HB 2376 - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/10/98)

     Provides that, beginning with awards made during the 1997-98 academic year, recipients must complete using the award before the fall term in the sixth year following the date of the award.

     Provides that all persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence before the 1994-95 academic year and who have remaining eligibility on the effective date of this section must complete using the award before September 2001.

     Provides that all persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence during the 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-97 academic years must complete using the award before September 2004.