Title:
#VI-11C. Tuition Reciprocity with
Date: July 1, 2009
(replaces version dated July 1, 2007)
This Tuition Reciprocity Agreement is
entered into between the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, the West Virginia
Higher Education Policy Commission, the West Virginia Council for Community and
Technical College Education, West Virginia University at Morgantown, West
Virginia University at Parkersburg, and Washington State Community College,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3333.17 of the Ohio Revised Code, Section
18B-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, 2009 through June 30, 2011 and may be renewed prior to June
30, 2011 by mutual consent of all of the Parties for a period of two years. As
the Agreements must coincide with the biennial budgets of the State of Ohio,
the next renewal shall be for the term of July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013.
a.
All
parties agree to meet regularly to discuss expansion of the agreement prior to
June 30, 2011. Regular meetings for that purpose will be coordinated by the
Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, the West Virginia Higher Education
Policy Commission, and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical
College Education.
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
Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, the West Virginia Higher Education
Policy Commission, or West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College
Education 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 Programs
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:
American Sign Language
Interpretation
Diesel Truck Systems Technology
Medical Laboratory Technology
Industrial Technology
Respiratory Therapy Technology
Radiologic Technology
Physical Therapist Assistant
Technology
3.
Ohio Residents’
Eligibility for West Virginia Programs
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 Morgantown campus are included in this Agreement:
School of Physical Education:
Athletic Coaching Education (B.S.P.Ed.)
Sport and Exercise Psychology (B.S.P.Ed.)
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources:
Mining Engineering (B.S.Min.E.)
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
(B.S.PNGE.)
Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and
Consumer Sciences:
Agricultural & Extension Education (BS
Agr)
Animal & Nutritional Sciences (BS/BS Agr)
Human Nutrition & Food (BS)
Biochemistry (BS)
Forest Resource Management (BS Forestry)
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 Parkersburg
campus are included in this Agreement:
WVU at Parkersburg degree programs:
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 Parkersburg Associate and Certificate
programs:
Governors Associate of Applied Science
Industrial Maintenance Technology
Multicraft Technician
Surgical Technology Certificate Program
Technical Studies
Welding Technology
Welding Management Technology
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 Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents will
consider residents of 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 West Virginia Council for Community
and Technical College Education, and participating institutions will consider
residents of Ohio who attend West Virginia University at Morgantown and West
Virginia University at Parkersburg under this Agreement as qualifying for West
Virginia resident tuition rates.
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 Washington State Community
College, West Virginia University at Morgantown and West Virginia University at
Parkersburg by any means deemed appropriate by those institutions.
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 Chancellor of 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 Chancellor of 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.
IV.
Counterparts
This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each counterpart agreement shall be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one in the same instrument.