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Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-015 - Definitions

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(1) "Institution"
			 shall mean a public university, college, or community college within the state
			 of Washington.
(2) "Without regard
			 to gender" shall mean that gender may not be taken into account when making a
			 decision regarding a student.
(3)
			 "Available without regard to gender" shall mean that there are no institutional
			 factors operating to prevent or discourage students of either gender from
			 selecting, participating in, or completing a program of study or
			 activity.
(4) "Equitable" shall
			 mean that the benefits of a program or activity shall be enjoyed by males and
			 females substantially proportional to their enrollment as undergraduates at the
			 institution.
(5) "Opportunities for
			 participation" shall specifically apply to athletics and mean the number of
			 positions on the initial eligibility roster of student athletes, minus students
			 who are cut from the team, and students who drop out voluntarily within the
			 first ten days of practice.
(6)
			 "Academic programs" shall mean all instructional, research, and instruction and
			 research related public service activities of the institution, including
			 internships, teaching and research assistantships, and cooperative education,
			 at all levels of study.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-015, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-020 - Academic programs

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(1)
			 Institutions shall ensure that admission to academic programs is made without
			 regard to gender.
(2) Institutions
			 shall ensure that all academic programs are available without regard to gender
			 for student selection, participation, and completion.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-020, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-025 - Counseling and guidance services

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Institutions shall ensure that all counseling and guidance
				services are made available to all students without regard to gender,
				including:
(1) That counseling and
			 academic advising personnel stress access to all career and vocational
			 opportunities to all students;
(2)
			 That materials, assessment instruments, and techniques used encourage students
			 to participate in academic programs and other activities on individual rather
			 than gender-based factors;
(3) That
			 assessment instruments intended to measure aptitude, interest, personality,
			 emotional stability, or other characteristics, the interpretation of those
			 instruments, and the counseling staff do not discriminate on the basis of
			 gender.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-025, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-030 - Student employment

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Institutions shall ensure that all student employment is
				conducted without regard to gender, including:
(1) No differentiation in pay
			 scales;
(2) Assignment of
			 positions, jobs, and duties, except in cases of bona fide occupational
			 qualifications under WAC 162-16-020;
(3) Opportunities for advancement;
(4) Conditions of employment, including, but
			 not limited to, hiring practices, leaves of absence, and hours of
			 employment;
(5) All organizations
			 and companies not under the jurisdiction of the institution to which students
			 are referred for employment by the institution, or for which students are
			 recruited on campus or under the auspices of the institution.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-030, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-035 - Financial aid

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Institutions shall ensure that in the assignment of financial
				aid there is no discrimination in types, amounts, or patterns of aid awarded to
				students of each gender. Types of aid include, but are not limited to the
				following:
(1) Federal and state
			 funded, including institutionally controlled, need-based assistance;
(2) Merit-based awards
(3) Graduate assistantships and
			 fellowships
(4) Athletic
			 assistance
(5) Department-based
			 awards
(6) Foreign study
			 scholarships and opportunities
(7)
			 Nonneed based waivers
(8)
			 Discretionary programs
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-035, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-040 - Recreational activities

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Recreational activities include all activities provided by the
				institution, or sanctioned by the institution, to meet the recreational needs
				or interests of students, including, but not limited to, intramural activities
				and club sports.
(1) Institutions are
			 not required to offer any specific type or level of recreational opportunities.
			 Institutions which elect to offer recreational opportunities shall do so based
			 upon the interest levels of the students.
(2) Institutions which provide the following
			 benefits and services for recreational activities must make them available
			 without regard to gender:
(a) Equipment,
			 supplies, laundry services
(b)
			 Medical care, services and insurance,
(c) Transportation and per diem
			 allowances,
(d) Opportunities to
			 receive coaching and instruction,
(e) Assignment of game officials,
(f) Opportunities for competitions,
(g) Publicity and awards,
(h) Scheduling of games and practice times,
			 including use of courts, gyms and pools, showers, toilets, lockers, or training
			 room facilities.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-045 - Other student services

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Institutions which provide other student services including,
				but not limited to health services, minority student services, placement, child
				care, and housing, shall make them available without regard to
				gender.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-045, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-050 - Intercollegiate athletics

