.The mission of the institute shall be to provide occupational, basic skills, and literacy education opportunities to economically disadvantaged populations in urban areas of the college district it serves. The mission shall be achieved primarily through open-entry, open-exit, short-term, competency-based basic skill, and job training programs targeted primarily to adults. The board of trustees of the sixth college district shall appoint a nine-member advisory committee consisting of equal representation from business, labor, and community representatives to provide advice and counsel to the administration of the institute and the district administration.[ 1991 c 238 § 100.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.307 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.307 - Seattle Vocational Institute—Funding.

RCW 28B.50.307 Seattle Vocational Institute—Funding.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 § 101.]
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.320 - Fees and other income—Deposit—Disbursement.

RCW 28B.50.320 Fees and other income—Deposit—Disbursement.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 applicable to state agencies. The depository selected by the trustees shall conform to the collateral requirements required for deposit of other state funds.Disbursement shall be made by check signed by the president of the college or the president's designee appointed in writing, and such other person as may be designated by the board of trustees of the college district. Each person authorized to sign as provided above, shall execute a surety bond as provided in RCW 43.17.100. Said bond or bonds shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.[ 1991 c 238 § 47; 1971 ex.s. c 279 § 17; 1970 ex.s. c 59 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 238 § 5; 1969 ex.s. c 223 § 28B.50.320. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 8 § 32.]NOTES:Severability—1971 ex.s. c 279: See note following RCW 28B.15.005.Severability—1970 ex.s. c 59: See note following RCW 28B.15.520.
WA Rev Code § 28B.50.328 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 28B - Higher Education|Chapter 28B.50 - Community and Technical Colleges.|28B.50.328 - Waivers of tuition and fees—Scholarships—Employment of instructional staff and faculty—Seattle Vocational Institute.

RCW 28B.50.328 Waivers of tuition and fees—Scholarships—Employment of instructional staff and faculty—Seattle Vocational Institute.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 instructional staff or faculty. The district may also contract with private individuals for instructional services. Until at least July 1, 1993, all faculty and staff serve at the pleasure of the district. In order to allow the district flexibility in its personnel policies with the institute, the district and the institute, with reference to employees of the institute employed during an initial two-year period until July 1, 1993, are exempt from chapters *28B.16, 28B.52 (relating to collective bargaining), 41.04, 41.05, 41.06, and 41.40 RCW; from RCW 43.01.040 through 43.01.044; and from RCW 28B.50.551 and 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.875 (relating to faculty tenure).[ 1991 c 238 § 103.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 28B.16 RCW was repealed by 1993 c 281, with the exception of RCW 28B.16.015 and 28B.16.240, which was recodified as RCW 41.06.382. The powers, duties, and functions of the state higher education personnel board were transferred to the Washington personnel resources board. RCW 28B.16.015 and 41.06.382 were subsequently repealed by 2002 c 354 § 403, effective July 1, 2005.