WSR 19-24-009

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL

[Filed November 21, 2019, 1:32 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: College bound scholarship, chapter 250-84 WAC.

1. Comprehensive technical and administrative changes and corrections to align WAC with RCW and other recent legislative direction, as well as codifying current practice in various operational areas.

2. Align with the Washington college grant RCW and WAC.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapters 28B.76, 28B.77, 28B.118 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: 1. Program WAC requires updates to align with recent legislative changes and to codify existing practice areas where the WAC is no longer accurate, silent or incomplete.

2. To align with Washington college grant RCW and WAC.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Not applicable.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study; and technical corrections and additions aligning program operations with legislative direction and current practice in collaboration with affected partners.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Sarah Weiss, Student Achievement Council, 917 Lakeridge Way, P.O. Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430, phone 360-753-7630, email sarahwe@wsac.wa.gov, website www.wsac.wa.gov.

November 20, 2019

Sarah R. Weiss

Associate Director

College Access and Support