CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5800
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate April 26, 2019
  Yeas 30  Nays 17

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 12, 2019
  Yeas 57  Nays 38

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5800 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Secretary
Secretary
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5800

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
BySenate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Randall, Zeiger, Nguyen, Wilson, C., Saldaña, Carlyle, Keiser, Sheldon, Das, Hasegawa, and Kuderer)
READ FIRST TIME 03/01/19.
AN ACT Relating to the helping homeless college students act; adding a new section to chapter 28B.50 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.77 RCW; creating a new section; and providing expiration dates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the college board shall select four college districts, two on each side of the crest of the Cascade mountain range, to participate in a pilot program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school. The college districts chosen to participate in the pilot program must provide certain accommodations to these students that may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Access to laundry facilities;
(b) Access to storage;
(c) Access to locker room and shower facilities;
(d) Reduced-price meals or meal plans, and access to food banks;
(e) Access to technology;
(f) Access to short-term housing or housing assistance, especially during seasonal breaks; and
(g) Case management services.
(2) The college districts may also establish plans to develop surplus property for affordable housing to accommodate the needs of students experiencing homelessness and students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school.
(3) The college districts participating in the pilot program shall leverage existing community resources by making available to students in the pilot program information that is available for individuals experiencing homelessness, including through not-for-profit organizations, the local housing authority, and the department of commerce's office of homeless youth.
(4) The college districts participating in the pilot program shall provide a joint report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, that includes at least the following information:
(a) The number of students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and the number of students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school who were attending a community or technical college during the pilot program. The college board shall coordinate with all of the community and technical colleges to collect voluntary data on how many students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity are attending the community and technical colleges;
(b) The number of students assisted by the pilot program;
(c) Strategies for accommodating students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students; and
(d) Legislative recommendations for how students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students could be better served.
(5) The college districts not selected to participate in the pilot program are:
(a) Invited to participate voluntarily; and
(b) Encouraged to submit the data required of the pilot program participants under subsection (4) of this section, regardless of participation status.
(6) The pilot program expires July 1, 2023.
(7) This section expires January 1, 2024.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.77 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the council shall select two public four-year institutions of higher education, one on each side of the crest of the Cascade mountain range, to participate in a pilot program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school. The four-year institutions of higher education chosen to participate in the pilot program must provide certain accommodations to these students that may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Access to laundry facilities;
(b) Access to storage;
(c) Access to locker room and shower facilities;
(d) Reduced-price meals or meal plans, and access to food banks;
(e) Access to technology;
(f) Access to short-term housing or housing assistance, especially during seasonal breaks; and
(g) Case management services.
(2) The four-year institutions of higher education may also establish plans to develop surplus property for affordable housing to accommodate the needs of students experiencing homelessness and students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school.
(3) The four-year institutions of higher education participating in the pilot program shall leverage existing community resources by making available to students in the pilot program information that is available for individuals experiencing homelessness, including through not-for-profit organizations, the local housing authority, and the department of commerce's office of homeless youth.
(4) The four-year institutions of higher education participating in the pilot program shall provide a joint report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, that includes at least the following information:
(a) The number of students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and the number of students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school who were attending a four-year institution of higher education during the pilot program. The council shall coordinate with all of the four-year institutions of higher education to collect voluntary data on how many students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity are attending the four-year institutions of higher education;
(b) The number of students assisted by the pilot program;
(c) Strategies for accommodating students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students; and
(d) Legislative recommendations for how students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students could be better served.
(5) The four-year institutions of higher education not selected to participate in the pilot program are:
(a) Invited to participate voluntarily; and
(b) Encouraged to submit the data required of the pilot program participants under subsection (4) of this section, regardless of participation status.
(6) The pilot program expires July 1, 2023.
(7) This section expires January 1, 2024.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2019, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
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