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Institutions which provide intercollegiate athletics shall do
				so with no disparities based on gender, according to the following
				standards:
(1) No sports may be
			 excluded or treated separately for purposes of meeting any of the requirements
			 of this section.
(2) Institutions
			 shall provide equitable opportunities for participation for males and females
			 in intercollegiate athletics:
(a)
			 Intercollegiate athletics shall include all sports recognized by the NCAA,
			 NAIA, and NWAACC, plus the sport of crew.
(b) Consistent with
			 RCW
			  28B.15.460, satisfactory progress toward the
			 goal of equitable opportunity, as of July 1, 1994, will be assumed if, by that
			 date, the number of opportunities for participation in athletics for female
			 students meets or exceeds the approximate rate (42%) at which high school girls
			 participated in interscholastic athletics in the state of Washington in
			 1995-96.
(c) After 1994,
			 institutions shall show continuing progress toward the goal of providing
			 numbers of opportunities for participation in athletics for male and female
			 students proportional to their respective undergraduate enrollments at the
			 institutions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-055 - Male and female coaches and administrators

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Institutions shall provide coaches and athletic administrators
				of both genders to act as role models for male and female athletes, and shall
				endeavor to attract staff of the underrepresented gender.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-055, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-060 - Sexual harassment

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Each institution shall develop and annually distribute to
				students, faculty, and staff, policies and procedures for handling complaints
				of sexual harassment, including:
(1) A
			 definition of sexual harassment which includes, but is not necessarily limited
			 to, unwanted verbal or physical sexual behavior of faculty or staff toward
			 students, supervisors toward student supervisees, or students toward
			 students.
(2) The name, address,
			 and phone number of one or more persons to whom complaints may be addressed,
			 and the procedures available.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-060, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-065 - Institutional self-study and plan

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(1) By September 30, 1990, each institution
			 shall submit to the higher education coordinating board an initial self-study
			 assessing its compliance with the gender equality requirements of this chapter.
			 The self-study shall utilize date from the 1988-89 academic year, and shall
			 include:
(a) An assessment of the students in
			 each major, at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and in all programs and
			 services related to academics, to determine whether the participation of males
			 and females is substantially proportional to the enrollment of each gender in
			 the undergraduate population of the institution;
(b) An analysis of student employment to
			 determine the proportion of each gender employed by the institution, and their
			 rates of pay;
(c) An evaluation of
			 all advising and counseling services and appraisal instruments to determine
			 freedom from gender bias;
(d) An
			 assessment of the participation of male and female students in the recreational
			 activities of the institution, and of the benefits associated with these
			 activities;
(e) An examination of
			 the amounts, types, and patterns of financial aid awarded to males and to
			 females at all levels of study to determine whether any disparities
			 exist;
(f) An evaluation of other
			 areas of student services, including, but not limited to, housing, placement,
			 child care, minority affairs, and special services, to determine if students of
			 both genders receive comparable benefits;
(g) An analysis of the intercollegiate
			 athletics program to identify any existing disparities between genders in
			 participation opportunities, benefits, services, or facilities;
(h) An enumeration of athletic administrators
			 and coaches by position title, sport and gender;
(i) A description of efforts implemented to
			 educate students, faculty and staff about sexual harassment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-070 - Distribution

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Institutions of higher education shall distribute summaries of
				the provisions of chapter 28B.110 RCW to all students, including the procedures
				for filing a complaint with the institution and the human rights
				commission.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-070, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-71 - Gender equality in higher education › Section 250-71-075 - Compliance - Complaints

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(1) The
			 president of each institution shall designate a specific staff person who shall
			 be responsible for monitoring and coordinating the institution's compliance
			 with this chapter.
(2) Each
			 institution shall identify existing complaint procedures, or establish new
			 ones, as an institutional remedy for complaints under this chapter.
(3) All rights and remedies under
			 chapter
			 49.60 RCW, including the
			 right to file a complaint with the human rights commission and to bring a civil
			 action, shall also apply.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.110 RCW. 90-24-023, §
										250-71-075, filed 11/29/90,
				  effective 12/30/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-010 - Purpose and applicability

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations for the
				administration of the distinguished professorship program for public four-year
				colleges and universities. The higher education coordinating board shall apply
				the provisions of this chapter when determining the use of the distinguished
				professor trust funds.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.869. 90-16-030, §
										250-72-010, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-015 - Definitions

