HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1477

BYRepresentatives Prentice, Brooks, Braddock, Anderson, Kremen, Patrick, O'Brien, Locke, Schoon, Sayan and Todd; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board

Revising provisions for educational assistance for nurses.

House Committe on Higher Education

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (13)

      Signed by Representatives Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Van Luven, Ranking Republican Member; Basich, Doty, Fraser, Heavey, Inslee, Jesernig, Miller, H. Myers, Prince and Wood.

House Staff:Susan Hosch (786- 7120)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION FEBRUARY 23, 1989

BACKGROUND:

In 1988, the legislature established a conditional scholarship program for nursing students attending accredited institutions of higher education.  The legislation included a definition of "institution of higher education."  Included in the definition were universities, community colleges, and vocational- technical schools.  Colleges were not included in the definition. That exclusion prevents some students attending Washington colleges from participating in the program.

SUMMARY:

The definition of "institution of higher education" in the Nursing Conditional Scholarship Program is revised to include "colleges."

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Barbara Theiss, Higher Education Coordinating Board.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Passage of this legislation corrects an oversight that occurred when the legislation was enacted last year.  This correction will permit students from Walla Walla, Whitworth, and St. Martin's Colleges to participate in the program.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.