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Tuition Waiver
Waiver of nonresidential tuition differential for foreign students.
Summary: Community colleges may waive all or a portion of the nonresident differential for foreign students. Participation is limited to 100 full-time students each year. Priority should be given to exchange students. The number of waivers given shall not exceed the number of the college’s own students enrolled in study abroad. Reciprocal placements are not required for up to 30 students participating in the Georgetown University scholarship program.
Nonresident differential is the difference between resident tuition (operating and building fees) and nonresident tuition (operating and building fees).
This waiver is included in the 35% legislative limit.
Statute
RCW 28B.15.527 – Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential for students of foreign nations – Community colleges.
Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the community colleges may waive all or a portion of the nonresident tuition fees differential for undergraduate students of foreign nations as follows:
- Priority in the awarding of waivers shall be given to students on academic exchanges and students participating in special programs recognized through formal agreements between states, cities, or institutions;
- The waiver programs under this section shall promote reciprocal placements and waivers in foreign nations for Washington residents. The number of foreign students granted waivers through this program shall not exceed the number of that institution's own students enrolled in approved study programs abroad during the same period;
- No reciprocal placements shall be required for up to thirty students participating in the Georgetown University scholarship program funded by the United States agency for international development;
- Participation shall be limited to one hundred full-time foreign students each year.
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