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(1) "Board" means
			 the higher education coordinating board.
(2) "Institution" means a public four-year
			 college or university within the state of Washington.
(3) "Distinguished professorship program"
			 means the program established by the legislature as provided by RCW  28B.10.866 through 28B.10.872.
(4) "Trust
			 fund" means the distinguished professorship trust fund established by the
			 legislature as provided by RCW  28B.10.868.
(5) "Private donation" means funds made
			 specifically to the distinguished professorship program from nonpublic fund
			 sources, including assessments by commodity commissions authorized to conduct
			 research activities including but not limited to research studies authorized by
			 RCW
			  15.66.030 and
			 15.65.040.
(6) "Pledge" means an agreement between an
			 institution and a private donor(s) establishing terms for a private donation to
			 be made within a period of three years as provided by RCW  28B.10.870.
(7) "Allocate" means to assign a share of the
			 available professorships to specific institutions until a date
			 certain.
(8) "Designate" means to
			 set aside or reserve trust funds as a potential match to a pledged private
			 donation upon notification to the board.
(9) "Release funds" means the transfer of
			 trust funds to an institution after notification to the board that the full
			 amount of a pledged and designated private donation has been
			 received.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.869. 98-22-027, §
										250-72-015, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-030, §
										250-72-015, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-020 - Allocation system

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(1) The board shall
			 allocate available funds among institutions according to WAC
			 250-72-025 when no legislative
			 directive provides for the allocation of available trust funds.
(2) Any funds balance in the trust account on
			 June 11, 1998, and not designated to a particular institution, will be
			 distributed according to provisions of WAC
			 250-72-025 as revised.
(3) Any trust fund designated prior to June
			 11, 1998, and forfeited subsequent to that date, will be reallocated according
			 to revised WAC
			 250-72-040.
(4) Trust funds must be distributed in
			 increments of $250,000 for the state matching grant portion for each
			 distinguished professorship. Therefore, individual subaccount balances for each
			 institution will be maintained in the trust fund when the amount allocated for
			 each institution is not sufficient to provide for a full
			 professorship.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.869. 98-22-027, §
										250-72-020, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-030, §
										250-72-020, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-025 - Allocation system effective June 11, 1998

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At the time funds become available, the board shall notify all
				institutions of the amount of funding and the number of distinguished
				professorships available to each institution or group of institutions. The
				board shall allocate available funding for distinguished professorships as
				follows:
(1) University of Washington
			 - Forty-seven percent of total available funds (stipulating the number of
			 professorships which can be fully funded).
(2) Washington State University - Thirty-two
			 percent of total available funds (stipulating the number of professorships
			 which can be fully funded).
(3)
			 Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, The Evergreen
			 State College, and Western Washington University - Twenty-one percent of total
			 available funds (stipulating the number of professorships which can be fully
			 funded).
Distinguished professorships available under this subsection
				(3) shall be allocated to individual institutions according to an agreement to
				be prepared by the four institutions and submitted each year to the higher
				education coordinating board, prior to allocation of funds by the
				board.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.869. 98-22-027, §
										250-72-025, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-030, §
										250-72-025, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-035 - Designation to an institution of allocated funds

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(1) Within one year of notification by the
			 board that an institution has been allocated one or more distinguished
			 professorships, the institution shall:
(a)
			 Make written notification to the board that pledge(s) for private donation(s)
			 have been secured; and
(b) Provide
			 a copy to the board of the agreement(s)/pledge(s) entered into with the private
			 donor(s) concerning terms of the donation(s).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-040 - Reallocation of previously allocated or designated funds

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(1) The board shall reallocate previously
			 allocated funds when an institution has not secured a pledge within one year of
			 notification that funds were available to that institution.
(2) The board shall reallocate previously
			 designated funds when an institution has not received the full amount in
			 private donations within three years from the time that state matching funds
			 have been designated for that institution (based on a pledge for private
			 funding).
(3) An institution shall
			 not be eligible for reallocated funds if it has forfeited allocated or
			 designated funds in the preceding twelve-month period.
(4) The following reallocation guidelines
			 will be utilized by the board:
(a) If the
			 University of Washington forfeits allocated/designated funds, reallocation will
			 be made to Washington State University;
(b) If Washington State University forfeits
			 allocated/designated funds, reallocation will be made to the University of
			 Washington;
(c) If Central
			 Washington University, Eastern Washington University, The Evergreen State
			 College, or Western Washington University forfeits allocated/designated funds,
			 reallocation will be made consistent with the annual distribution agreement
			 developed by these four institutions. If no reallocation provision has been
			 included in the agreement, the board will reallocate to an eligible institution
			 (of the four institutions cited in this subsection). If more than one eligible
			 institution requests a reallocation, the reallocation will be based on a
			 drawing among the eligible institutions requesting participation in the
			 drawing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-72 - Distinguished professorship program › Section 250-72-045 - Release of funds

