H. B. 2999

(By Delegates Caputo, Wright, Evans,
Harrison, Manchin, Prunty and Compton)
[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section thirteen, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing that a governing board of a state institution of higher education may not require a student to reside in a dormitory at that institution if the student has completed thirty or more credit hours of course work from any accredited college or university; prohibiting a governing board from requiring dormitory students at that institution to purchase cafeteria meal plan; and requiring a governing board to provide meal plan options at that institutions's cafeterias.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirteen, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

§18B-10-13. Fees from operation of dormitories, faculty homes, dining halls and cafeterias.

(a) The appropriate governing board of each state institution of higher education shall fix the fees to be charged students and faculty members for rooms, board and meals at the dormitories, faculty homes, dining halls and cafeterias operated by such board at the institution. Such fees shall be commensurate with the complete cost of such services.
All fees collected for such services shall be used first to pay the operating and maintenance costs of the dormitories, faculty homes, dining halls and cafeterias and to meet interest, principal and sinking fund requirements due on any outstanding revenue bonds for which such receipts may have been pledged as security. Any such receipts not needed for these purposes may be expended by the appropriate governing board to defray the costs in whole or in part for the construction of any such facility.
(b) No governing board of a state institution of higher education may require a student to reside in a dormitory at that institution

if the student has completed thirty or more credit hours of course work from any accredited college or university.
(c) No governing board of a state institution of higher education may require a student residing in a dormitory at that institution to purchase meals from a dining hall or cafeteria in the dormitory or from any other food service facility operated by the institution. The governing board shall make available to students residing in dormitories at that institution a selection of meal plan options from its dining halls or cafeterias, which shall include:
(1) A "full meal" plan option providing a minimum of nineteen meals a week;
(2) A "no purchase" plan option providing students the choice of not participating in the dining hall or cafeteria meal plan; and
(3) At least one "limited meal" plan option providing students a reasonable alternative between the "full meal" plan option and the "no purchase" plan option.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.