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WAC 106-156: Housing and Dining Hall Services
LINK to Official Version at Washington State Legislature
Sections:
106-156-010 Students required to live in university residence halls.
106-156-011 Students required to live in university residence halls – Exceptions.
106-156-012 Students required to live in university residence halls – Definitions.
106-156-013 Students required to live in university residence halls – Verification and time requirement.
106-156-015 Eligibility for university family housing.
106-156-050 Use of housing facilities.
Students required to live in university residence halls.
All full-time single freshman and sophomore students of Central Washington University under twenty-one years of age are required to live in university residence hall facilities. Residence hall facilities do not include apartments for single or married students.
Students required to live in university residence halls—Exceptions.
Exceptions to WAC 106-156-010 may be granted to the following students:
(1) Those who are living with parents or relatives.
(2) Those with medical reasons.
(3) Those employed off campus and housing and/or board is a part of their overall compensation received.
(4) Those who will reach the age of twenty-one within thirty days after the start of the quarter.
(5) Those who have completed six quarters as a full-time student.
(6) Those who have unique situations not otherwise covered in this paragraph of exceptions and obtain the approval of the director of auxiliary services, or the director's designee.
The director of auxiliary services has established a committee of whom the student may request a proceeding and ruling on the student's request for an exception.
Students required to live in university residence halls—Definitions.
Definitions of exceptions as stated in WAC 106-156-011 shall mean and are defined as follows:
(1) "Living with" shall mean those whose domiciles are in the place of residence of a parent or relative and will be commuting from such place of residence on a daily basis.
(2) "Parents or relatives" shall mean a parent, legal guardian, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or first cousin.
(3) "Medical reason" shall mean a medical problem that shall require a student to live in other than a university residence hall. Written verification of the medical problem and the requirement not to live in a residence hall must be obtained and submitted from a licensed physician or licensed psychologist.
(4) "Employment in nonuniversity housing and housing and/or board is part of their overall compensation received" shall mean employment for an established place of business or for an established family unit when a landlord/employer requires the student to reside where the work is performed and a substantial portion of the rent and/or room and board is reduced as a part of the overall compensation for the work performed for the landlord/employer at the place of the residence of the student.
(5) "Completed six quarters as a full-time student" shall mean enrollment in and completion of a minimum of ten quarter credit hours of academic work in each of the six quarters.
Students required to live in university residence halls—Verification and time requirement.
Acceptable written verification shall be provided to the university for all exceptions at the time the request for an exception is made.
(1) A currently enrolled student wishing to apply for an exception to the university housing policy as set forth in WAC 106-156-010 shall reduce such request to writing and file it as required by the director of auxiliary services no later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the fifth week of classes in the quarter preceding the quarter the exception is requested.
(2) A newly admitted or reenrolling student who has not been enrolled as a student at Central the previous quarter wishing to apply for an exception to the university housing policy as set forth in WAC 106-156-010 shall reduce such request to writing and file such request in the office of the director of auxiliary services as required by the director of auxiliary services within twenty days after such student's acceptance to the university; however, in no event later than 5:00 p.m. on the day following such student's day of registration.
Eligibility for university family housing.
Generally eligibility to lease and occupy university family housing is limited to students, full-time faculty, and full-time staff members of the university. A student is one who maintains a minimum of twelve quarter hours as an undergraduate student or ten quarter hours as a graduate student. Concurrent enrollment of husband and wife to maintain the minimum hours does not fulfill this requirement. This regulation applies to each quarter, with the exception of a tenant living in family housing during spring quarter who wishes to remain as a nonstudent during the summer. The student may do so if he or she indicates in writing an intention to reenroll fall quarter.
Use of housing facilities.
Only residents, their guests, persons having official business, and associate members of housing facilities, are authorized to enter or use the buildings or their facilities. Use of common areas by nonresidents may be approved by the director of housing services.