BILL REQ. #:  H-1351.1 

Read first time 02/13/13.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     AN ACT Relating to funding higher education child care grants; and amending RCW 67.70.190, 28B.135.010, and 28B.135.040.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 67.70.190 and 2009 c 564 s 949 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unclaimed prizes shall be retained in the state lottery account for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the prize is won, or after the official end of the game for instant prizes. If no claim is made for the prize within this time, all rights to the prize shall be extinguished, and the prize shall be retained in the state lottery fund for further use as prizes, except that one-third of all unclaimed prize money shall be deposited in the economic development strategic reserve account created in RCW 43.330.250, and for each of fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be deposited in the student child care in higher education account created in RCW 28B.135.010 to the extent that these funds are provided in the omnibus appropriations act and these amounts must be divided equally between the four-year and two-year programs.
     ((On July 1, 2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, all unclaimed prize money retained in the state lottery fund [account] in excess of three million dollars, excluding amounts distributed to the economic development strategic reserve account, shall be transferred into the state general fund.))

Sec. 2   RCW 28B.135.010 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 239 are each amended to read as follows:
     The ((four-year)) student child care in higher education account is established. The office of student financial assistance shall administer the program for the four-year institutions of higher education. The state board for community and technical colleges shall administer the program for the two-year institutions of higher education. Through this program the office shall award either competitive or matching child care grants to state institutions of higher education to encourage programs to address the need for high quality, accessible, and affordable child care for students at higher education institutions. The grants shall be used exclusively for the provision of quality child care services for students at institutions of higher education. The university or college administration and student government association, or its equivalent, of each institution receiving the award may contribute financial support in an amount equal to or greater than the child care grant received by the institution.

Sec. 3   RCW 28B.135.040 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 241 are each amended to read as follows:
     The ((four-year)) student child care in higher education account is established in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys in the account may be spent only for the purposes of RCW 28B.135.010. Disbursements from the account shall be on the authorization of the office of student financial assistance or the state board for community and technical colleges. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.