H. B. 2094
(By Delegate Doyle)
[Introduced February 14, 1997; 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 and full-time
staff 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 and full-time staff 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 or full-time staff 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 and full-time staff 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.