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Upon written notification that the full amount of a pledged and
				designated private donation has been received, the board shall request a
				warrant for the release of matching trust funds within five working
				days.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.869. 98-22-027, §
										250-72-045, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-030, §
										250-72-045, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-010 - Purpose and applicability

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations for the
				administration of the graduate fellowship program for public four-year colleges
				and universities. The higher education coordinating board shall apply the
				provisions of this chapter when determining the use of the graduate fellowship
				trust funds.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.883. 90-16-029, §
										250-73-010, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-015 - Definitions

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(1) "Board" means
			 the higher education coordinating board.
(2) "Institution" means a public four-year
			 college or university within the state of Washington.
(3) "Graduate fellowship program" means the
			 program established by the legislature as provided by RCW  28B.10.880 through
			 28B.10.887.
(4) "Trust fund" means
			 the graduate fellowship trust fund established by the legislature as provided
			 by RCW  28B.10.882.
(5) "Private
			 donation" means funds made specifically to the graduate fellowship program from
			 nonpublic fund sources.
(6)
			 "Pledge" means an agreement between an institution and a private donor(s)
			 establishing terms for a private donation to be made within a period of two
			 years as provided by RCW  28B.10.884.
(7) "Allocate" means to assign a share of the
			 available fellowships to specific institutions until a date certain.
(8) "Designate" means to set aside or reserve
			 trust funds as a potential match to a pledged private donation upon
			 notification to the board.
(9)
			 "Release funds" means the transfer of trust funds to an institution after
			 notification to the board that the full amount of a pledged and designated
			 private donation has been received.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.883. 98-22-026, §
										250-73-015, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-029, §
										250-73-015, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-020 - Allocation system

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(1) The board shall
			 allocate available trust funds among institutions according to WAC
			 250-73-025 when no legislative
			 directive provides for the allocation of available trust funds.
(2) Any funds balance in the trust account on
			 June 11, 1998, and not designated to a particular institution, will be
			 distributed according to provisions of WAC
			 250-73-025 as revised.
(3) Trust funds must be distributed in
			 increments of $25,000 for the state matching grant portion for each graduate
			 fellowship. Therefore, individual subaccount balances for each institution will
			 be maintained in the trust fund when the amount allocated for each institution
			 is not sufficient to provide for a full fellowship.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.883. 98-22-026, §
										250-73-020, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-029, §
										250-73-020, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-025 - Allocation system effective June 11, 1998

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At the time funds become available, the board shall notify all
				institutions of the amount of funding and the number of graduate fellowships
				available to each institution or group of institutions. The board shall
				allocate available funding for graduate fellowships as follows:
(1) University of Washington - Forty-seven
			 percent of total available funds (stipulating the number of fellowships which
			 can be fully funded).
(2)
			 Washington State University - Thirty-two percent of total available funds
			 (stipulating the number of fellowships which can be fully funded).
(3) Central Washington University, Eastern
			 Washington University, The Evergreen State College, and Western Washington
			 University - Twenty-one percent of total available funds (stipulating the
			 number of fellowships which can be fully funded).
Graduate fellowships available under this subsection (3) shall
				be allocated to individual institutions according to an agreement to be
				prepared by the four institutions and submitted each year to the higher
				education coordinating board, prior to allocation of funds by the
				board.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.883. 98-22-026, §
										250-73-025, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-029, §
										250-73-025, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-035 - Designation to an institution of allocated funds

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(1) Within one year of notification by the
			 board that an institution has been allocated one or more graduate fellowships,
			 the institution shall:
(a) Make written
			 notification to the board that pledge(s) for private donation(s) have been
			 secured; and
(b) Provide a copy to
			 the board of the agreement(s)/pledge(s) entered into with the private donor(s)
			 concerning terms of the donation(s).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-040 - Reallocation of previously allocated or designated funds

