Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-66 - Washington state scholars program - Rules and regulations › Section 250-66-020 - Program definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) "Public
			 institution of higher education" or "state-supported institution of higher
			 education" shall mean all Washington state-operated, public, four-year
			 universities, The Evergreen State College, community colleges, and technical
			 colleges.
(2) "Independent college
			 or university" shall mean any private, nonprofit educational institution, the
			 main campus of which is permanently situated in the state, open to residents of
			 the state, providing programs of education beyond the high school level leading
			 at least to the baccalaureate degree, and accredited by the northwest
			 association of schools and colleges and other institutions as may be developed
			 that are approved by the higher education coordinating board as meeting
			 equivalent standards as those institutions accredited by the northwest
			 association of schools and colleges.
(3) "State-funded research universities"
			 shall mean the university of Washington and Washington state
			 university.
(4) "Washington
			 institution(s) of higher education" shall mean any of the state-supported,
			 public four-year colleges and universities, public two-year community and
			 technical colleges, and qualifying independent colleges and universities as
			 defined in subsection (2) of this section.
(5) "Board" means the higher education
			 coordinating board. When a duty or responsibility of the board is referenced in
			 these regulations, the authority needed to discharge that responsibility lies
			 with the executive director or his or her designee.
(6) "Washington resident" shall mean any
			 individual who satisfied the requirements of WAC
			 250-18-020 through
			 250-18-060 and any board-adopted
			 rules and regulations pertaining to the determination of residency.
(7) "Waiver of tuition and service and
			 activities fees." Students who received their Washington state scholars awards
			 prior to June 30, 1994, and who choose to attend a public institution of higher
			 education as defined in subsection (1) of this section, and who meet all other
			 eligibility requirements, shall be eligible for a full waiver of tuition and
			 services and activities fees at any Washington public institution of higher
			 education.
(8) "Grant(s)" shall
			 mean payments made to eligible Washington scholars and Washington scholars
			 alternates from moneys appropriated to the board for this purpose.
(9) "Regular academic year" shall mean fall
			 and spring semester at institutions operating on the semester system, or fall,
			 winter, and spring quarter at institutions operating on the quarter
			 system.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.80 RCW. 00-08-081, §
										250-66-020, filed 4/4/00,
				  effective 5/5/00. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.80 RCW and 1995 1st sp.s. c
				  5. 95-22-105, §
										250-66-020, filed 11/1/95,
				  effective 12/2/95. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.80 RCW. 93-19-014, §
										250-66-020, filed 9/2/93,
				  effective 10/3/93. Statutory Authority: 1992 c 231 and chapter 28B.80 RCW.
				  92-16-038, §
										250-66-020, filed 7/30/92,
				  effective 8/30/92. Statutory Authority: 1988 c 210. 88-14-088 (Order 5-88,
				  Resolution No. 88-13), §
										250-66-020, filed
				  7/5/88.