5022-2S AMH APP KIRK3

2SSB 5022 - H COMM AMDS ADOPTED 4-18-91

By Committee on Appropriations

     On page 6, line 14, after "state" insert "public"

     On page 6, line 14, after "education" strike all remaining language through "(a)" on line 17 and insert "located in the state of Washington, except that the academic grant may be used for courses at a private institution of higher education in the state of Washington if the conditions in subsection (3) of this section are met, and the academic grant may be used for courses at a public or a private institution of higher education in another state or country if the conditions in subsection (4) of this section are met.

     (2)"

     On page 6, line 18, strike "(i)" and insert "(a)"

     On page 6, line 21, strike "(ii)" and insert "(b)"

2SSB 5022 - H AMD

     By Commmittee on Appropriations

     On page 7, beginning on line 1, strike all material through "(2)" on line 12 and insert the following:

     "(3)  Teachers and principals or administrators who select an academic grant under section 3(2)(a) of this act may use the grant for courses at any private institution as defined in subsection (2)(b) of this section subject to the following conditions:

     (a)  The academic grant shall not exceed the current academic year full-time resident graduate tuition and the services and activities fees in effect at the state-funded research universities;

     (b)  The academic grant shall be contingent on the private institution matching on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis, either with actual money or by waiver of fees, the amount of the academic grant received by the recipient from the state; and

     (c)  The academic grant may not be used for any courses that include any religious worship or exercise, or apply to any degree in religious, seminarian, or theological academic studies.

     (4)"

2SSB 5022 - H COMM AMDS

     By Committee on Appropriations

     On page 7, line 23, after "education" strike "shall submit" and insert "has submitted"

     On page 7, line 25, after "in" strike "Washington." and insert "Washington; and

     (d)  The academic grant may not be used for any courses that include any religious worship or exercise, or apply to any degree in religious, seminarian, or theological academic studies."

EFFECT:  The amendments clarify a technical problem by expressly providing that the conditions referenced in subsections (a), (b), and (c) apply to private institutions in Washington and not to the public institutions.  The amendment also prohibits award recipients from using the academic grant for religious courses when they attend out-of-state or out-of-country insitutions of higher education.  The language regarding religious courses is clarified.