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The board shall reallocate previously
			 allocated funds when an institution has not secured a pledge within one year of
			 notification that funds were available to that institution.
(2) The board shall reallocate previously
			 designated funds when an institution has not received the full amount in
			 private donations within two years from the time that state matching funds have
			 been designated for that institution (based on a pledge for private
			 funding).
(3) An institution shall
			 not be eligible for reallocated funds if it has forfeited allocated or
			 designated funds in the preceding twelve-month period.
(4) The following reallocation guidelines
			 will be utilized by the board:
(a) If the
			 University of Washington forfeits allocated/designated funds, reallocation will
			 be made to Washington State University;
(b) If Washington State University forfeits
			 allocated/designated funds, reallocation will be made to the University of
			 Washington;
(c) If Central
			 Washington University, Eastern Washington University, The Evergreen State
			 College, or Western Washington University forfeits allocated/designated funds,
			 reallocation will be made consistent with the annual distribution agreement
			 developed by these four institutions. If no reallocation provision has been
			 included in the agreement, the board will reallocate to an eligible institution
			 (of the four institutions cited in this subsection). If more than one eligible
			 institution requests a reallocation, the reallocation will be based on a
			 drawing among the eligible institutions requesting participation in the
			 drawing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-73 - Graduate fellowship program › Section 250-73-045 - Release of funds

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Upon written notification that the full amount of a pledged and
				designated private donation has been received, the board shall request a
				warrant for the release of matching trust funds within five working
				days.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.10.883. 98-22-026, §
										250-73-045, filed 10/28/98,
				  effective 11/28/98; 90-16-029, §
										250-73-045, filed 7/23/90,
				  effective 8/23/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-010 - Purpose

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American Indians are the most under-represented ethnic minority
				group in higher education. The purpose of this program is to create an
				educational opportunity for American Indians who might not be able otherwise to
				attend and graduate from higher education institutions in the state of
				Washington. The program forms a partnership with the state's American Indian
				communities and recognizes that improving the quality of educational conditions
				supports Indian self-determination.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28.108 [28B.108 ] RCW.
				  92-04-018, §
										250-76-010, filed 1/27/92,
				  effective 2/27/92.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-020 - Program definitions

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(1)
			 "Institution of higher education" or "institution" shall mean any public
			 university, college, community college, or technical college operated by the
			 state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof, or any other
			 university, college, school, or institute in the state of Washington offering
			 instruction beyond the high school level which is a member institution of the
			 Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, providing such institution
			 agrees to participate in the program in accordance with all applicable rules
			 and regulations. Any institution, branch, extension or facility operating
			 within the state of Washington which is affiliated with an institution
			 operating in another state must be a separately accredited member institution
			 of the above named accrediting association.
(2) "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.
(3) "Eligible student" or "student" means an
			 American Indian student who meets the eligibility criteria as defined in WAC
			 250-76-030(1).
(4) "Full-time undergraduate student" is
			 defined as a student who is enrolled for twelve quarter credits or the
			 equivalent.
(5) "Full-time graduate
			 student" is defined as one who is enrolled in at least the minimum credit
			 course load required by the institution for disbursing financial aid to
			 full-time graduate students.
(6)
			 "Private cash donation," "private donation," or "donation" means moneys from
			 nonstate sources that include, but are not limited to, federal moneys, tribal
			 moneys, and assessments by commodity commissions authorized to conduct research
			 activities, including but not limited to, research studies authorized under
			 RCW
			  15.66.030 and
			 15.65.040.
(7) "Conditional gift" means a private cash
			 donation received as a gift and subject to conditions by the
			 contributor.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.108.060,
				  28B.108.020, 28B.108.050,
				  28B.108.070, and   2009 c  259   (SSB 5001). 09-23-040, §
										250-76-020, filed 11/9/09,
				  effective 12/10/09. Statutory Authority: Chapters 28B.80 and 28B.108 RCW.
				  93-19-025, §
										250-76-020, filed 9/3/93,
				  effective 10/4/93. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28.108 [28B.108 ] RCW.
				  92-04-018, §
										250-76-020, filed 1/27/92,
				  effective 2/27/92.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-030 - Eligibility criteria

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(1) Student
			 eligibility. In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship under this
			 program, the student must:
(a) Be a
			 financially needy student, as defined in RCW  28B.10.802(3);
(b) Be a resident student, as defined by
			 RCW
			  28B.15.012(2);
(c) Be enrolled as a full-time student at an
			 institution of higher education;
(d) Promise to use his or her education to
			 benefit other American Indians; and
(e) Not be involved in a program that
			 includes any religious worship, exercise or instruction or the pursuit of any
			 degree in religious, seminarian, or theological academic studies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-040 - Selection criteria

