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AN ACT Relating to financial aid; amending RCW 28B.12.030 and 28B.12.040; and reenacting and amending RCW 28B.12.060.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 28B.12.030 and 1974 ex.s. c 177 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent:

(1) The term "needy student" shall mean a student enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a post-secondary institution who, according to a system of need analysis approved by the ((~~commission on~~)) higher education coordinating board, demonstrates a financial inability, either parental, familial, or personal, to bear the total cost of education for any semester or quarter.

(2) The term "eligible institution" shall mean any post-secondary institution in this state accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools or any public ((~~vocational-technical school~~)) technical college in the state.

Sec. 2. RCW 28B.12.040 and 1993 c 385 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

With the assistance of an advisory committee, the higher education coordinating board shall develop and administer the college work-study program ((~~and~~)). The board shall be authorized to enter into agreements with employers and eligible institutions for the operation of the program. These agreements shall include such provisions as the higher education coordinating board may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The members of the work-study advisory committee may include, but need not be limited to representatives of public and private institutions of higher education, proprietary schools, students, community service organizations, public schools, business, and labor.

With the exception of off-campus community service placements, the share from moneys disbursed under the college work-study program of the compensation of students employed under such program in accordance with such agreements shall not exceed eighty percent of the total such compensation paid such students.

By rule, the board shall define community service placements and may determine any salary matching requirements for any community service employers.

Sec. 3. RCW 28B.12.060 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 3 and 1993 c 281 s 14 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

The higher education coordinating board shall adopt rules as may be necessary or appropriate for effecting the provisions of this chapter, and not in conflict with this chapter, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the state higher education administrative procedure act. Such rules shall include provisions designed to make employment under such work-study program reasonably available, to the extent of available funds, to all eligible students in eligible post-secondary institutions in need thereof. Such rules shall include:

(1) Providing work under the college work-study program which will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services.

(2) Furnishing work only to a student who:

(a) Is capable, in the opinion of the eligible institution, of maintaining good standing in such course of study while employed under the program covered by the agreement; and

(b) Has been accepted for enrollment as at least a half-time student at the eligible institution or, in the case of a student already enrolled in and attending the eligible institution, is in good standing and in at least half-time attendance there either as an undergraduate, graduate or professional student; and

(3) Placing priority on ((~~the securing of~~)) providing:

(a) Work opportunities for students who are residents of the state of Washington as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.013 except resident students defined in RCW 28B.15.012(2)(e);

(b) Off-campus job placements in a field related to the student's academic or vocational pursuits;

(d) Employment opportunities for needy students from middle-income families.

(4) Provisions to assure that in the state institutions of higher education utilization of this student work-study program:

(a) Shall only supplement and not supplant classified positions under jurisdiction of chapter 41.06 RCW;

(b) That all positions established which are comparable shall be identified to a job classification under the Washington personnel resources board's classification plan and shall receive equal compensation;

(c) Shall not take place in any manner that would replace classified positions reduced due to lack of funds or work; ((~~and~~))

(d) That, with limited exceptions, work-study positions shall only be established at entry level positions of the classified service.

(5) Provisions to encourage job placements in occupations that meet Washington's economic development goals, especially those in international trade and international relations.