(1) Beginning with the 2015-2017 omnibus appropriations act, the legislature shall appropriate to the state board for community and technical colleges and to each of the four-year institutions of higher education an amount that is at least equal to the total state funds appropriated in the 2013-2015 biennium and the net revenue loss from resident undergraduate tuition operating fees based on budgeted full-time equivalent enrollment received for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium under *RCW 28B.15.067 (3) and (6). The net revenue loss shall be adjusted for inflation in subsequent biennia.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 28B.15.066

  • operating fees: as used in this chapter shall include the fees, other than building fees, charged all students registering at the state's colleges and universities but shall not include fees for short courses, self-supporting degree credit programs and courses, marine station work, experimental station work, correspondence or extension courses, and individual instruction and student deposits or rentals, disciplinary and library fines, which colleges and universities shall have the right to impose, laboratory, gymnasium, health, technology and student activity fees, or fees, charges, rentals, and other income derived from any or all revenue producing lands, buildings and facilities of the colleges or universities heretofore or hereafter acquired, constructed or installed, including but not limited to income from rooms, dormitories, dining rooms, hospitals, infirmaries, housing or student activity buildings, vehicular parking facilities, land, or the appurtenances thereon, or such other special fees as may be established by any college or university board of trustees or regents from time to time. See Washington Code 28B.15.031
(2) As used in this section and RCW 28B.15.069, “inflation” shall be based on the consumer price index, using the official current base, compiled by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor for the state of Washington. If the bureau of labor statistics develops more than one consumer price index for areas within the state, the index covering the greatest number of people and covering areas exclusively within the boundaries of the state shall be used.

NOTES:

*Reviser’s note: RCW 28B.15.067 was amended by 2020 c 114 § 4, changing subsection (3) to subsection (2) and deleting subsection (6).
Short title2015 3rd sp.s. c 36: See note following RCW 28B.15.031.
FindingIntent2003 c 232: See note following RCW 28B.15.031.
SeverabilityEffective date1999 c 309: See notes following RCW 41.06.152.
IntentPurposeEffective date1995 1st sp.s. c 9: See notes following RCW 28B.15.031.
IntentSeverabilityEffective date1993 c 379: See notes following RCW 28B.10.029.