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(1) Program
			 advisory committee. The board will establish an advisory committee to assist in
			 program design and to advise the board on matters of program administration
			 including, but not limited to, application procedures, selection criteria, fund
			 raising, and program publicity. The committee shall be comprised of persons
			 involved in helping American Indian students to obtain a higher education. It
			 is the intent of the board that the committee be comprised from members of the
			 state's American Indian community. Membership of the committee may include, but
			 is not limited to, representatives of: Indian tribes, urban Indians, the
			 governor's office of Indian affairs, the Washington state Indian education
			 association, and institutions of higher education.
(2) Screening committee. The board will
			 establish a screening committee to assist the board in selecting the students
			 to receive American Indian endowed scholarships. The committee shall be
			 composed of representatives of the same groups as the advisory committee
			 described in WAC
			 250-76-040(1) of
			 these rules.
(3) Selection of
			 recipients. The board, in consultation with the advisory committee, may
			 annually consider and revise the criteria for selecting recipients. At the
			 minimum, assuming program eligibility criteria are met, selection criteria
			 shall include:
(a) An assessment of the
			 student's social and cultural ties to an American Indian community within the
			 state. Significant social and cultural ties may be assessed through
			 documentation of one, or a combination of several, of the following:
(i) Enrollment in a federally recognized
			 tribe; or
(ii) References supplied
			 by an American Indian organization or agency from within the state and the
			 student's self-statement describing, and attesting to, his or her own social
			 and cultural ties; and
(iii)
			 Additional forms of documentation as recommended each year by the advisory
			 committee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-050 - Terms of award

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(1) Scholarship
			 amounts.
(a) The amount of the scholarship for
			 an undergraduate student shall be determined by the higher education
			 coordinating board in consultation with the advisory committee, not to exceed
			 the student's demonstrated financial need.
(b) The amount of the scholarship for a
			 graduate student shall be determined by the higher education coordinating board
			 in consultation with the advisory committee, not to exceed:
(i) The student's demonstrated financial
			 need, or
(ii) The stipend of a
			 teaching assistant, including tuition, at the University of Washington,
			 whichever is higher.
(c)
			 In calculating a student's need, the board shall consider the student's costs
			 for tuition, fees, books, supplies, transportation, room, board, personal
			 expenses, and child care.
(d) The
			 maximum yearly scholarship for any student may not exceed the maximum possible
			 scholarship received for a student attending the University of
			 Washington.
(e) Monetary awards
			 made from this endowment may not replace any other state or federal student
			 financial aid grant which would otherwise be made available to the student. If
			 the recipient of this award is also a recipient of other student aid, it is the
			 intent of this program that the institution presume that the endowment award be
			 used to fill an unmet financial need or replace loans.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-060 - Administration

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(1) Administering
			 agency. The higher education coordinating board shall administer the American
			 Indian endowed scholarship program. The board shall have the following
			 administrative responsibilities:
(a) Publicize
			 the program;
(b) Adopt necessary
			 program guidelines;
(c) Accept and
			 deposit donations into the endowment fund;
(d) Request from the state investment board,
			 and accept from the state treasurer, moneys earned by the endowment fund for
			 the disbursement of American Indian endowed scholarship awards;
(e) Solicit and accept grants and donations
			 from public and private sources for the program;
(f) Name scholarships in honor of those
			 American Indians from Washington who have acted as role models; and
(g) Select students to receive American
			 Indian endowed scholarship awards, with the assistance of the selection
			 committee created by WAC
			 250-76-040(2).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-76 - American Indian endowed scholarship program › Section 250-76-070 - Management of funds

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(1) American
			 Indian scholarship endowment fund. The American Indian scholarship endowment
			 fund shall be in the custody of the state treasurer. The investment of the
			 endowment fund shall be managed by the state investment board. Funds
			 appropriated by the legislature for the American Indian endowed scholarship
			 program shall be deposited into the endowment fund. Moneys received from the
			 higher education coordinating board, private donations, and funds received from
			 any other source may be deposited into the endowment fund.
(a) With the exception of conditional gifts,
			 donated moneys may not be refunded, or otherwise returned, to the contributor
			 after they have been deposited to the endowment fund.
Conditional gift moneys may be refunded, or otherwise returned,
				according to the terms of the conditional gift if the condition attached to the
				gift has failed. Moneys returned in this manner shall not constitute an
				invasion of corpus.
(b) A
			 donation may not be accepted if such acceptance conditions the awarding of
			 scholarships in a manner contrary to chapter 28B.108 RCW, or contrary to the
			 guidance of the program's advisory committee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-010 - Purpose

