H. B. 2054
(By Delegate Doyle)
[Introduced January 14, 1998
; 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; and waiving tuition and certain fees for
persons enrolled at state institutions of higher education
who wish to audit a course or class.
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 persons enrolled at
state institutions of higher education who wish to audit courses or classes.
Each state institution of higher education shall permit any
person at that institution to attend its undergraduate and
graduate courses and classes for the purpose of auditing the
course 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 enrolled at that
state institution of higher education:
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 be subject to being removed from the class and replaced by a paying student who enrolls in the class if the
class would otherwise be full. The rules shall also provide for
a waiting list for students who are interested in auditing the
class.
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 persons enrolled
at state institutions of higher education to audit courses or
classes without being charged tuition and certain fees.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.