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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.130 - Transportation Demand Management Programs. › 28B.130.020 - Transportation fee.

RCW 28B.130.020
Transportation fee.
(1) The governing board of an institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 may impose either a voluntary or a mandatory transportation fee on employees and on students at the institution. The board of regents of Washington State University may impose either a voluntary or a mandatory transportation fee on faculty and staff working at the Riverpoint higher education park and on students attending classes there. The transportation fee shall be used solely to fund transportation demand management programs that reduce the demand for campus and neighborhood parking, and promote alternatives to single-occupant vehicle driving. If the board charges a mandatory transportation fee to students, it shall charge a mandatory transportation fee to employees. The transportation fee for employees may exceed, but shall not be lower than the transportation fee charged to students. The transportation fee for employees may be deducted from the employees' paychecks. The transportation fee for students may be imposed annually, or each academic term. For students attending community colleges and technical colleges, the mandatory transportation fee shall not exceed sixty percent of the maximum rate permitted for services and activities fees at community colleges, unless, through a vote, a majority of students consent to increase the transportation fee. For students attending four-year institutions of higher education or classes at the Riverpoint higher education park, the mandatory transportation fee shall not exceed thirty-five percent of the maximum rate permitted for services and activities fees at the institution where the student is enrolled unless, through a vote, a majority of students consents to increase the transportation fee. The board may make a limited number of exceptions to the fee based on a policy adopted by the board.
(2) The board of regents of Washington State University shall not impose a transportation fee on any student who is already paying a transportation fee to the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled.
[ 1998 c 344 § 7; 1997 c 273 § 2; 1993 c 447 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Findings—1998 c 344: See note following RCW 28B.10.029.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.130 - Transportation Demand Management Programs. › 28B.130.030 - Use of transportation fees.

RCW 28B.130.030
Use of transportation fees.
Transportation fees shall be spent only on activities directly related to the institution of higher education's transportation demand management program. These may include, but are not limited to the following activities: Transit, carpool, and vanpool subsidies; ride-sharing programs, and program advertising for carpools, vanpools, and transit service; guaranteed ride-home and telecommuting programs; and bicycle storage facilities. Funds may be spent on capital or operating costs incurred in the implementation of any of these strategies, and may be also used to contract with local or regional transit agencies for transportation services. Funds may be used for existing programs if they are incorporated into the campus transportation demand management program.
[ 1993 c 447 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.130 - Transportation Demand Management Programs. › 28B.130.040 - Adoption of guidelines for establishing and funding transportation demand management programs.

RCW 28B.130.040
Adoption of guidelines for establishing and funding transportation demand management programs.
The board of trustees or board of regents of each institution of higher education imposing a transportation fee shall adopt guidelines governing the establishment and funding of transportation demand management programs supported by transportation fees. These guidelines shall establish procedures for budgeting and expending transportation fee revenue.
[ 1993 c 447 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.005 - Finding—Intent.

RCW 28B.133.005
Finding—Intent.
The legislature finds that financially needy students, especially those with dependents, are finding it increasingly difficult to stay in school due to the high costs of caring for their dependent children.
The legislature intends to establish an educational assistance grant program, funded through gifts, grants, or endowments from private sources, for students with dependents who have additional financial needs due to the care they provide for their dependents eighteen years of age or younger.
[ 2003 c 19 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.010 - Program created.

RCW 28B.133.010
Program created.
The educational assistance grant program for students with dependents is hereby created, subject to the availability of receipts of gifts, grants, or endowments from private sources. The program is created to serve students who demonstrate financial need with dependents eighteen years of age or younger, by assisting them directly through a grant program to pursue a degree or certificate at public or private institutions of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.92.030(4) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii), that participate in the Washington college grant program.
[ 2019 c 406 § 46; 2013 c 248 § 4; 2004 c 275 § 72; 2003 c 19 § 2.]
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.
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2013 c 248: See notes following RCW 28B.92.030.
Part headings not law—2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.020 - Eligibility.

