ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2697
(By Delegates Pino, Doyle and Manuel)
[Passed March 12, 1999; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT 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 establishing programs at state
institutions of higher education allowing residents who are
at least sixty-five years old to audit, or take for credit,
classes at reduced rates.
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 MONEYCOLLECTED AT STATE
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-7a. Tuition and fee waivers or adjustments for residents at least sixty-five years old.
The board of trustees and the board of directors shall
promulgate a joint rule in accordance with article three-a,
chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that establishes a reduced
tuition and fee program for senior citizens. The joint rule
shall include at least the following:
(a) The program shall include one option for those who
attend undergraduate and graduate courses without receiving
credit and one option for individuals who attend undergraduate
and graduate courses for credit;
(b) A participant under either option of the program shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) The participant is a resident of West Virginia;
(2) The participant is sixty-five years of age or older;
(3) Classroom space is available; and
(4) The instructor of the class consents;
(c) A method of establishing priority for allowing a
participant to attend a class or course;
(d) A determination of whether to require participants to
pay special fees, including laboratory fees, if the fees are
required of all other students;
(e) A determination of whether to require participants to
pay for parking;
(f) For participants in the program under the no credit
option:
(1) A grade or credit may not be given; and
(2) The total tuition and fees charged for each course or
class, excluding laboratory and parking fees, may not exceed
fifty dollars: Provided, That after the first day of July, two
thousand four, the governing boards may by joint rule change the
maximum fee; and
(g) For participants in the program under the for credit
option, tuition and fee rates may not exceed fifty percent of the
normal rates charged to state residents by the institution.