CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1345



59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 18, 2005
  Yeas 95   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 13, 2005
  Yeas 42   Nays 2



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1345 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1345
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hasegawa, Kenney, Takko, Sells, Jarrett, Roberts, Ericks, Haler, Williams, Moeller, Appleton, Morrell, McCoy, Dunn, Kagi, McDermott, Santos and Chase)

READ FIRST TIME 03/07/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to eligibility for state financial aid for part-time students; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The higher education coordinating board shall develop a pilot project for the 2005-2007 biennium to assess the need for and funding requirements that would be necessary to expand student eligibility for the state need grant program to include students enrolled in four or five quarter hours or equivalent enrollment. Under the pilot project, students attending participating higher education institutions and enrolled in four or five quarter hours or equivalent enrollment shall be eligible for the state need grant as long as they also meet the other eligibility criteria for the program.
     (2) The higher education coordinating board shall select up to ten colleges and universities to participate in the pilot project developed under subsection (1) of this section. The higher education coordinating board shall require, at a minimum, that eligible institutions are participants as of the 2005-06 academic year in the state need grant program. Colleges, including both community and technical colleges, and universities may apply to participate based on the criteria developed by the board.
     (3) The higher education coordinating board shall report to the higher education committees of the legislature by December 2006, on the results of the pilot project. The report shall include, at a minimum, the dollar amounts disbursed through the pilot project according to which institutions the students attended, geographic and demographic analysis of the participating students, an assessment of need for the program, including the number of students served, the number of students unserved, and estimates of costs for a permanent statewide program.
     (4) The pilot project shall begin in the fall 2005 academic term and expire June 30, 2007.

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