Senate Bill No. 699
(By Senator Unger)
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[Introduced February 19, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-6a of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding fee waivers
to all state-supported colleges and universities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-10-6a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-6a. Undergraduate, graduate and professional fee waivers
- Marshall University and West Virginia University.
(a) Undergraduate fee waivers. --
(1) The governing boards of Marshall University and West
Virginia University, respectively, and all other West Virginia
state-supported colleges and universities may establish fee
waivers for students in undergraduate studies at institutions under their jurisdiction which entitle recipients to waiver of tuition,
capital and other fees, in whole or in part.
(2) Each undergraduate fee waiver is for a period of time not
to exceed eight semesters of undergraduate study.
(3) Each governing board shall promulgate rules pursuant to
the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter to
govern the award of undergraduate fee waivers; the issuance and
cancellation of certificates entitling the recipients to the
benefits thereof; the use of the fee waivers by the recipients; and
the rights and duties of the recipients with respect to the fee
waivers. These rules may not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this section.
(4) The awarding of undergraduate fee waivers shall be entered
in the minutes of the meetings of the governing board.
(5) Students enrolled in an administratively linked community
and technical college shall be awarded a proportionate share of the
total number of undergraduate fee waivers awarded by a governing
board. The number to be awarded to students of the community and
technical college is based upon the full-time equivalent enrollment
of that institution.
(b) Graduate and professional school fee waivers. --
(1) In addition to the fee waivers authorized for
undergraduate study by subsection (a) of this section, the
governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, each may establish fee waivers for study
in the graduate and professional schools under its jurisdiction,
including medicine and dentistry, which entitle the recipients to
waiver of tuition, capital and other fees, in whole or in part.
(2) Each graduate or professional school fee waiver entitles
the recipient to waiver of the tuition, capital and other fees, in
whole or in part, as may be prescribed by the governing board and
is for a period of time not to exceed the number of semesters
normally required in the recipient's academic discipline.
(3) The governing boards each shall promulgate a rule pursuant
to the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter,
governing the award of graduate and professional school fee
waivers; the issuance and cancellation of certificates entitling
the recipients to the benefits thereof; the use of the fee waivers
by the recipients; and the rights and duties of the recipients with
respect to the fee waivers. These rules may not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this section.
(4) The awarding of graduate and professional school fee
waivers shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting of each
governing board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to expand fee waivers to
all state supported colleges and universities.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.