RCW 28B.133.020
Eligibility.
To be eligible for the educational assistance grant program for students with dependents, applicants shall: (1) Be residents of the state of Washington; (2) be students who demonstrate financial need as defined in RCW 28B.92.030; (3) be eligible to participate in the Washington college grant program as set forth under chapter 28B.92 RCW; and (4) have dependents eighteen years of age or younger who are under their care.
[ 2019 c 406 § 47; 2004 c 275 § 73; 2003 c 19 § 3.]
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—2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.030 - Solicitation of gifts, grants, or endowments—Use.

RCW 28B.133.030
Solicitation of gifts, grants, or endowments—Use.
The office may solicit and receive gifts, grants, or endowments from private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the educational assistance grant program. The director, or the director's designee, may spend gifts, grants, or endowments or income from the private sources according to their terms unless the receipt of the gifts, grants, or endowments violates RCW 42.17A.560.
[ 2012 c 198 § 24; 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 236; 2011 c 60 § 12; 2003 c 19 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 198: See note following RCW 70A.15.5110.
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Effective date—2011 c 60: See RCW 42.17A.919.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.040 - Program administration.

RCW 28B.133.040
Program administration.
The office of student financial assistance shall develop and administer the educational assistance grant program for students with dependents. In administering the program, once the balance in the students with dependents grant account is five hundred thousand dollars, the office's powers and duties shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Adopting necessary rules and guidelines;
(2) Publicizing the program;
(3) Accepting and depositing donations into the grant account established in *RCW 28B.133.030; and
(4) Soliciting and accepting grants and donations from private sources for the program.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 237; 2003 c 19 § 5.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 28B.133.030 was amended by 2012 c 198 § 24, deleting (1) which created the grant account.
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.133 - Gaining Independence for Students With Dependents Program. › 28B.133.050 - Use of grants.

RCW 28B.133.050
Use of grants.
The educational assistance grant program for students with dependents grants may be used by eligible participants to attend any public or private college or university in the state of Washington as defined in RCW 28B.92.030(4) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii). Each participating student may receive an amount to be determined by the office of student financial assistance, with a minimum amount of one thousand dollars per academic year, not to exceed the student's documented financial need for the course of study as determined by the institution.
Educational assistance grants for students with dependents are not intended to supplant any grant scholarship or tax program related to postsecondary education. If the office of student financial assistance finds that the educational assistance grants for students with dependents supplant or reduce any grant, scholarship, or tax program for categories of students, then the office shall adjust the financial eligibility criteria or the amount of the grant to the level necessary to avoid supplanting.
[ 2013 c 248 § 5; 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 238; 2004 c 275 § 74; 2003 c 19 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2013 c 248: See notes following RCW 28B.92.030.
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Part headings not law—2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.135 - Child Care for Higher Education Students. › 28B.135.010 - Four-year student child care in higher education account—Program established.

RCW 28B.135.010
Four-year student child care in higher education account—Program established.
The four-year student child care in higher education account is established. The office of student financial assistance shall administer the program for the four-year institutions of higher education. Through this program the office shall award either competitive or matching child care grants to state institutions of higher education to encourage programs to address the need for high quality, accessible, and affordable child care for students at higher education institutions. The grants shall be used exclusively for the provision of quality child care services for students at institutions of higher education. The university or college administration and student government association, or its equivalent, of each institution receiving the award may contribute financial support in an amount equal to or greater than the child care grant received by the institution.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 239; 2010 1st sp.s. c 9 § 5; 2008 c 162 § 2; 1999 c 375 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 9: See note following RCW 28A.650.035.
Intent—2008 c 162: "It is the intent of the legislature to improve access to higher education for all residents and ensure that students have the necessary resources and support services to attain their educational goals while keeping families strong. For many students, the lack of affordable, accessible, quality child care on or in close proximity to colleges and universities is a barrier to completion of their higher education goals. Further, it is the intent of the legislature to adopt policies that, to the extent possible, leverage existing resources and maximize educational outcomes by supporting affordable, accessible, and quality child care programs." [ 2008 c 162 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.135 - Child Care for Higher Education Students. › 28B.135.020 - Grants—Eligibility—Grant period.

