CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1714
Chapter 269, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES--HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WITH ASSOCIATE DEGREE
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the House March 4, 2019
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
CYRUS HABIB

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1714 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved May 7, 2019 10:46 AM
FILED
May 13, 2019
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 1714

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Entenman, Boehnke, Jinkins, Ortiz-Self, Bergquist, Pollet, and Leavitt; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Read first time 01/29/19.Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to granting of high school diplomas by community or technical colleges; and amending RCW 28B.50.535.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.50.535 and 2017 c 93 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
A community or technical college may issue a high school diploma or certificate as provided under this section.
(1) An individual who satisfactorily meets the requirements for high school completion shall be awarded a diploma from the college, subject to rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.
(2) ((An individual enrolled through the option established under RCW 28A.600.310 through 28A.600.400 who satisfactorily completes an associate degree, including an associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, associate of technology degree, or associate in applied science degree, shall be awarded a diploma from the college upon written request from the student.
(3))) An individual((, twenty-one))sixteen years or older or enrolled through the option established under RCW 28A.600.310 through 28A.600.400, ((who enrolls in a community or technical college for the purpose of obtaining an associate degree and)) who satisfactorily completes an associate degree through a community or technical college, including an associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, associate of technology degree, or associate in applied science degree, shall be awarded a diploma from the college upon written request from the student. Individuals under twenty-one years of age under this subsection are ((not)) eligible for funding provided under chapter 28A.150 RCW.
(((4) An individual who enrolls in a technical college through the option established under RCW 28B.50.533, who satisfactorily completes an associate degree, including an associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, associate of technology degree, or associate in applied science degree, shall be awarded a diploma from the college upon written request from the student.))
Passed by the House March 4, 2019.
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 7, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 2019.
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