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Wash. Rev. Code § 28B.15.011 (2026)

Classification as resident or nonresident student—Legislative intent

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It is the intent of the legislature that the state institutions of higher education shall apply uniform rules as prescribed in RCW 28B.15.012 through 28B.15.014, and not otherwise, in determining whether students shall be classified as resident students or nonresident students for all tuition and fee purposes.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 273 s 1.]

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Severability—1971 ex.s. c 273: "If any provision of this 1971 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1971 ex.s. c 273 s 6.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1985 · leading case: Sturgis v. State of Washington, 368 F. Supp. 38 (W.D. Wash. 1973).
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Sturgis v. State of Washington, 368 F. Supp. 38 (W.D. Wash. 1973). “(3) The term `nonresident student' shall mean any student who does not qualify as a `resident student' under the provisions of RCW 28B.15.011 through 28B.15.014 as now or hereafter amended.”
Ward v. Washington State Univ., 695 P.2d 133 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “RCW 28B.15.011. These schools uniformly construe this statute as granting resident status to full-time active duty military personnel only.”
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