H. B. 2218
(By Delegates Doyle and Flanigan)
[Introduced February 22, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-a, relating to fees collected by state institutions of
higher education; waiving tuition and certain fees for
children and spouses of full-time faculty members at state
institutions of higher education; and permitting qualified
persons to exchange institutions attended.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-7a. Tuition and fee waivers for children and spouses of
full-time faculty members at state institutions
of higher education.
Each state institution of higher education shall permit any
person to attend its undergraduate and graduate courses and
classes if classroom space is available without charging that
person any tuition or fees, including those provided in sections
two and three of this article, if the person is the child or
spouse of a full-time faculty member at that state institution of
higher education in West Virginia: Provided, That the state
institution of higher education may require that person to pay
special fees, including any laboratory fees, if such fees are
required of all other students taking a single course or a
particular course, and may also require that person to pay for
parking. The governing boards of these state institutions may
promulgate rules for determining the availability of classroom
space and other rules considered necessary to implement this
section, including rules regarding qualifications for attendance,
which shall not exceed the qualifications required of other
persons. The rules shall provide that any person qualified under
this section may exchange, with any other qualified person at
another institution of higher education, the state institution of
higher education to be attended.
The governing boards may also extend to persons attending
courses and classes under this section any rights, privileges or
benefits extended to other students, as those boards consider
appropriate.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow children and
spouses of full-time faculty members at state institutions of
higher education to attend those institutions without being
charged tuition and certain fees. It also permits qualified
persons at one institution to exchange with a similarly qualified
person at another institution.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.