RCW 28B.135.020
Grants—Eligibility—Grant period.
The institution of higher education shall be eligible to receive the grant for a period not exceeding two years. After the expiration of any two-year grant, the institution may reapply to receive subsequent grant awards or a continuation of the grant awarded the prior two years.
[ 1999 c 375 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.135 - Child Care for Higher Education Students. › 28B.135.030 - Program administration—Four-year institutions of higher education—Rules—Reports.

RCW 28B.135.030
Program administration—Four-year institutions of higher education—Rules—Reports.
The office of student financial assistance shall have the following powers and duties in administering the program for the four-year institutions of higher education:
(1) To adopt rules necessary to carry out the program;
(2) To establish one or more review committees to assist in the evaluation of proposals for funding. The review committees may receive input from parents, educators, and other experts in the field of early childhood education for this purpose;
(3) To establish each biennium specific guidelines for submitting grant proposals consistent with the overall goals of the program. The guidelines shall be consistent with the following desired outcomes of increasing access to quality child care for students, providing affordable child care alternatives for students, creating a partnership between university or college administrations, university or college foundations, and student government associations, or their equivalents;
(4) To proportionally distribute the amount of money available in the trust fund based on the financial support for child care received by the student government associations or their equivalents. Student government associations may solicit funds from private organizations and targeted fund-raising campaigns as part of their financial support for child care;
(5) To solicit grant proposals and provide information to the institutions of higher education about the program; [and]
(6) To establish reporting, evaluation, accountability, monitoring, and dissemination requirements for the recipients of the grants; and[.]
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 240; 2008 c 162 § 3; 2005 c 490 § 8; 1999 c 375 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2008 c 162: See note following RCW 28B.135.010.
Effective date—2005 c 490: See note following RCW 43.216.705.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.135 - Child Care for Higher Education Students. › 28B.135.035 - Program administration—Community and technical colleges—Rules—Reports.

RCW 28B.135.035
Program administration—Community and technical colleges—Rules—Reports.
The state board for community and technical colleges shall have the following powers and duties in administering the program established in RCW 28B.135.010 for the two-year institutions of higher education:
(1) To adopt rules necessary to carry out the program;
(2) To establish, if deemed necessary, one or more review committees to assist in the evaluation of proposals for funding. The review committees may receive input from parents, educators, and other experts in the field of early childhood education for this purpose;
(3) To establish each biennium specific guidelines for submitting grant proposals consistent with the overall goals of the program. The guidelines shall be consistent with the following desired outcomes of increasing access to quality child care for students, providing affordable child care alternatives for students, creating more cooperative preschool programs or other alternative parent education models, creating models that can be replicated at other institutions, creating a partnership between college administrations, college foundations, and student government associations, or their equivalents, and increasing innovation at campus child care centers;
(4) To establish guidelines for an allocation system based on factors that include but are not limited to: The amount of money available in the trust fund and the financial support for child care received by the student government associations or their equivalents. Student government associations may solicit funds from private organizations and targeted fund-raising campaigns as part of their financial support for child care;
(5) To solicit grant proposals and provide information to the institutions of higher education about the program;
(6) To establish reporting, evaluation, accountability, monitoring, and dissemination requirements for the recipients of the grants; and
(7) To report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 15, 2008, and every two years thereafter, on the status of program design and implementation within the community and technical college system. The report shall include but not be limited to summary information on the institutions receiving child [care] grant allocations, the amount contributed by each college administration and student government association for the purposes of child care, including expenditures and reports for the previous biennium, services provided by each institutional child care center, the number of students using such services, and identifiable unmet need.
[ 2008 c 162 § 4.]
NOTES:
Intent—2008 c 162: See note following RCW 28B.135.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.135 - Child Care for Higher Education Students. › 28B.135.040 - Four-year student child care in higher education account.

