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HOUSE BILL 2584
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Morris, Winsley, R. Fisher, Brough, Haugen, Basich, Sheldon, Rayburn, Valle, Paris, Pruitt, Mitchell, Cooper, Bowman, Rasmussen, Miller, P. Johnson, Tate and Betrozoff
Read first time 01/22/92. Referred to Committee on Human Services.
AN ACT Relating to school attendance under public assistance; and amending RCW 74.12.035.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 74.12.035 and 1985 c 335 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A family or assistance unit is not eligible for aid for any month if for that month the total income of the family or assistance unit, without application of income disregards, exceeds one hundred eighty-five percent of the state standard of need for a family of the same composition: PROVIDED, That for the purposes of determining the total income of the family or assistance unit, the earned income of a dependent child who is a full-time student for whom aid to families with dependent children is being provided shall be disregarded for six months per calendar year.
(2) Participation in a strike does not constitute good cause to leave or to refuse to seek or accept employment. Assistance is not payable to a family for any month in which any caretaker relative with whom the child is living is, on the last day of the month, participating in a strike. An individual's need shall not be included in determining the amount of aid payable for any month to a family or assistance unit if, on the last day of the month, the individual is participating in a strike.
(3) As a condition of ongoing eligibility, families or assistance units with school-age children shall be in compliance with the compulsory school attendance provisions under chapter 28A.225 RCW.
(4) Children over eighteen years of age and under nineteen years of age who are full-time students reasonably expected to complete a program of secondary school, or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, before reaching nineteen years of age are eligible to receive aid to families with dependent children: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That if such students do not successfully complete such program before reaching nineteen years of age, the assistance rendered under this subsection during such period shall not be a debt due the state.