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September 23, 2005
Contact: Suzy Ames, Director of Communications, SBCTC, 360-704-4310
Community and technical college board to hold special meeting for students dislocated by Hurricane Katrina
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges will hold a special board meeting at 4 p.m. on Monday, September 26 to consider approving a resolution that would authorize local college boards of trustees to establish an operating fee waiver for citizens from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
The resolution allows colleges to waive all or a portion of operating fees for a period not to exceed one year from the date of adoption. Local boards of trustees must take formal action to adopt a local waiver for this purpose before a grant of the waiver may be provided to entering students.
“The Governor’s Office and the colleges in particular have been interested in providing a tuition waiver for the specific purpose of assisting Gulf Coast evacuees who have relocated to Washington,” said State Board Executive Director Earl Hale. “We are pleased that the Board is willing to consider this important matter on such short notice in order to provide higher education options for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.”
The meeting will be conducted via conference call from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m., with a telephone call based at the State Board offices, 319 SE 7th Avenue, Olympia. This meeting is open to the public.
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