Title:
#VI-11C. Tuition Reciprocity with
Date: July 1, 2007 (replaces
version dated August 1, 2006)
This Tuition Reciprocity Agreement is entered into between
the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the West Virginia Council
for Community and Technical College Education, the Ohio Board of Regents,
Washington State Community College, West Virginia University at Morgantown, and
West Virginia University at Parkersburg, pursuant to provision of Section
3333.17 of the Ohio Revised Code, Section 18-B-4-3 of the West Virginia Code
and in compliance with rules and procedures of the aforementioned Parties.
I.
Purpose
The purposes of this Tuition Reciprocity
Agreement are to continue to improve the educational opportunities available in
the greater Marietta-Parkersburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and to
minimize the cost of such improvements for the taxpayers and legislative bodies
of both states by cooperative planning and joint
educational effort. In addition to increasing student choice and enhancing the
academic quality of the participating institutions, this Tuition Reciprocity
Agreement aims to minimize costly duplication of education programs, promote
the maximum use of existing educational facilities, and address the increasing
problems of enrollment fluctuation and fiscal constraints in the greater
Marietta-Parkersburg area.
II.
Terms
1.
Duration and Termination
The Agreement shall be effective beginning July 1,
2007 through June 30, 2009 and may be renewed prior to June 30, 2009 by mutual
consent of all of the Parties for a period of two years. As the Agreement must
coincide with the biennial budgets of the State of
The Agreement may be
amended through mutual consent of all Parties, providing the amendment is in
writing and signed by all Parties to the Agreement prior to the effective date
of the amendment.
a.
The
Parties may amend the Agreement in the following manner. Amendments must be
presented to each of the Parties of this Agreement for their consideration.
Each Party of this Agreement will then have sixty (60) days to respond in
writing with a decision as to whether they approve/disapprove the proposed
amendment to the Agreement. The responses will be sent to all Parties in the
Agreement. After sixty (60) days, if all Parties approve of the proposed
amendment, the Agreement will be amended. If all Parties do not approve, the
Agreement will not be amended.
A review of this Agreement
may occur from time to time at the request of any Party hereto, provided all
Parties to this Agreement are served with written notice of such request at least
ninety (90) days prior to said review.
This Agreement may be
terminated by any of the participating institutions, the Ohio Board of Regents,
the West Virginia University Board of Governors, the West Virginia Council for
Community and Technical College Education, or the West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission on June 30 of any year, with at least ninety (90)
days prior written notice to each of the Parties to this Agreement.
2.
West Virginia Residents’
Eligibility for Ohio
Washington State Community
College agrees to accept at Ohio resident tuition rates, any resident of
Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, and Wood Counties of West
Virginia who enrolls and who satisfies all regular admission requirements
(including those requirements of the specific program in which admission is
sought) at Washington State Community College in the programs not specifically
excluded from this Agreement. In this context, the word “program” may mean a
workshop, a certificate program, an associate degree program, a baccalaureate
degree program, and/or a graduate degree program.
The
following associate-level programs are included in this Agreement:
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Diesel Truck Systems Technology
Medical Laboratory Technology
Industrial Technology
Respiratory Therapy Technology
Radiologic
Technology
Physical Therapist Assistant
Technology
Any
program not listed above is specifically excluded from this Agreement.
3.
Ohio Residents’
Eligibility for West Virginia
West Virginia University at
Morgantown and West Virginia University at Parkersburg agree to accept at West
Virginia resident tuition rates, any resident of Ohio who enrolls and who
satisfies all regular admission requirements (including those requirements of
the specific program in which admission is sought) at West Virginia University
at Morgantown or West Virginia University at Parkersburg in the programs
specifically included in this Agreement. In this context, the word “program”
may mean a workshop, a certificate program, an associate degree program, a
baccalaureate degree program, and/or a graduate degree program.
The following baccalaureate
degree programs available on the WVU at
Athletic Coaching Education (B.S.P.Ed.)
