Senate Bill No. 56
(By Senator Love)
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[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-4b of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that state
institutions of higher education shall waive all fees for
resident students who successfully complete the health
sciences and technology academy-affiliated programs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-10-4b 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-10-4b. Additional fee waivers for health sciences and
technology academy programs.
(a) In addition to the number of fee waivers permitted in
sections five and six of this article for undergraduate, graduate
and professional schools, each state institution of higher education
may shall waive all fees
or any part thereof for students
who are residents of West Virginia and who successfully complete
the health sciences and technology academy affiliated programs.
(b) For purposes of this section, "Health Sciences and
Technology Academy Programs" means those programs in the health
sciences designed to assist junior high and high school students in
conjunction with their parents and teachers, to enhance their
knowledge and abilities in subject matters which will further a
career in the field of health sciences.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that state
institutions of higher learning shall waive all fees for resident
students who successfully complete the health sciences and
technology academy affiliated programs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.