RCW 28B.135.040
Four-year student child care in higher education account.
The four-year student child care in higher education account is established in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys in the account may be spent only for the purposes of RCW 28B.135.010. Disbursements from the account shall be on the authorization of the office of student financial assistance. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 241; 2010 1st sp.s. c 9 § 4; 1999 c 375 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent—2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 9: See note following RCW 28A.650.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.137 - Religious Reasonable Accommodation. › 28B.137.010 - Reasonable accommodation for religious holidays.

RCW 28B.137.010
Reasonable accommodation for religious holidays.
(1) Postsecondary educational institutions must develop policies to accommodate student absences to allow students to take holidays for reasons of faith or conscience or for organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization, so that students' grades are not adversely impacted by the absences.
(2) The institution's policy must require faculty to reasonably accommodate students who, due to the observance of religious holidays, expect to be absent or endure a significant hardship during certain days of the course or program. "Reasonably accommodate" means coordinating with the student on scheduling examinations or other activities necessary for completion of the program and includes rescheduling examinations or activities or offering different times for examinations or activities.
(3) Any student seeking reasonable accommodations under this section must provide written notice to the faculty, within the first two weeks of the beginning of the course, of the specific dates the student requests accommodations regarding examinations or other activities.
(4) A postsecondary educational institution shall provide notice to students of its policy by publishing the policy on the institution's website and including either the policy or a link to the policy in course or program syllabi. The notice to students must also include notification of the institution's grievance procedure.
(5) A postsecondary educational institution may not require a student to pay any fees for seeking reasonable accommodations under this section.
(6) For the purposes of this section, "postsecondary educational institution" means an institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, a degree-granting institution as defined in RCW 28B.85.010, a private vocational school as defined in RCW 28C.10.020, school as defined in RCW 18.16.020, and any entity offering academic credit for an apprenticeship program under RCW 49.04.150.
[ 2019 c 182 § 1; 2014 c 168 § 4. Formerly RCW 28B.10.039.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.140 - Financing Research Facilities at Research Universities. › 28B.140.005 - Policy.

RCW 28B.140.005
Policy.
It is the policy of the state to encourage basic and applied scientific research by the state's research universities. The creation of knowledge is a core mission of the state's research universities, and research provides teaching and learning opportunities for students and faculty. State-of-the-art facilities for research by research universities serve to attract the most capable students and faculty to the state and research grants from public and private institutions throughout the world. The application of such research stimulates investment and employment within Washington and the strengthening of our tax base. In order to finance research facilities, the state's research universities often use federal, state, private, and university resources and therefore require the authority to enter into financing arrangements that leverage funding sources and reduce the costs of such complex facilities to the state.
[ 2002 c 151 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.140 - Financing Research Facilities at Research Universities. › 28B.140.010 - Scope of authority.

RCW 28B.140.010
Scope of authority.
The University of Washington and Washington State University each may:
(1) Acquire, construct, rehabilitate, equip, and operate facilities and equipment to promote basic and applied research in the sciences;
(2) Borrow money for such research purposes, including interest during construction and other incidental costs, issue revenue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, refinance the same before or at maturity, and provide for the amortization of such indebtedness by pledging all or a component of the fees and revenues of the university available for such purpose derived from the ownership and operation of any of its facilities or conducting research that are not subject to appropriation by the legislature and that do not constitute general state revenues as defined in Article VIII, section 1 of the state Constitution;
(3) Enter into leases, with or without an option to purchase, of real and personal property to be used in basic and applied research in the sciences; and
(4) Lease all or a portion of such facilities and equipment as is deemed prudent by the university to provide for research conducted by persons or entities that are not part of the university but that provide rental income to support university research facilities or provide opportunities for the interaction of public and private research and research personnel, including students and faculty.
[ 2002 c 151 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.140 - Financing Research Facilities at Research Universities. › 28B.140.020 - Financial responsibility of university—No state general fund obligation.