Sport and Exercise Psychology (B.S.P.Ed.)
Mining Engineering (B.S.Min.E.)
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (B.S.PNGE.)
Agricultural & Extension Education (BS Agr)
Animal & Nutritional Sciences (BS/BS Agr)
Human Nutrition & Food (BS)
Biochemistry (BS)
Agronomy (BS/BS Agr)
Environmental Protection (BS/BS Agr)
Horticulture (BS/BS Agr)
Basic Sciences (BS/BS Agr)
Recreation, Parks, & Tourism Resources (BS Recreation)
Environmental & Natural Resource Economics (BS/BS Agr)
Agribusiness Management & Rural Development (BS/BS Agr)
Wildlife & Fisheries Resources (BS)
Wood Science & Technology (BS)
The following baccalaureate
degree programs available on the WVU at
WVU at
Bachelor of Applied Science
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education
Bachelor of Applied Technology
Regents Bachelor of Arts
WVU
at
Governors Associate of Applied Science
Industrial Maintenance Technology
Multicraft Technician
Surgical Technology Certificate Program
Technical Studies
Welding Technology
Welding Management Technology
West
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (degree completion program)
Any program at West
Virginia University at Morgantown or West Virginia University at Parkersburg
not listed above may, by the joint written consent of all participating
parties, be included in this Agreement.
4. New Program Eligibility
Any new program may be
included in this Agreement upon successful completion of the Agreement's
amendment process, as listed above. In this context, the word “program” may
mean a workshop, a certificate program, an associate degree program, a
baccalaureate degree program, and/or a graduate degree program.
5.
Resident Status
a.
During
the period of the Agreement, the Ohio Board of Regents will consider residents
of Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, and Wood Counties in West
Virginia, who attend Washington State Community College under this Agreement as
qualifying for Ohio resident tuition rates, and as Ohio residents for the
purpose of allocating funds to Washington State Community College.
b.
During the period of this Agreement, the West Virginia
Higher Education Policy Commission, the West Virginia Council for Community and
Technical College Education, and participating institutions will consider all
residents of
6.
Continued Eligibility
Once enrolled as a
reciprocity student, each student demonstrating satisfactory academic
performance under already existing standards and criteria of his/her
institution, will continue to receive reciprocity benefits under this Agreement
through graduation for the degree in which enrolled, as long as a reciprocity
agreement exists. Student participation is subject to the terms and conditions
of the reciprocity agreement in effect at the time of initial enrollment, and,
in the event of termination, each student will be informed by the enrolling
institutions of his/her future status. If the Agreement is terminated, participating
institutions may agree at that time to continue tuition reciprocity for
students appropriately enrolled in eligible programs at the time of termination
until the completion of their programs of study, subject to the biennial
limitations as described in paragraph II.1.
7. Notice, Application, and Waiver
The availability of resident tuition rates under this
agreement shall be advertised to applicants and/or to students of
All eligible students who want to receive resident
tuition rates under this agreement must apply for such rates at the institution
where they plan to enroll. Failure to apply in the manner required by each
institution and in advance of enrollment will constitute a waiver of all rights
under the terms of this agreement for that quarter or semester of enrollment
and any preceding quarter or semester of enrollment for which no application
was made. Each institution will develop a process for applicants to use in
order to apply for resident tuition rates under this agreement.
8.
Annual Report
By June 30 of each year,
Washington State Community College, West Virginia University at Morgantown and
West Virginia University at Parkersburg agree to provide annual reports on the
enrollment and fiscal implications of the Agreement to the other respective
institutions, the Ohio Board of Regents, the West Virginia Council for
Community and Technical College Education and the West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission. Specific forms for the annual report may be
prescribed by the state agencies.
III.
APPROVAL
This Agreement is not effective
unless and until approved by the Ohio Board of Regents pursuant to Section
3333.17 of the Ohio Revised Code, and pursuant to Section 18B-4-3 of the West
Virginia Code, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the
West Virginia Council for Community & Technical College Education.