ADOPTED 3/3/04

6245-S AMH ED MORR 001

SSB 6245 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

   On page 7, after line 6, insert the following:

   "Sec. 5. RCW 28A.660.050 and 2003 c 410 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

   The alternative route conditional scholarship program is created under the following guidelines:

     (1) The program shall be administered by the higher education coordinating board. In administering the program, the higher education coordinating board has the following powers and duties:

     (a) To adopt necessary rules and develop guidelines to administer the program;

     (b) To collect and manage repayments from participants who do not meet their service obligations; and

     (c) To accept grants and donations from public and private sources for the program.

     (2) Participation in the alternative route conditional scholarship program is limited to interns of the partnership grant programs under RCW 28A.660.040. The Washington professional educator standards board shall select interns to receive conditional scholarships.

     (3) In order to receive conditional scholarship awards, recipients shall be accepted and maintain enrollment in alternative certification routes through the partnership grant program, as provided in RCW 28A.660.040. Recipients must continue to make satisfactory progress towards completion of the alternative route certification program and receipt of a residency teaching certificate.

     (4) For the purpose of this chapter, a conditional scholarship is a loan that is forgiven in whole or in part in exchange for service as a certificated teacher employed in a Washington state K-12 public school. The state shall forgive one year of loan obligation for every two years a recipient teaches in a public school. Recipients that fail to continue a course of study leading to residency teacher certification or cease to teach in a public school in the state of Washington in their endorsement area are required to repay the remaining loan principal with interest.

     (5) Recipients who fail to fulfill the required teaching obligation are required to repay the remaining loan principal with interest and any other applicable fees. The higher education coordinating board shall adopt rules to define the terms for repayment, including applicable interest rates, fees, and deferments.

     (6) To the extent funds are appropriated for this specific purpose, the annual amount of the scholarship is the annual cost of tuition; fees; and educational expenses, including books, supplies, and transportation for the alternative route certification program in which the recipient is enrolled, not to exceed eight thousand dollars. The board may adjust the annual award by the average rate of resident undergraduate tuition and fee increases at the state universities as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.

     (7) The higher education coordinating board may deposit all appropriations, collections, and any other funds received for the program in this chapter in *the student loan account authorized in RCW 28B.102.060."

   Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct the title and any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: The conditional scholarship that students may receive may include the annual cost of student fees and educational expenses, including books, supplies, and transportation, as well as tuition, not to exceed $8000.