[LIBRARYDIR] HB 2513?

[Susan Schreiner]

My understanding, and how my campus is approaching it, is that you can no longer put holds on transcripts for money owed. You can still put a hold on registration, etc., and you can still send a debt to collections. (I'm not sure we do that yet.)


Campus-wide we have a $200 limit to put a hold on registration, that way if someone has not returned a Chromebook we can keep them from registering, but if they have a few fines we don't. However, we still have to send a transcript even if they owe thousands.


Susan

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Hello: My campus ITC representative told me about this new WA state law that just became effective last week. They talked about it at a recent meeting.

Has anyone else heard about it? We definitely put SMS holds on students for library fines. It sounds like we cannot anymore. Should we all ask our legal counsel?

Are we supposed to just flag them in Alma or absorb the loss(es)? Should we have fines at all? The blocks were the main reason students paid the fines.

Gerie

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2513&Initiative=false&Year=2019

Summary: Prohibiting the practice of transcript withholding and limiting the practice of registration holds at institutions of higher education as debt collection practices.

So, basically, no more registration or transcript holds for fines?
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