RCW 28B.140.020
Financial responsibility of university—No state general fund obligation.
The governing body of a university financing facilities and equipment under this chapter shall give due regard to the costs of maintaining and operating such facilities and equipment during the useful lives of the facilities and equipment. No state appropriated funds may be used for (1) the payment of maintenance and operation of the facilities and equipment financed under this chapter; or (2) the grant or contract-supported research activities housed in these facilities. If funding through grants or contracts for research activities housed in these facilities is reduced, eliminated, or declared insufficient, the funding deficiencies are not a state obligation to be paid from the state general fund.
[ 2002 c 151 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.140 - Financing Research Facilities at Research Universities. › 28B.140.030 - Authority of chapter—Supplemental.

RCW 28B.140.030
Authority of chapter—Supplemental.
The authority granted by this chapter is supplemental to any existing or future authority granted to the University of Washington and Washington State University and shall not be construed to limit the existing or future authority of these universities.
[ 2002 c 151 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.140 - Financing Research Facilities at Research Universities. › 28B.140.900 - Reports to the legislature.

RCW 28B.140.900
Reports to the legislature.
Before January 31st of each year, the University of Washington and Washington State University must report to the ways and means committee of the senate and the capital budget committee of the house of representatives on the financing arrangements entered into under the authority of this chapter.
[ 2002 c 151 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.142 - Local Borrowing Authority—Research Universities. › 28B.142.005 - Finding—Intent.

RCW 28B.142.005
Finding—Intent.
The legislature hereby recognizes that the University of Washington and Washington State University will require additional methods of funding to meet the universities' educational and research missions and remain competitive in a challenging environment. State appropriations are sufficient to meet only a portion of these research universities' funding requirements. The state authorizes the universities to collect student tuition, services and activities fees, building fees, and technology fees, subject to statutory limits. In addition, the universities generate revenue from other sources such as grants, contracts, other fees, sales and services, and investment income. The legislature finds that the research universities are able to leverage these local nonstate-appropriated funds to enhance university facilities and services for the benefit of students, faculty, and the larger community. The legislature intends that the research universities be permitted to borrow and incur obligations for any university purpose, so long as repayment is limited to local nonappropriated university funds and so long as the state's credit or general state revenues are not obligated or used for repayment. To permit the University of Washington to refinance the real and personal property acquired between August and October 2006 before the end of the fiscal biennium, sections of chapter 24, Laws of 2007 necessary to accomplish this limited purpose are made effective before the end of the biennium.
[ 2007 c 24 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.142 - Local Borrowing Authority—Research Universities. › 28B.142.010 - Bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness—University of Washington and Washington State University.

RCW 28B.142.010
Bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness—University of Washington and Washington State University.
The board of regents of the University of Washington and Washington State University may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness for any university purpose. The board of regents of the University of Washington and Washington State University may obligate all or a component of the fees and revenues of the university for the payment of such bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness: PROVIDED, That such fees and revenues are not subject to appropriation by the legislature and do not constitute general state revenues as defined in Article VIII, section 1 of the state Constitution. Such bonds, notes, and other indebtedness shall not constitute bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the state or required to be paid, directly or indirectly, from general state revenues. Bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this chapter shall be issued in accordance with the procedures in RCW 28B.10.310 and 28B.10.315 or the provisions applicable to either the state or local governments under chapter 39.46 or 39.53 RCW.
[ 2009 c 500 § 4; 2007 c 24 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2009 c 500: See note following RCW 39.42.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.142 - Local Borrowing Authority—Research Universities. › 28B.142.020 - Reports.