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The purpose of this program is to assist the public four-year
				institutions of higher education to achieve gender equity in their
				intercollegiate athletics activities, as required by
				RCW
				 28B.15.450 through .480, 28B.15.740(3),
				chapter 28B.110 RCW, and other applicable state and federal
				law.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-010, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-015 - Authority to administer

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RCW 28B.15.460-465 assigns responsibility to the higher
				education coordinating board to approve, evaluate, report, and make
				recommendations in the implementation of RCW 28B.15.455-480 and
				
									28B.15.740(3).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-015, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-020 - Definitions

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For purposes of assessing institutional compliance with
				statutory goals for 1994 only, "the rate at which (the underrepresented gender)
				class participates in high school interscholastic athletics in Washington
				state" means that neither gender shall comprise less than 39% of the total
				number of athletes at that institution.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-020, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-025 - Eligibility for 1991-92

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Any public four-year institution of higher education in the
				state of Washington shall be eligible to participate in the athletic gender
				equity tuition and fee waiver program for the academic year 1991-92, provided
				it has:
(1) Submitted to the higher
			 education coordinating board a study of gender equity in its intercollegiate
			 athletics program, and a plan for achieving institutional and legislative
			 gender equity goals, consistent with
			 RCW
			  28B.15.450 -.480.
(2) Received approval of the plan from the
			 institution's governing board.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-025, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-030 - Eligibility beginning in 1992-93

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Any public four-year institution of higher education shall be
				eligible to participate in the athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver
				program for the academic years 1992-93 and following, provided that, in
				addition to the conditions in WAC
				250-77-025, it has received
				approval for its plan to achieve gender equity in athletics from the higher
				education coordinating board.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-030, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-035 - Use of authorized waivers

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Tuition and fee waivers generally will be granted to the
				underrepresented gender. The exceptions will be when an institution can
				demonstrate that a waiver to a nonunderrepresented gender individual will
				result in a savings of athletic financial aid funds that can be applied in an
				equal amount to enhance the intercollegiate program for the underrepresented
				gender.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-035, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-040 - Use of waiver generated funds

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Funds generated by this program may be used only to attain or
				maintain gender equity in intercollegiate athletics.
(1) For any institution having an
			 underrepresented gender in its athletic program,
(a) All funds generated by this program shall
			 be expended to enhance the intercollegiate athletic program for the
			 underrepresented gender, and
(b)
			 Any difference between genders in overall expenditures, exclusive of the waiver
			 amount, shall not exceed the 1989-90 difference.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-045 - Reporting

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Each institution participating in this program will report
				biennially to the higher education coordinating board on its efforts to achieve
				equity and its compliance with RCW 28B.450.480.
(1) Reports will be submitted in a common
			 format developed by the higher education coordinating board in consultation
			 with the participating institutions.
(2) Reports will include all of the
			 information items required from the 1990 self-study, as defined in WAC
			 250-71-010 through
			 250-71-075, inclusive.
(3) Reports will include year to year
			 comparisons, beginning with 1988-89, for expenditures and participation for
			 men's and women's athletic programs.
(4) Reports will include a delineation of
			 waivers granted each year by gender and sport and the value thereof.
(5) Reports will include the amount generated
			 to the intercollegiate athletics program by the waivers, and the application
			 made of such funds.
(6) Reports
			 will be due on August 31 of each even number year.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-045, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-77 - Athletic gender equity tuition and fee waiver › Section 250-77-050 - Fluctuations

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Short term deviations from the above standards will be allowed
				only if due to specific, identifiable, and normal variations, examples of which
				include the high costs in one year for the start up of a new sport or the
				higher expenses due to an unusual number of teams of one gender participating
				in post-season competition. In such cases, a four year rolling average will be
				applied to comparisons of proportional expenditures.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.15.460 and [28B.15].465. 91-12-005,
				  §
										250-77-050, filed 5/28/91,
				  effective 6/28/91.