(1) The institution will offer grants to eligible students from funds reserved by the board. It is the institution's responsibility to ensure that the reserve is not over expended within each academic year.
(2) The state need grant award for an individual student shall be the base grant, appropriate for the sector attended and a dependent care allowance, if applicable, adjusted for the student's family income and rate of enrollment. Each eligible student receiving a grant must receive the maximum grant award for which he or she is eligible, unless such award should exceed the student's overall need or the institution's approved gift equity packaging policy.
(3) The grant amount for students shall be established as follows:
(a) The award shall be based on the representative average tuition, service, and activity fees charged within each public sector of higher education. The average is to be determined annually by the higher education coordinating board. The award for students enrolled in the applied baccalaureate pilot program authorized in RCW
28B.50.810 shall be based on the representative tuition and fees used for the comprehensive universities.
(b) The base grant award shall not exceed the actual tuition and fees charged to the eligible student on an annualized basis by more than one hundred dollars. The one hundred dollar variance is only applicable in circumstances where changes to a student's credit or enrollment level after the initial disbursement would require a state need grant award adjustment to ensure that the award does not exceed the cost of tuition.
(c) The base grant award for students attending independent four-year institutions shall be equal to that authorized for students attending the public four-year research institutions. The base grant for students attending private vocational institutions shall be equal to that authorized for students attending the public community and technical colleges.
(4) The total state need grant award shall be reduced for students with family incomes greater than fifty percent of the state's median and for less than full-time enrollment.
(a) Students whose incomes are equal to fifty-one percent to seventy-five percent of the state's median family income shall receive seventy-five percent of the maximum award. Students whose incomes are equal to seventy-six percent to one hundred percent of the state's median family income shall receive fifty percent of the maximum award. Students whose incomes are equal to one hundred one percent to one hundred twenty-five percent of the state's median family income shall receive twenty-five percent of the maximum award.
(b) Eligible students shall receive a prorated portion of their state need grant for any academic period in which they are enrolled at least half-time, as long as funds are available. Students enrolled at a three-quarter time rate, at the time of disbursement, will receive seventy-five percent of their grant. Students enrolled half-time at the time of disbursement will receive fifty percent of their grant.
(c) Less-than-half-time pilot project students and opportunity internship program graduates enrolled at a less-than-halftime rate will receive twenty-five percent of their grant.
(5) Placebound students may receive enhanced grants to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose. The value of the enhanced grant will be determined by the board.
(6) Depending on the availability of funds, students may receive the need grant for summer session attendance.
(7) The institution will be expected, insofar as possible, to match the state need grant with other funds sufficient to meet the student's need. Matching moneys may consist of student financial aid funds and/or student self-help.
(8) All financial resources available to a state need grant recipient, when combined, may not exceed the amount computed as necessary for the student to attend a postsecondary institution. The student will not be considered over-awarded if he or she receives additional funds after the institution awards aid, and the total resources exceed his or her financial need by $200 or less by the end of the academic year.
(9) The institution shall ensure that the recipient's aid package at a minimum consists of self-help equal to either twenty-five percent of the student's cost-of-attendance or an amount calculated annually by the board. The calculation is based on an assessment of the minimum amount that a typical student could reasonably earn while in school.
(a) The self-help amount calculated annually by the board shall be determined by multiplying the net value of minimum wage (wage less employer taxes and medical aid), multiplied by twelve hours per week, and further multiplied by a representative thirty-three week academic year.
(b) The school's aid administrator may exercise professional judgment and reduce the self-help requirement on a case-by-case basis. These cases should recognize exceptional individual student circumstances where a minimum self-help requirement would present a significant barrier to the student's educational success. These circumstances shall be documented in the student's file.
(c) In counting self-help sources of aid, the aid administrator may include all loans, employment, work-study, and those scholarships or grants that were earned based on the student's substantial efforts over time, as well as family contribution, and unmet need.
(10) The institution will notify the student of receipt of the state need grant.
(11) Any student who has received at least one disbursement and chooses to transfer to another participating institution within the same academic year may request that the receiving institution apply to the board for funds to continue receipt of the grant.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
28B.92 RCW. WSR 10-16-026, § 250-20-041, filed 7/23/10, effective 8/23/10; WSR 08-15-156, § 250-20-041, filed 7/22/08, effective 8/22/08; WSR 07-15-038, § 250-20-041, filed 7/12/07, effective 8/12/07. Statutory Authority: Chapter
28B.80 RCW and RCW
28B.10.822. WSR 04-08-060, § 250-20-041, filed 4/5/04, effective 5/6/04. Statutory Authority: 2813.80 [Chapter
28B.80 RCW]. WSR 99-16-015, § 250-20-041, filed 7/23/99, effective 8/23/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter
28B.80 RCW. WSR 95-17-045, § 250-20-041, filed 8/11/95, effective 9/11/95; WSR 93-08-010, § 250-20-041, filed 3/25/93, effective 4/25/93. Statutory Authority: RCW
28B.10.800 - [28B.10.]822. WSR 90-04-067, § 250-20-041, filed 2/5/90, effective 7/1/90. Statutory Authority: RCW
28B.10.806. WSR 87-16-046 (Order 2/87, Resolution No. 87-59), § 250-20-041, filed 7/29/87. Statutory Authority: RCW
28B.10.822. WSR 82-15-058 (Order 9-82, Resolution No. 82-52), § 250-20-041, filed 7/20/82. Statutory Authority: RCW
28B.10.806. WSR 80-05-025 (Order 3-80, Resolution No. 80-56), § 250-20-041, filed 4/14/80; WSR 79-11-031 (Order 11-79, Resolution No. 80-18), § 250-20-041, filed 10/11/79; WSR 79-07-021 (Order 5-79, Resolution No. 79-33), § 250-20-041, filed 6/15/79; Order 2-77, § 250-20-041, filed 4/13/77; Order 3-75, § 250-20-041, filed 4/25/75; Order 1-75, § 250-20-041, filed 3/7/75; Order 1-74, § 250-20-041, filed 4/9/74; Order 1-73, § 250-20-041, filed 7/2/73.]