RCW 28B.142.020
Reports.
The University of Washington and Washington State University must report annually to the ways and means committee of the senate, the capital budget committee of the house of representatives, and the office of the state treasurer on any bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued under this chapter as a part of a public securities offering. The report shall include a summary of the total outstanding debt of the university, a summary of any public securities offerings issued that year by purpose, including rating information from at least one nationally recognized credit rating agency, issuance costs, interest rate information, sources of repayment, and a copy of the annual bondholder report filed by the University of Washington and Washington State University in accordance with Rule 15c2-12 of the securities and exchange commission.
[ 2007 c 24 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.142 - Local Borrowing Authority—Research Universities. › 28B.142.030 - Bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness—University of Washington—Refinancing.

RCW 28B.142.030
Bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness—University of Washington—Refinancing.
The board of regents of the University of Washington may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness under this section for the purpose of refinancing real and personal property acquired by the University of Washington during the period between August and October 2006. The board of regents of the University of Washington may obligate all or a component of the fees and revenues of the university for the payment of such bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness: PROVIDED, That such fees and revenues are not subject to appropriation by the legislature and do not constitute general state revenues as defined in Article VIII, section 1 of the state Constitution. Bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this section shall be issued in accordance with the procedures in RCW 28B.10.310 and 28B.10.315 or the provisions applicable to either the state or local governments under chapter 39.46 or 39.53 RCW. Such bonds, notes, and other indebtedness shall not constitute bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the state or required to be paid, directly or indirectly, from general state revenues.
[ 2009 c 500 § 5; 2007 c 24 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2009 c 500: See note following RCW 39.42.070.
Effective date—2007 c 24 § 4: "Section 4 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect May 1, 2007." [ 2007 c 24 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.142 - Local Borrowing Authority—Research Universities. › 28B.142.040 - Authority of chapter—Supplemental.

RCW 28B.142.040
Authority of chapter—Supplemental.
The authority granted by this chapter is in addition and supplemental to any previously granted or future authority granted to the University of Washington or Washington State University and shall not be construed to limit the existing or future powers or authority of these universities, including without limitation the authority to issue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to RCW 28B.10.300 through 28B.10.330, 28B.20.145, or 28B.20.395 through 28B.20.398, or chapter 28B.140 RCW, or to participate in state reimbursable bond, certificate of participation, or other state debt programs.
[ 2007 c 24 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.005 - Finding—Intent.

RCW 28B.145.005
Finding—Intent.
The legislature finds that, despite increases in degree production, there remain acute shortages in high employer demand programs of study, particularly in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and health care fields of study. According to the workforce training and education coordinating board, seventeen percent of Washington businesses had difficulty finding job applicants in 2010. Eleven thousand employers did not fill a vacancy because they lacked qualified job applicants. Fifty-nine percent of projected job openings in Washington state from now until 2017 will require some form of postsecondary education and training.
It is the intent of the legislature to provide jobs and opportunity by making Washington the place where the world's most productive companies find the world's most talented people. The legislature intends to accomplish this through the creation of the opportunity scholarship and the opportunity expansion programs to: Help mitigate the impact of tuition increases; increase the number of professional-technical certificates, professional-technical degrees, baccalaureate degrees in high employer demand and other programs, and advanced degrees in health professions; and invest in programs and students to meet market demands for a knowledge-based economy while filling middle-income jobs with a sufficient supply of skilled workers.
[ 2019 c 406 § 62. Prior: 2018 c 209 § 5; 2018 c 114 § 1; 2011 1st sp.s. c 13 § 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.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.050 - Opportunity scholarship match transfer account.

RCW 28B.145.050
Opportunity scholarship match transfer account.
(1) The opportunity scholarship match transfer account is created in the custody of the state treasurer as a nonappropriated account to be used solely and exclusively for the opportunity scholarship program created in RCW 28B.145.040. The purpose of the account is to provide matching funds for the opportunity scholarship program.
(2) Revenues to the account shall consist of appropriations by the legislature into the account and any gifts, grants, or donations received by the executive director of the council for this purpose.
(3) No expenditures from the account may be made except upon receipt of proof, by the executive director of the council from the program administrator, of private contributions to the opportunity scholarship program. Expenditures, in the form of matching funds, may not exceed the total amount of private contributions.
(4) Only the executive director of the council or the executive director's designee may authorize expenditures from the opportunity scholarship match transfer account. Such authorization must be made as soon as practicable following receipt of proof as required under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) The council shall enter into an appropriate agreement with the program administrator to demonstrate exchange of consideration for the matching funds.
(6) During the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, expenditures from the opportunity scholarship match transfer account may be used for payment to the program administrator for administrative duties carried out under this chapter in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year.
[ 2020 c 357 § 912; 2014 c 208 § 5; 2011 1st sp.s. c 13 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2020 c 357: See note following RCW 43.79.545.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.055 - Opportunity scholarship program—Awards not considered state-funded.

RCW 28B.145.055
Opportunity scholarship program—Awards not considered state-funded.
The office of student financial assistance and the institutions of higher education may not consider awards made under the opportunity scholarship program to be state-funded for the purpose of determining the value of an award for other state financial aid programs.
[ 2019 c 406 § 68.]
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.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.070 - Reports—Review for legislative action.

RCW 28B.145.070
Reports—Review for legislative action.
(1) Annually each December 1st, the board, together with the program administrator, shall report to the council, the governor, and the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the rural jobs program and opportunity scholarship and opportunity expansion programs, including but not limited to:
(a) Which education programs the board determined were eligible for purposes of the opportunity scholarship and which high employer demand fields within eligible counties were identified for purposes of the rural jobs program;
(b) The number of applicants for the opportunity scholarship and rural jobs program, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by race, ethnicity, gender, county of origin, age, and median family income;
(c) The number of participants in the opportunity scholarship program and rural jobs program, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by race, ethnicity, gender, county of origin, age, and median family income;
(d) The number and amount of the scholarships actually awarded, whether the scholarships were paid from the student support pathways account, the scholarship account, or the endowment account, and the number and amount of scholarships actually awarded under the rural jobs program;
(e) The institutions and eligible education programs in which opportunity scholarship participants enrolled, together with data regarding participants' completion and graduation, and the institutions and programs in which recipients of the rural jobs program scholarship enrolled, together with recipients' data on completion and graduation;
(f) The total amount of private contributions and state match moneys received for the rural jobs program and the opportunity scholarship program, how the funds under the opportunity scholarship program were distributed between the student support pathways account, the scholarship account, and the endowment account, the interest or other earnings on all the accounts created under this chapter, and the amount of any administrative fee paid to the program administrator; and
(g) Identification of the programs the board selected to receive opportunity expansion awards and the amount of such awards.
(2) In the next succeeding legislative session following receipt of a report required under subsection (1) of this section, the appropriate committees of the legislature shall review the report and consider whether any legislative action is necessary with respect to the rural jobs program, the opportunity scholarship program, or the opportunity expansion program, including but not limited to consideration of whether any legislative action is necessary with respect to the nature and level of focus on high employer demand fields and the number and amount of scholarships.
[ 2018 c 254 § 8; 2014 c 208 § 7; 2011 1st sp.s. c 13 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2018 c 254: See note following RCW 28B.145.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.080 - Evaluation of opportunity scholarship and opportunity expansion programs by joint legislative audit and review committee.

RCW 28B.145.080
Evaluation of opportunity scholarship and opportunity expansion programs by joint legislative audit and review committee.
(1) Beginning in 2018, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall evaluate the opportunity scholarship and opportunity expansion programs, and submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2018. The committee's evaluation shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) The number and type of eligible education programs as determined by the opportunity scholarship board;
(b) The number of participants in the opportunity scholarship program in relation to the number of participants who completed a baccalaureate degree;
(c) The total cumulative number of students who received opportunity scholarships, and the total cumulative number of students who gained a baccalaureate degree after receiving an opportunity scholarship and the types of baccalaureate degrees awarded;
(d) The amount of private contributions to the opportunity scholarship program, annually and in total;
(e) The amount of state match moneys to the opportunity scholarship program, annually and in total;
(f) The amount of any administrative fees paid to the program administrator, annually and in total;
(g) The source and amount of funding, annually and cumulatively, for the opportunity expansion program;
(h) The number and type of proposals submitted by institutions for opportunity expansion awards, the number and type of proposals that received an award of opportunity expansion funds, and the amount of such awards;
(i) The total cumulative number of additional high employer demand degrees produced in Washington state due to the opportunity expansion program, including both the initial opportunity expansion awards and the subsequent inclusion in base funding; and
(j) Evidence that the existence of the opportunity scholarship and opportunity expansion programs have contributed to the achievement of the public policy objectives of helping to mitigate the impact of tuition increases, increasing the number of baccalaureate degrees in high employer demand and other programs, and investing in programs and students to meet market demands for a knowledge-based economy while filling middle-income jobs with a sufficient supply of skilled workers.
(2) In the event that the joint legislative audit and review committee is charged with completing an evaluation of other aspects of degree production, funding, or other aspects of higher education in 2018, and to the extent that it is economical and feasible to do so, the committee shall combine the multiple evaluations and submit a single report.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 13 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.110 - Rural jobs program—Administrator duties—Student support pathways account.

RCW 28B.145.110
Rural jobs program—Administrator duties—Student support pathways account.
(1) For the purposes of the rural jobs program, the program administrator shall:
(a) Jointly with the board, solicit and accept donations, grants, and contributions from private sources via direct payment, pledge agreement, or escrow account, for deposit into the student support pathways account created in this section, and set annual fund-raising goals;
(b) Establish and manage the student support pathways account to receive grants, contributions from private sources, and state matching funds, and from which to disburse scholarship funds to selected students; and
(c) Provide proof of receipt of grants and contributions from private sources to the council, identifying the amounts received by the name of the private source and date received, and whether the amounts received were deposited into the student support pathways account.
(2) The student support pathways account, whose principal may be invaded, must be created by the board from which scholarship funds will be disbursed beginning no later than the fall term of the 2020 academic year, if by that date, state matching funds have been received. Thereafter, scholarship funds shall be disbursed on an annual basis.
[ 2018 c 254 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2018 c 254: See note following RCW 28B.145.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 28B - Higher Education › Chapter 28B.145 - Opportunity Scholarship Act. › 28B.145.120 - Rural jobs program—Match transfer account.

RCW 28B.145.120
Rural jobs program—Match transfer account.
(1) The rural jobs program match transfer account is created in the custody of the state treasurer as a nonappropriated account to be used solely and exclusively for the rural jobs program created in RCW 28B.145.100. The purpose of the rural jobs program match transfer account is to provide state matching funds for the rural jobs program.
(2) Revenues to the rural jobs program match transfer account shall consist of appropriations by the legislature into the rural jobs program match transfer account.
(3) No expenditures from the rural jobs program match transfer account may be made except upon receipt of proof, by the executive director of the council from the program administrator, of private contributions to the rural jobs program. Expenditures, in the form of matching funds, may not exceed the total amount of private contributions.
(4) Only the executive director of the council or the executive director's designee may authorize expenditures from the rural jobs program match transfer account. Such authorization must be made as soon as practicable following receipt of proof as required under this section.
(5)(a) The council shall enter into an appropriate agreement with the program administrator to demonstrate exchange of consideration for the matching funds.
(b) Once moneys in the rural jobs program match transfer account are subject to an agreement under this subsection and are deposited in the student support pathways account, the state acts in a fiduciary rather than ownership capacity with regard to those assets. Assets in the student support pathways account are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state.
[ 2023 c 176 § 5; 2018 c 254 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 176: See note following RCW 28B.145.010.
Findings—Intent—2018 c 254: See note following RCW 28B.145.100.